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Study: Permafrost temperatures are heating up
Permafrost melting causes the release of carbon dioxide and methane and speeds up global warming.
Coalition urges tech giants to stop sales of facial recognition tech to the government
Ninety advocacy and activist groups have signed open letters addressed to Amazon, Google and Microsoft, imploring them to not sell facial recognition technologies to government authorities.
Video: Designing the future circular collider
A European initiative seeks to build a 100 km superconducting proton accelerator ring with an energy of up to 100 trillion electron volts.
Lee Plug expansion plugs
Lee Plug expansion plugs seal fluid passages without the use of O-rings, threads or sealants.
Digital display designed for small modular reactor
A safety display and indication system based on field programmable gate array technology was designed for NuScale’s small modular reactor.
US judge rules that law enforcement can't forcibly unlock biometric-protected devices
A United States judge has ruled that forcibly unlocking smartphones secured by biometrics is a violation of the Fifth Amendment.
Supermarket chain to employ robot to scan aisles for hazards
Giant Food Stores will soon debut a new robot employee at each of its stores.
Rapid 3D-printing of scaffolds for spinal cord injury repair
A microscale continuous projection printing method was used to produce a complex scaffold structure for regenerative medicine applications in the spinal cord.
Elder care robot tested in WSU smart home
Scientists at Washington State University (WSU) have developed a robot with the potential for keeping elderly people with dementia and other limitations living in their own homes longer.
Updated diagnostic enables mobile testing for viruses, bacteria and active toxins
The portable, microfluidic platform provides for simultaneous detection of toxins and pathogenic bacteria.
Homeowner converts 110-year-old tree into library
The trunk of a 110-year-old cottonwood tree in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, has been converted into a mini library.
Video: Automated Pu-238 production to benefit NASA missions
The newly automated system will more than triple the number of plutonium pellets produced at ORNL each week from 80 to 275.
Morphing aerial drones: Flying robot dragons, bird-mimicking quadrotors and more
See four examples from the latest research on drone shape-changing abilities that enable unmanned aerial vehicles to slip into areas they would otherwise be unable to enter.
Anymal traverses and inspects Zurich sewers
During testing the robot transmitted images and a mind-boggling 500,000 measurements per second back to the above-ground team.
Team creates songwriting system that can mimic style of specific artists
A team of researchers from the University of Waterloo, Canada, have devised a system for constructing song lyrics in the style of specific musical artists.
Watch a microfluidic sheet travel and change shape
Chemical catalysis technology is harnessed to achieve autonomous movement and reconfiguration of the sheet in a reactant-filled fluid.
New wireless vibration meter represents explosion of capabilities
When a client seeking vibration meters for a confidential project came to AV-Consulting, a Netherlands-based noise and vibration specialist, the new VSEW mk2 – 8g from Convergence Instruments proved to be an ideal choice.
Immigrant students build STEM skills more than US-born students
According to research from Duke and Stanford Universities, U.S. immigrant children study more STEM subjects than U.S.-born students, resulting in their greater representation in STEM occupations.
Government shutdown affects science
The shutdown has resulted in the closure of several federal agencies including NASA, the National Park Service, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and sections of the Smithsonian Institute.
IoT sensors to predict train track and station faults
Researchers from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), engineering solutions company Costain and startup Enable My Team (EMT) have devised a system capable of predicting parts, equipment and device failures at train stations.