New design tool to enable global roaming smart phones
Wireless communications is a technology that is used every day. Across society, there is a move away from using the internet on desktop computers and towards smartphones, tablets and laptops. Engineers...
View ArticleWe should create cities for slowing down
Peter Jackson employed an intricate approach to the stage design of Lord of the Rings. The people who inhabited Middle Earth for hundreds of generations slowly left cultural traces, alterations,...
View ArticleSupercomputers assist in search for new, better cancer drugs
Surgery and radiation remove, kill, or damage cancer cells in a certain area. But chemotherapy—which uses medicines or drugs to treat cancer—can work throughout the whole body, killing cancer cells...
View ArticleHealthy housing for refugees in extreme climates
Refugees living in extreme climates ranging from 45 degrees to -10 degrees, such as those in Jordan, could benefit from improved living conditions as a result of an international collaborative research...
View Article3-D printers open new design space for wireless devices
Researchers at Duke University have 3-D printed potent electromagnetic metamaterials, using an electrically conductive material compatible with a standard 3-D printer.
View ArticleResearchers announce master plan for better science
An international team of experts has produced a "manifesto" setting forth steps to improve the quality of scientific research.
View ArticleBitcoin's popular design is being exploited for theft and fraud
The very design features that make Bitcoin technology appealing to its users are also weaknesses being exploited for the theft of the cryptocurrency – new research reveals.
View ArticleUsing design to perform 'non-invasive brain surgery'
Earlier this year, Twitter changed its default avatar from an egg to a human silhouette in an effort to curb harassment on the social media platform. Twitter officials hope the new avatar's impact will...
View ArticleToward lab-grown designer babies
It gives new meaning to the vulgarity "a piece of tail." The latest way of divorcing baby-making from the old-fashioned method not only involves no sexual relations, it doesn't even involve eggs and...
View ArticleFrench designer shows off DIY robot in public for first time
A French designer has shown his humanoid DIY robot to the public for the first time.
View ArticleCMU's interactive tool helps novices and experts make custom robots
A new interactive design tool developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute enables both novices and experts to build customized legged or wheeled robots using 3D-printed components and...
View ArticleNew sound diffuser is ten times thinner than existing designs
Researchers from North Carolina State University and Nanjing University have developed an "ultra-thin" sound diffuser that is 10 times thinner than the widely used diffusers found in recording studios,...
View ArticleTaking circular economy to the next level
In recent years a growing number of businesses, governments and environmental advocates have embraced the concept of a "circular economy," which aims to achieve greater sustainability by keeping more...
View ArticleThe crown jewel of the HL-LHC magnets
While the LHC is at the start of a new season of data taking, scientists and engineers around the world are working hard to develop brand new magnets for the LHC upgrade, the High-Luminosity LHC (HL-LHC).
View ArticleNASA completes milestone toward quieter supersonic X-plane
NASA has achieved a significant milestone in its effort to make supersonic passenger jet travel over land a real possibility by completing the preliminary design review (PDR) of its Quiet Supersonic...
View ArticleTwo knees or not two knees: The curious case of the ostrich's double kneecap
Ostriches are the only animals in the world to have a double-kneecap, but its purpose remains an evolutionary mystery. PhD student, Ms Sophie Regnault, from the Royal Veterinary College, UK says...
View ArticleA new way to practice passing in soccer
In soccer, the ability to anticipate the arrival of teammates' passes, receive the ball, and quickly and accurately redirect it is essential to executing a game plan. But it can be difficult for...
View ArticleMaking telescopes that curve and twist
A new tool for computational design allows users to turn any 3D shape into a collapsible telescoping structure. New mathematical methods developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University capture...
View ArticleFeedback from thousands of designs could transform protein engineering
The stage is set for a new era of data-driven protein molecular engineering as advances in DNA synthesis technology merge with improvements in computational design of new proteins.
View ArticleControl of the unfolded protein response in health and disease
Information generated by screening tools, readily available therapies and potential pathways to drug development are the cornerstone of informed clinical research and clinical trial design. In a new...
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