An electrolysis system that doesn’t need pure water may change the game when it comes to exploration. When it comes to water and Mars, there’s…
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Mathematicians Apply 19th Century Ideas to Modern Computerized Algebra Systems
A team of mathematicians from RUDN University added new symbolic integration functionality to the Sage computerized algebra system. The team implemented ideas and methods suggested…
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RoboGrammar: Automated & Optimized Robot Design for Traversing Various Terrain Types
MIT researchers have automated and optimized robot design with a system called RoboGrammar. The system creates arthropod-inspired robots for traversing a variety of terrains. Pictured…
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DeepMind AI Solution to a 50-Year-Old Science Challenge Could “Revolutionize Medical Research”
Inside every cell, thousands of different proteins form the machinery that keeps all living things — from humans and plants to microscopic bacteria — alive…
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MIT Rapid Agent Aerosol Detector: Highly Sensitive Trigger Enables Fast Detection of Biological Agents
The Rapid Agent Aerosol Detector was photographed with a 12-inch ruler to illustrate scale. Credit: Courtesy of the researchers The Rapid Agent Aerosol Detector developed…
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Sorting Out Viruses With Machine Learning: AI-Powered Nanotechnology May Lead to New Rapid COVID-19 Tests
Single virus particle detections using a solid-state nanopore. Credit: Osaka University Scientists at Osaka University develop a label-free method for identifying respiratory viruses based on…
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Improving Lithium-Ion Battery Performance, Cell Lifetime for Renewable Energy Applications
In the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, researchers investigate the origins of degradation in high energy density LIB cathode materials and develop strategies…
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How to Protect Healthcare Workers From COVID-19: Preventing Disease Transmission in Hospitals
A low-cost ventilator. Credit: Mohamed Amine Abassi Researchers are developing simple and inexpensive tools — like a DIY ventilator — to treat patients more effectively…
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Faster, Smaller, Smarter and More Energy-Efficient Chips: World’s Smallest Atom-Memory Unit Created
Faster, smaller, smarter and more energy-efficient chips for everything from consumer electronics to big data to brain-inspired computing could soon be on the way after…
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Students Discover Hidden 15th-Century Text on Medieval Manuscripts
By using ultraviolet-fluorescence imaging, RIT students revealed that a 15th-century manuscript leaf held in RIT’s Cary Graphic Arts Collection was actually a palimpsest, a manuscript…
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