Engineering
Researchers have discovered how to extract and use info in an individual image to determine how far objects are from the focus distance.
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Scientists have built a transistor that uses protons, creating a key piece for devices that can communicate directly with living things.
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Iowa State University is helping astronauts make sure they have safe drinking water at the International Space Station.
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A detection tool that spots flight glitches without knowing ahead of time what to look for has recently been developed.
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A new $13-million NSF center based at the University of Michigan will develop high-tech materials that manipulate light in new ways.
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Tufts University chemists have developed the world's first single molecule electric motor, possibly creating a new class of devices.
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Cornell researchers have captured the microscopic origin of thinning and thickening fluids – important for industrial applications.
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Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have coaxed "micro-robots" to do their bidding.
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Scientists are finding ways to incorporate radio antennas directly into clothing, using plastic film and metallic thread.
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Four researchers are proposing an optical delay line that could fit onto a computer chip to make photons behave like electrons.
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Engineers have developed a device platform that mounts directly onto the skin like a temporary tattoo.
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Recognize this mobile phone commercial cliché? Well, you might be hearing it in your lab as this phrase is repeated more and more—not relating to poor cell phone service, but the insides of buildings and laboratories.
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