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New AI and Deep Learning Method Speeds Up Gross Tumor Volume Analysis
The new work focuses on taking a doctor's decision-making process and turning it into a computer program.
Researchers Closer to a Cocaine Breathalyzer
Researchers from the University at Buffalo have developed a low-cost chip that brings them one step closer to developing a breathalyzer that works much like an alcohol breathalyzer but instead of alcohol, the device would be capable of detecting cocaine.
Watch: Lithium-Sulfur Battery Uses Plastic to Solve Energy Storage Problems While Lowering Plastic Waste
The new method puts ink-free plastic that is soaked in a sulfur-containing solvent in a microwave, and then turns that into batteries as a carbon scaffold.
Earthquake Engineers Find Out How The Leaning Tower of Pisa has Survived Major Earthquakes
Since the middle ages, multiple strong earthquakes have hit the area, yet the tower is still standing—albeit leaning.
A Superconductor Theory from the 1980s Reveals New Information on a New Superconductor
Rice University physicists have used an old theory that finally figured out why an iron-based high-temperature superconductor acts contradictory, to solve a different kind of superconductor mystery.
New Microscope System Allows Researchers to Observe Animal’s Brain Activity in Natural Environments
The ability to track the interactions of brain cells in animals in their natural habitat has been long sought after by neuroscientists and doctors. Researchers from The Rockefeller University have developed a system that is a huge step closer to this dream.
Ditch the Dyne Pens for Quick and Accurate Wettability Results from KRÜSS
The process of determining free surface energy of solid surfaces is susceptible to human error and often produces less-than-reliable results, leading to inaccurate statements about the surface’s wettability. But all of that is changing rapidly.
Fluid Lensing Generates Clear Underwater Images Through Ocean Waves
The technique removes optical distortions like caustic focusing and refractive lensing to provide a clear view of submerged objects from above the rippling water surface.
Improving Measurement at the Nanoscale
A new technique using photons, fundamental components of light, could make measurements at the nanoscale 100 times more precise.
Watch: Infection-fighting Microbeads Show Promise in Burn Wound Simulations
Simulations showed that microbead treatment is unlikely to be effective on its own, but when combined with a technique called debridement, it could significantly reduce or eliminate infection.
MOF Sensors Have Sulfur Dioxide in the Pocket
A porous material with pockets embedded into its structure is a promising material for sensing noxious gases.
Innovative UV Detection Solution for Overhead Wire Faults on Electrical Railways Overhead Lines
Detection of ultraviolet radiation on railways power lines is vital to the reliable & safe performance of railways. This UV radiation is called corona. Corona detection can reveal hidden electrical and mechanical faults and save unexpected downtime as well as hazardous situations. Ofil’s innovative system meets the challenge of doing it accurately and does it in real-time.
Using Sweat to Help Investigate Crime Scenes
Considering that our skin is covered in sweat glands (on average, 650 sweat glands per square inch of skin), it’s safe to say that we leave a trail of our sweat wherever we go and on whatever we touch. As such, researchers from the University at Albany believe that this “data” can be used to help with crime scene investigations.
New Device is a Successful, Eco-Friendly Method to Create Hydrogen Fuel
A new device provides stable artificial photosynthesis and doubles the efficiency of harnessing sunlight to break apart fresh and salt water.
Ancient Solar Stills Get an Upgrade with Carbon Paper for Clean Water Production
Black, carbon-dipped, triangular paper is used to absorb and vaporize water at incredible rates in solar stills.
MRI Method Diagnoses Battery Defects
The method quickly determines what ails lithium-ion batteries — from determining how much charge remains to detecting internal defects — without opening them up.
Hawaii Approves Bill Banning Over-the-Counter Sunscreens That Threaten Coral Reefs
If signed, the ban will go into effect on January 1, 2021.
Researchers Develop Plastic-Eating Enzyme to Reduce Plastic Waste
The new research has developed an improved enzyme that has the ability to break down plastic bottles made out of polyethylene (PET).
Team from Japan Invents "Wood Alcohol"
A team of researchers from Japan’s Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute has developed a method for producing alcohol from wood.
Skull-drilling Robot Developed by PhD Student to Cut Operation Times
As part of surgeries for treating illnesses such as cancer and infection, surgeons often spend long hours fixed to the same spot drilling a patient’s skull.