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  • Scientists Refine MRI to Generate the Sharpest Image of a Brain

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    The researchers produced a colorful scan of a mouse's brain, allowing them to view neural network connections. (Image Credit: Duke Center for In Vivo Microscopy) MRI imaging is useful for providing visualizations of soft tissue. However, MRI ima...
    • 26 Apr 2023
  • Humane Unveiled New Phone Projector That Could Change Mobile Tech

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    The projector phone features sensors and cameras to project visual interfaces on a surface. (Image Credit: Zarif Ali/TED) Apple’s mixed reality headset has stirred up a lot of excitement among tech enthusiasts due to its potential. Even then, ...
    • 24 Apr 2023
  • Texas A&M University researchers demonstrate meminductance

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    Texas A&M University engineers exhibited meminductance with their latest new circuit element discovery called the meminductor. Other researchers discovered two different types, including the memristor in 2008 and the memcapacitor in 2019. These ...
    • 21 Apr 2023
  • Will adding Iron Nanoparticles to Our Oceans Help Mitigate the Climate Crisis?

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    Adding iron nanoparticles to the ocean’s surface could help plankton growth. (Image Credit: Pexels/pixabay) Climate experts say that significantly reducing the number of greenhouse gasses that escape into the atmosphere must be achieved to pr...
    • 18 Apr 2023
  • MIT Engineers Propose A New Way To Fight Climate Change --- With The Ocean!

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    Extracting carbon dioxide from the oceans would help decrease acidification, allowing coral reefs to thrive. (Image Credit: Hiroko Yoshi) Carbon capture technology has become a controversial topic over the past little while. The U.S. Department of E...
    • 11 Apr 2023
  • Kits! Amazon Sidewalk Now Available For More Developers

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    Amazon is officially opening Sidewalk to more developers. (Image Credit: Amazon) Dev kit alert! This seems like it might be fun. In 2019, Amazon unveiled its Sidewalk technology, a low-bandwidth wireless network for IoT device connectivity. These I...
    • 6 Apr 2023
  • Researchers Taught Goldfish to Drive Their Tanks On Land, Again

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    Just last year, Israeli researchers revealed that goldfish learned to drive fish tanks, achieved through fish-operated vehicles (FOVs) that had aquariums mounted atop motorized wheels. It also has a small camera connected to a Raspberry Pi to track ...
    • 5 Apr 2023
  • Astronomers ask to prohibit mega-constellation satellites

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    Mega-constellation satellites could directly impact our ability to observe the night skies. (Image Credit: Paul Volkmar/Unsplash) I'm all for technological advancement, but this one I'm really on the fence about.  Astronomers say low e...
    • 24 Mar 2023
  • New chip technology is so small that it can be mounted on a tooth to monitor saliva

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    Silicon Labs’ tooth sensor monitors a patient’s saliva. (Image Credit: Silicon Labs) Making wearable devices smaller has become increasingly challenging, especially when it involves battery life. Silicon Labs developed a tiny xG27 chipse...
    • 20 Mar 2023
  • Physicists claim they achieved quantum energy teleportation, and the first law of thermodynamics gets a revamp

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    Tohoku University physicists say they used quantum technology to teleport energy, allowing them to extract it from a vacuum. This builds on a 2008 study that involved theoretical physicist Masahiro Hotta producing negative energy in a quantum vacuum...
    • 15 Mar 2023
  • Stroke Victim Can Move Her Arm Thanks To Electrical Pulse Stimulation

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    33-year-old stroke victim Heather Rendulic lifted a can of soup with the help of the implanted electrode. (Image Credit: Tim Betler, UPMC and University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences) An electrode distributing electrical pulses to a specific area on...
    • 1 Mar 2023
  • Light sensor can reach 200% quantum efficiency

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    Riccardo Ollearo demonstrates the photodiode’s ability to sense the signal from his finger. From there, the screen shows his heart rate. (Image Credit: Bart van Overbeeke) The Eindhoven University of Technology researchers developed photodio...
    • 22 Feb 2023
  • Researchers can now 3D map lightning strikes

