This octopus has color-changing cells, called chromatophores, in its skin, a phenomenon that inspired Rutgers engineers. Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, Galapagos Rift Expedition 2011…
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MIT researchers have developed a deep learning-based algorithm to detect anomalies in time series data. Credit: MIT News A new deep-learning algorithm could provide advanced…
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Some types of artificial intelligence could start to hallucinate if they don’t get enough rest, just as humans do. Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory One…
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Schematic representation of a processor for matrix multiplications which runs on light. Credit: University of Oxford The exponential growth of data traffic in our digital…
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An integrated biorefinery approach utilizing agriculture waste biomass to produce renewable biomethane along with other co-products (for soil amendment, nutrient recovery, and transportation biofuels). Credit:…
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An image of the COVID-19 test chip made by aerosol jet nanoparticle 3D printing. Credit: Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Lab, College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon…
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The pandemic has seen projects around the globe duplicating each other’s efforts to design ventilators for intensive care units. Credit: University of Bath The COVID-19…
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In a microwave oven, sparks are generated inside a glass vial containing coal powder and copper foil as part of an experiment by University of…
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New research allows each kirigami motif to bend into multiple shapes. Credit: Northwestern University ‘Kirigami cuts’ can be used to create 3D microstructures and nanotools.…
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Researchers can now fill in missing information about nanoscale polymerization and “smart” materials for medicine and the environment. Northwestern researchers have developed a new microscopy…
View More New Electron Microscopy Technique Offers First Real-Time Look at Previously Hidden Processes