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Newswise: Construction apprenticeship builds better workforce
Released: 4-Dec-2023 9:05 AM EST
Construction apprenticeship builds better workforce
University of Miami

The College of Engineering is a partner in a new workforce development and training program that combines on-the-job experience at construction sites with classroom instruction to help fast-track workers into managerial positions, helping to fill a critical gap in the industry.

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21-Nov-2023 5:05 PM EST
Scientists build tiny biological robots from human cells
Tufts University

Scientists have created tiny moving biological robots from human tracheal cells that can encourage the growth of neurons across artificial ‘wounds’ in the lab. Using patients’ own cells could permit growth of Anthrobots that assist healing and regeneration in the future with no need for immune suppression

   
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30-Nov-2023 9:45 AM EST
Video and Transcript: Scientists create tiny biological robot "healers" assembled from human cells
Newswise

Scientists have created tiny moving biological robots from human tracheal cells that can encourage the growth of neurons across artificial ‘wounds’ in the lab. Using patients’ own cells could permit growth of Anthrobots that assist healing and regeneration in the future with no need for immune suppression. Lead researchers Prof Michael Levin and Gizem Gumuskaya from Tufts University will provide a brief commentary on the science and potential impact of this discovery, followed by Q&A with reporters.

Released: 30-Nov-2023 9:50 AM EST
Researchers invent new way to stretch diamond for better quantum bits
Argonne National Laboratory

A future quantum network may become less of a stretch thanks to researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago and Cambridge University.

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Released: 30-Nov-2023 9:25 AM EST
Revolutionizing Human Activity Recognition: Deep Learning-Enabled System Surpasses Location Constraints
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Human Activity Recognition technology has become indispensable in various sectors, including smart home systems, healthcare, Internet of Things (IoT), and virtual reality gaming.

Newswise: Researchers Propose New Method for Large-Scale Urban Building Function Mapping Using Web-Based Geospatial Data
Released: 30-Nov-2023 7:05 AM EST
Researchers Propose New Method for Large-Scale Urban Building Function Mapping Using Web-Based Geospatial Data
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Urban buildings, essential to socio-economic activities, present a complex dynamic of form and function.

Released: 29-Nov-2023 6:05 PM EST
How do you make a robot smarter? Program it to know what it doesn’t know.
Princeton University

Modern robots know how to sense their environment and respond to language, but what they don’t know is often more important than what they do know. Teaching robots to ask for help is key to making them safer and more efficient.

Newswise: Electrically heated pavements may be an efficient method for removing ice
Released: 29-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Electrically heated pavements may be an efficient method for removing ice
Rowan University

Researchers from Rowan University's Center for Research & Education in Advanced Transportation Engineering Systems (CREATES) are developing an efficient, cost-effective, electrically heated pavement system designed to melt away snow and ice from roadways and airfields.

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27-Nov-2023 6:00 PM EST
Google DeepMind To Add Nearly 400,000 New Compounds to Berkeley Lab’s Materials Project
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

New calculations from Google DeepMind grow Berkeley Lab's Materials Project, an open-access resource that scientists use to develop new materials for future technologies. Some of the computations were used alongside data from the Materials Project to test A-Lab, a facility at Berkeley Lab where artificial intelligence guides robots in making new materials.

Newswise: Development of Long-Life Organic Electrode Expedites Commercialization of Next-Generation Secondary Batteries
Released: 29-Nov-2023 9:00 AM EST
Development of Long-Life Organic Electrode Expedites Commercialization of Next-Generation Secondary Batteries
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The research team, led by Dr. Hosun Shin from the Interdisciplinary Materials Measurement Institute at the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), and Professor Jae Yong Song’s team from the Department of Semiconductor Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), developed a long-life organic electrode that has potential to expedite the commercialization of next-generation secondary batteries.

Newswise: Contactless Coupler, the Innovation and Advancement in the Connection of Precast Concrete Member
Released: 29-Nov-2023 8:00 AM EST
Contactless Coupler, the Innovation and Advancement in the Connection of Precast Concrete Member
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT) has developed a new Contactless Coupler that can efficiently improve the constructability of precast concrete (hereinafter referred to as PC).

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27-Nov-2023 5:05 AM EST
Network of robots can successfully monitor pipes using acoustic wave sensors
University of Bristol

An inspection design method and procedure by which mobile robots can inspect large pipe structures has been demonstrated with the successful inspection of multiple defects on a three-meter long steel pipe using guided acoustic wave sensors.

