Hardware

Credit: Dunia Maccagni Much of the 'memory' of the world and all our digital activities are based on media, hard disks, where the information is encoded thanks to magnetism, by orienting the spin of electrons in one direction…

Pitt professors receive nearly $400K from NSF to develop improved phase-change memory storage deviceCredit: University of Pittsburgh The ability to tune the optical properties of materials is the key to many of the technologies we rely…

The project is supported by a NSF Convergence Accelerator award that funds team-based, multidisciplinary initiatives addressing challenges of national importanceCredit: NSF Quantum technologies--simulators and computers…

Engineers develop Hyperspectral Stripe Projector to quickly merge depth, spectral dataCredit: Kelly Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Sept. 24, 2020) - Stripes are in fashion this season at a Rice University lab, where…

Dr Alex Taylor invites an examination of life as normal In his paper, Life Less Normal, published in the July-August 2020 special edition of the Association of Computing Machinery's journal, Interactions, City, University of London's…

The long-awaited photonic technique could change the way optical technologies are developed and used over the next decade BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 - The colloidal diamond has been a dream of researchers since the…

US Army grant helps UH researchers develop techniques to detect, deceive cyber attackersCredit: University of Houston The COVID-19 pandemic and the presidential election have led to a significant increase in cyberattacks via…

Small, speedy rover completes preliminary design reviewCredit: Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH -- MoonRanger, a small robotic rover being developed by Carnegie Mellon University and its spinoff Astrobotic, has completed its…

Credit: Ben Jaszczak/Michigan Tech Michigan Tech's Open Sustainability Technology (MOST) Lab developed three new open-source tools in response to COVID-19: a high-temperature 3D printer, a firefighter PAPR mask and a printable,…

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at ASU The field of structural biology has made enormous strides, peering into the activities of nature at the tiniest scale. Such investigations are critical for charting the behavior of important…

Criteria for designing targeted quantum materials could support Internet of Things devices and other resource-intensive technologies As our lives become increasingly intertwined with technology -- whether supporting communication while…

TACC's Stampede1 helps form core of campus cluster, increases access throughout TexasCredit: UT Dallas What happens to supercomputers after their productive life at an academic research center ends? The question often arises when…

Researchers discover new way of controlling conductivity of materials at the nanoscaleCredit: Geir Mogen, NTNU Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have found a completely new method to check…

Passive monitoring of phone usage shows emotional state of mindCredit: Jeremy Huckins. HANOVER, N.H. - September 14, 2020 - Information on social activity, screen time and location from smartphones can predict connectivity between…

Initiative aims to build literacy, diversity in the field LOWELL, Mass. - A team of teachers and researchers led by UMass Lowell is developing a computer science curriculum for middle-schoolers to introduce the field to students from…

Significant increases seen in software engineering enrollmentsCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, recently released its eighth annual Study of Non-Doctoral Granting…

New insights into the uncanny valley phenomenon Androids, or robots with humanlike features, are often more appealing to people than those that resemble machines -- but only up to a certain point. Many people experience an uneasy feeling…

A recent analysis published in Campbell Systematic Reviews indicates that body cameras worn by police do not have clear or consistent effects on officers' use of force, arrests, or other activities. Nor do they have significant effects on…

Credit: Stanford Computational Imaging Lab Like a comic book come to life, researchers at Stanford University have developed a kind of X-ray vision - only without the X-rays. Working with hardware similar to what enables autonomous…