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    Researchers can now map lightning in 3D. (Image Credit: Michał Mancewicz/Unsplash) Studying lightning strikes has never been an easy task. Researchers typically use "radio frequency interferometry," which involves using an array of antenna...
    • 21 Feb 2023
  • Copper wire sandwich promises to solve thermal transport issues in small devices

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    The flexible material improves thermal transport within a device. (Image Credit: Carnegie Mellon University, College of Engineering) Smaller and more powerful devices have a greater risk of overheating and burning out. Although cooling solution tech...
    • 17 Feb 2023
  • Reconfigurable patch antenna serves a crucial role in future communication networks

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    The circular patch antenna prototype changes its frequency from high to low. (Image Credit: Jeff Xu/Penn State) Reconfigurable antennas will serve a crucial role in future communication networks, such as 6G. However, existing reconfigurable antennas...
    • 15 Feb 2023
  • Latest see-through technology uses WiFi signals to detect humans behind a wall

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    The technology detects human movements through walls. (Image Credit: Carnegie Mellon University) Just because you can, should you make it? Seems like something that can/will be abused. Carnegie Mellon University researchers leveraged WiFi routers to...
    • 24 Jan 2023
  • LeviPrint Uses Acoustic Levitation for Contactless Fabrication

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    LeviPrint uses sound to levitate objects and a robotic arm and liquid dispenser to manufacture complex objects. (Image credit: UpnaLab via YouTube) Researchers from UpnaLab, Smart Cities Institute divisions of the Public University of Navarre, Ultr...
    • 17 Jan 2023
  • Cochlear implants have restored hearing for hearing loss individuals

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    People with hearing loss could benefit from cochlear implants. (Mohamed_hassan/pixabay) The WHO says over 1.5 billion people globally have hearing loss, and that number is expected to increase to 2.5 billion by 2050. Plenty of research has been per...
    • 11 Jan 2023
  • Researchers achieve quantum mechanics breakthrough to see objects without viewing them

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    Researchers used quantum coherence to perform interaction-free experiments. (Image Credit: Mikko Raskinen/Aalto University) Finally observe without influencing? Aalto University researchers discovered a new and effective technique to perform interac...
    • 10 Jan 2023
  • Playstation’s Accessibility Controller, a Great Product You Can’t Get

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    It’s shocking it took PlayStation this long to add an accessibility controller. X-Box has had one for almost a half-decade. Nevertheless, Sony announced their effort in this space at CES 2023. They are dubbing the controller “Project Leo...
    • 6 Jan 2023
  • A children's crystal growing kit contained a time crystal

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    (Image Credit: Yale University) Yale University physicists discovered time crystals, "a form of matter that ticks in response to an electromagnetic pulse," in a children's crystal-growing toy kit. Two studies were published in Physical...
    • 4 Jan 2023
  • Researchers develop spray-on mesh that uses AI to recognize hand tasks

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    The spray-on mesh consists of a Bluetooth module that transmits signal changes. (Image Credit: Kyun Kyu "Richard" Kim, Bao Group, Stanford University) Stanford University researchers developed a biocompatible material that sprays onto the ...
    • 2 Jan 2023
  • Researchers create the world's tiniest playable record

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    DTU researchers used the Nanofrazor to create the world's tiniest record featuring the first 25 seconds of "Rocking Around the Christmas Tree." (Image Credit: DTU Physics) DTU Physics researchers developed a 40-micrometer record with t...
    • 27 Dec 2022
  • Crawling robots inside human bodies? You bet!

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    These tiny crawling bots can treat infections, tumors, and blood clots in the human body. (All Images Via: Aishwarya Pantula / Johns Hopkins University) John Hopkins University scientists developed a 3D-printed tiny, crawling robot designe...
    • 20 Dec 2022
  • SpaceX launches NASA's SWOT mission to monitor the Earth's waters

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    NASA's SWOT mission will monitor the Earth's waters to help address climate change issues. (Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CNES/Thales Alenia Space) On Friday at 6:45 AM EST, SpaceX launched NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWO...
    • 16 Dec 2022
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