Released: 28-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Study: hair care product chemicals can linger in the air in surprising amounts
Purdue University

The average morning routine for many Americans includes inhaling several milligrams of chemicals that may be harmful to their health, Purdue University researchers have found.

Newswise: ChargeX Consortium recommends common EV charging station error codes
Released: 28-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
ChargeX Consortium recommends common EV charging station error codes
Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

The National Charging Experience Consortium (ChargeX) has released a report that recommends 26 common electric vehicle (EV) charging error codes to enable faster error reporting, diagnostics and resolution within the EV charging industry. Ultimately, the codes would improve the U.S. charging experience.

Newswise: Bidding adieu to sticky ice, but with a grain of salt
Released: 28-Nov-2023 8:55 AM EST
Bidding adieu to sticky ice, but with a grain of salt
University of Illinois Chicago

Experiments find that impure ice is less sticky than ice made with pure water

Released: 28-Nov-2023 12:05 AM EST
Nextgen computing: Hard-to-move quasiparticles glide up pyramid edges
University of Michigan

A new kind of "wire" for moving excitons, developed at the University of Michigan, could help enable a new class of devices, perhaps including room temperature quantum computers.

Released: 27-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
UC Irvine-led team of researchers uncovers battery-like functions of mitochondria
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Nov. 27, 2023 – Using new super-resolution microscopes, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Pennsylvania have for the first time observed electrical charge and discharge functions inside mitochondria isolated from cells. A mitochondrion is a structure within a cell that uses aerobic respiration to generate adenosine triphosphate, an organic compound that provides energy to support many processes in living tissues.

Newswise: Telescopios en Chile reducirán sus emisiones de carbono a la mitad
Released: 27-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
Telescopios en Chile reducirán sus emisiones de carbono a la mitad
NSF's NOIRLab

Mediante su Programa de Sustentabilidad Ambiental, NOIRLab de NSF reducirá la totalidad de su huella de carbón anual en un 50% hacia fines de 2027, gracias a distintas asignaciones de fondos suplementarios de la Fundación Nacional de Ciencias de los Estados Unidos para la instalación de paneles solares y baterías en los telescopios de Gemini Sur y Vera C. Rubin, ambos situados en Chile, además de otras mejoras en las instalaciones de la base de operaciones y en las cumbres.

Released: 27-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
New study: Immersive engagement in mixed reality can be measured with reaction time
University of Massachusetts Amherst

In the real world/digital world cross-over of mixed reality, a user’s immersive engagement with the program is called presence. Now, UMass Amherst researchers are the first to ​​​​​​identify reaction time as a potential presence measurement tool.

Released: 27-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Honeybee cluster—not insulation but stressful heat sink
University of Leeds

New research suggests that honeybees huddle together to generate heat, not for insulation

Newswise: Researchers win $1.2 million NSF award to test stability of power grids
Released: 27-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Researchers win $1.2 million NSF award to test stability of power grids
Binghamton University, State University of New York

A professor from Binghamton University, State University of New York will lead a research team that recently won a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to explore the possible faults that could lead to power failures.

Newswise: Always on Alert for Balance Loss with “The Balance Assessment Device,” An Outstanding Innovation by Chula Researcher
Released: 27-Nov-2023 8:55 AM EST
Always on Alert for Balance Loss with “The Balance Assessment Device,” An Outstanding Innovation by Chula Researcher
Chulalongkorn University

Chula Engineering lecturer’s innovation “The Balance Assessment Device”—gold medal winner at ITEX 2023, Malaysia, and recipient of World Invention Intellectual Property Associations’ (WIIPA) Special Award (Gold Medal)—checks body balance and balance loss for behavior changes and fall prevention to promote fall risk awareness and knowledge.

Newswise: BIM-based Digital Collaboration Platform, Initiating Construction Digitalization
Released: 27-Nov-2023 12:00 AM EST
BIM-based Digital Collaboration Platform, Initiating Construction Digitalization
National Research Council of Science and Technology

A Korean research team has developed a BIM-based digital collaboration platform that allows construction owners and engineers to collaborate with each other on digital design tasks.

Newswise: Environment-friendly electrochemical refrigerant compressor contributing to the achievement of carbon neutrality realizes sustainable building of the future with new energy technology
Released: 23-Nov-2023 9:00 AM EST
Environment-friendly electrochemical refrigerant compressor contributing to the achievement of carbon neutrality realizes sustainable building of the future with new energy technology
National Research Council of Science and Technology

The joint research team led by Principal Researcher Young Kim of the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) and professors Min-sung Kim and Dong-kyu Kim of Chung-Ang University has successfully developed an environment-friendly refrigerant compressor using an electrochemical method instead of a mechanical method.

