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Children think robots can help the elderly — but not their own grandparents

Scienmag Aug 12, 2020

Researchers also found that robots that look too much like humans can be scary for kids The study of children's interactions with robots was carried out at the Norwegian research fair held in every major city. It is an annual national…

Technology and Engineering

New research may help identify sex trafficking networks

Scienmag Aug 11, 2020

Characterizing traits of online activity may help to rescue victims According to a 2018 United Nations report, more than 25,000 individuals are officially reported to be victims of trafficking each year. The true number is likely much…

Chemistry AND Physics

Network of sounds: New research reveals the magic secret of human networks

Scienmag Aug 11, 2020

Synchronization, in which a complex system operates as one body, is an important phenomenon that takes place in an enormous range of scales -- from subatomic particles to galaxies. In biology, fish, birds, and even cells synchronize in…

Technology and Engineering

Horizon31 startup licenses ORNL global communication system for drones

Scienmag Aug 6, 2020

Credit: Horizon31, LLC Horizon31, LLC, of Knoxville, Tenn., has exclusively licensed a novel communication system that allows users to reliably operate unmanned vehicles such as drones from anywhere in the world using only an…

Medicine & Health

Fitness watches generate useful information, but increase patient anxiety

Scienmag Aug 4, 2020

How does measuring our sleep, exercise and heart rates using various apps and fitness watches affect us? Self-quantifying may better the understanding of our individual health, but according to a new study, it also gives rise to anxiety.…

Chemistry AND Physics

Ghasempour receives 2020 Marconi Society Young Scholar Award

Scienmag Aug 4, 2020

ECE alum honored for Ph.D. work on terahertz wireless network connectionCredit: Photo courtesy of Rice University HOUSTON -- (Aug 4, 2020) -- Rice University's Yasaman Ghasempour has been named a 2020 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young…

Technology and Engineering

Nondestructive positron beams probe damage, support safety advances in radiation environments

Scienmag Jul 29, 2020

Positron annihilation spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy reveal new insights into radiation damage processesCredit: Image credit, Los Alamos National Laboratory. LOS ALAMOS, N.M., July 29, 2020--A multi-institution team…

Technology and Engineering

ACM Interactions special issue explores design and technology during and after coronavirus pandemic

Scienmag Jul 29, 2020

Technology designers from around the world discuss how we must respond in academia, industry, family life, and moreCredit: Association for Computing Machinery ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced the…

Chemistry AND Physics

‘Giant atoms’ enable quantum processing and communication in one

Scienmag Jul 29, 2020

Researchers devise an on-off system that allows high-fidelity operations and interconnection between processors MIT researchers have introduced a quantum computing architecture that can perform low-error quantum computations while also…

Technology and Engineering

Simulating quantum ‘time travel’ disproves butterfly effect in quantum realm

Scienmag Jul 29, 2020

Evolving quantum processes backwards on a quantum computer to damage information in the simulated past causes little change when returned to the 'present'Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., July 28 2020--Using a…

SCIENCE EDUCATION

For colleges, a third option for safe online reopening in the fall

Jul 28, 2020

Groundbreaking approach for improved online college classesCredit: Copyright (c) 2020 by SmartNoter Inc. All rights reserved. As colleges and universities grapple with reopening plans for the Fall, they now have a third alternative to…

Technology and Engineering

‘SoundWear’ a heads-up sound augmentation gadget helps expand children’s play…

Scienmag Jul 28, 2020

Credit: KAIST In this digital era, there has been growing concern that children spend most of their playtime watching TV, playing computer games, and staring at mobile phones with 'head-down' posture even outdoors. To counter…

Technology and Engineering

Video camera in a public place knows the density of people or vehicle more accurately

Scienmag Jul 27, 2020

Credit: JAIST Deep learning applied for image/video processing opened the door for the practical deployment for object detection and identification with acceptable accuracy. Crowd counting is another application of image/video…

Technology and Engineering

Researcher to develop drones that operate autonomously in remote environments

Scienmag Jul 27, 2020

Project will develop small, inexpensive, artificially intelligent drone systems that can observe, understand, adapt and respond to changing environments on their own, and communicate with other autonomous vehicles to perform more…

Technology and Engineering

Dartmouth-industry collaborations improve computer graphics

Scienmag Jul 24, 2020

Research creates more realistic images for the technology of today and tomorrowCredit: Image credit: Amazon, Turbosquid, Kate Anderson. HANOVER, N.H. - July 24, 2020 - Researchers at Dartmouth, in collaboration with industry…

Chemistry AND Physics

A new MXene material shows extraordinary electromagnetic interference shielding ability

Scienmag Jul 23, 2020

Drexel and KIST researchers report material can absorb EMI from electronic devicesCredit: Drexel University As we welcome wireless technology into more areas of life, the additional electronic bustle is making for an…

Technology and Engineering

NIST’s post-quantum cryptography program enters ‘selection round’

Scienmag Jul 23, 2020

Chosen algorithms will become part of first standard devised to counter quantum decryption threat.Credit: B. Hayes/NIST The race to protect sensitive electronic information against the threat of quantum computers has entered the…

Technology and Engineering

Photon-based processing units enable more complex machine learning

Scienmag Jul 21, 2020

Using photons to create more powerful and power-efficient processing units for artificial intelligenceCredit: Mario Miscuglio WASHINGTON, July 21, 2020 -- Machine learning performed by neural networks is a popular approach to…

Technology and Engineering

Columbia data scientist designs better e-commerce systems

Scienmag Jul 20, 2020

Receives NSF award to study and enhance consumer flexibility Adam Elmachtoub, an assistant professor of industrial engineering and operations research and member of the Data Science Institute (DSI) at Columbia University, has won a…

A GoPro for beetles: Researchers create a robotic camera backpack for insects

Jul 15, 2020

Credit: University of Washington In the movie "Ant-Man," the title character can shrink in size and travel by soaring on the back of an insect. Now researchers at the University of Washington have developed a tiny wireless steerable camera…

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