Released: 22-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
Can sound stimulation lessen long-term concussion symptoms?
Wiley

New research indicates that acoustic stimulation of the brain may ease persistent symptoms in individuals who experienced mild traumatic brain injury in the past. The study, which is published in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, included 106 military service members, veterans, or their spouses with persistent symptoms after mild traumatic brain injury 3 months to 10 years ago.

Newswise: Using supercomputers to help companies advance clean energy technologies
Released: 22-Nov-2023 1:30 PM EST
Using supercomputers to help companies advance clean energy technologies
Argonne National Laboratory

Research and development is an expensive undertaking for any company — which is why so many startups begin with a new patent, a brand new idea foundationally tested and ready to be scaled up.

   
Released: 22-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Gordon Peterson is hunting for efficient, sustainable energy materials
Argonne National Laboratory

Maria Goeppert Mayer Fellow Gordon Peterson talks about his work at Argonne National Laboratory researching a class of materials called thermoelectrics.

Released: 21-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Zymo Research Announces Sponsorship of the Inaugural Microbes in Wastewater Symposium
Zymo Research Corp

Zymo Research sponsors a symposium on wastewater research to promote standardization of wastewater surveillance and showcase its innovative solutions.

Released: 20-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Tiny traps can provide new knowledge about difficult-to-treat diseases
Chalmers University of Technology

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have developed a new method to capture many proteins in nano-sized traps. This method can be used to study the formation of protein clumps, which are linked to many diseases.

Newswise: Ingestible electronic device detects breathing depression in patients
Released: 18-Nov-2023 1:05 PM EST
Ingestible electronic device detects breathing depression in patients
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Diagnosing sleep disorders such as sleep apnea usually requires a patient to spend the night in a sleep lab, hooked up to a variety of sensors and monitors. Researchers from MIT, Celero Systems, and West Virginia University hope to make that process less intrusive, using an ingestible capsule they developed that can monitor vital signs from within the patient’s GI tract.

   
Released: 17-Nov-2023 3:05 PM EST
Dams now run smarter with AI
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Researchers use deep learning to predict dam water levels and understand decision-making processes, potentially averting future flooding.

Newswise: Missouri S&T to power new energy technology incubator
Released: 17-Nov-2023 8:05 AM EST
Missouri S&T to power new energy technology incubator
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Missouri University of Science and Technology has long been home to one of the nation’s most diverse energy-focused research portfolios, and leaders are now taking steps to accelerate energy innovation from S&T’s laboratories to the marketplace.

17-Nov-2023 8:00 AM EST
AI Supporting Creative Industries
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

NYC Media Lab (NYCML) and Bertelsmann unveiled the latest cohort joining the AI & the Creative Industries Challenge, a nine-week program in which teams explore new ways to use artificial intelligence (AI) to create digital content and reach new audiences for three Bertelsmann companies: Fremantle, Penguin Random House, and BMG.

Newswise: Pioneering robot poised to reach new heights in quantum
Released: 17-Nov-2023 4:05 AM EST
Pioneering robot poised to reach new heights in quantum
University of Bristol

Scientists carrying out quantum research will be able to do so faster and more adaptably, thanks to a new robotic arm which could hold the key to major breakthroughs.

Newswise: With New Grant, RPI Works To Shrink Microchips, Expand Semiconductor Workforce
Released: 16-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
With New Grant, RPI Works To Shrink Microchips, Expand Semiconductor Workforce
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Transistors — the tiny on-off switches inside microchips — have gotten smaller and smaller over the years, increasing computing power and enabling smaller devices. During that time, the copper wires that connect these switches have likewise shrunk but have also become less efficient.

Released: 16-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
Morphing cones under compression: new research uncovers surprises for soft robotic actuators
University of Cambridge

Researchers have found that soft-material conical shells have strength limitations that could affect soft robotics performance.

Released: 16-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Q&A with the 2023 Open Quantum Initiative fellows
Argonne National Laboratory

Eight OQI undergraduate fellows recently completed quantum research experiences that contributed to R&D at the Q-NEXT quantum center. In this Q&A, they share what they did last summer.

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Released: 16-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Theoretical Computer Scientists Awarded the John von Neumann Theory Prize
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Computer Science Professors Christos Papadimitriou and Mihalis Yannakakis received the John von Neumann Theory Prize for their research in computational complexity theory that explores the boundaries of efficiently solving decision and optimization problems crucial to operations research and management sciences. The recipients were presented with the prize at the 2023 INFORMS Annual Meeting in October in Phoenix, AZ.

Newswise: Use it or lose it: New robotic system assesses mobility after stroke
Released: 16-Nov-2023 2:05 AM EST
Use it or lose it: New robotic system assesses mobility after stroke
University of Southern California (USC)

Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability worldwide. Each year more than 15 million people worldwide have strokes, and three-quarters of stroke survivors will experience impairment, weakness and paralysis in their arms and hands.

   
Newswise: Break free from dependence on Japan by developing core electric vehicle components
Released: 16-Nov-2023 12:00 AM EST
Break free from dependence on Japan by developing core electric vehicle components
National Research Council of Science and Technology

A research team led by Dr. Jae-woong Ko from the Department of Engineering Ceramics at the Korea Institute of Materials Science(KIMS) has succeeded in localizing silicon nitride bearing ball manufacturing technology for electric vehicle drive modules.

Newswise: A Breakthrough in Reactor Physics: Advanced Neural Networks Unveil New Potential in Solving K-eigenvalue Problems
Released: 15-Nov-2023 12:25 PM EST
A Breakthrough in Reactor Physics: Advanced Neural Networks Unveil New Potential in Solving K-eigenvalue Problems
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Traditionally, K-eigenvalue problems have been tackled using a myriad of numerical methods, such as the finite difference method, nodal expansion method, and finite element method, among others.

Released: 15-Nov-2023 12:05 PM EST
A novel system for slip prevention of unmanned rovers
Shibaura Institute of Technology

Researchers take inspiration from muscles in the human body to develop a system that helps unmanned rovers detect slip condition

Released: 15-Nov-2023 11:20 AM EST
From Farm to Newsroom: The Latest Research and Features on Agriculture
Newswise

The world’s total population is expected to reach 9.9 billion by 2050. This rapid increase in population is boosting the demand for agriculture to cater for the increased demand. Below are some of the latest research and features on agriculture and farming in the Agriculture channel on Newswise.

Newswise: Argonne introduces new hydropower activity for STEM  fests
Released: 15-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Argonne introduces new hydropower activity for STEM fests
Argonne National Laboratory

This fall, when students visit a local STEM fest (a fair themed around science, technology, engineering and mathematics), if the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory has been invited to participate at that event, the students will discover that Argonne offers a fun activity to explore at STEM fests: hydropower.

   
Released: 14-Nov-2023 4:05 PM EST
A new blueprint for designing high-performance batteries
Argonne National Laboratory

Discovery of “cooperative” interactions among battery components points to an exciting new approach for designing batteries beyond lithium-ion.

Newswise: Cracking the da Vinci chronology: System tries to bring order to the works of a Renaissance genius
Released: 14-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Cracking the da Vinci chronology: System tries to bring order to the works of a Renaissance genius
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Leonardo da Vinci may have been a genius, but he was also a hot mess — at least in terms of organizing his works. When he died in 1519, the Renaissance master left behind 7,000 pages of undated drawings, scientific observations and personal journals, more or less jumbled up in a box. So, when his assistant collected da Vinci’s papers, he did his best to collate them into journals, or codices, mostly based on subject matter.

Released: 14-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Three Argonne scientists inducted as Fellows of American Physical Society
Argonne National Laboratory

The American Physical Society welcomed three new Fellows from Argonne — Dillon Fong, Katrin Heitmann and Ahren Jasper.

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Released: 14-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Fusion magnets could lead to improved microchip production
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Swooping magnetic fields that confine plasma in fusion facilities known as tokamaks could help improve the efficiency of complex machines that produce microchips. This innovation could lead to more powerful computers and smart phones, near-essential devices that make modern society possible.

Newswise: Department of Energy’s ‘Earthshot’ initiative awards Case Western Reserve $1.1 million to help ‘decarbonize’ steel
Released: 14-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Department of Energy’s ‘Earthshot’ initiative awards Case Western Reserve $1.1 million to help ‘decarbonize’ steel
Case Western Reserve University

A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University is part of a national effort to “reimagine” steel production, developing an innovative and low-cost process that could replace blast furnaces for ironmaking.



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