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Everyday Use of Legal Metrology Standards
When you go to the grocery store and buy a pound of flour or a liter of soda, how do you know you are getting exactly one pound or one liter?
Novel Technique for Low-Cost Nanowire Production
The method works at ambient temperature and pressure without the use of catalysts, toxic chemicals or processes such as chemical vapor deposition.
Have a Look at This Free Circadian Stimulus Calculator
The CS metric was developed to quantify the impact of light on acute melatonin suppression, a marker of circadian system activation.
Metamaterial Can Change from Hard to Soft—and Back Again
Researchers discovered a way to compose a metamaterial that can be easily manipulated to increase the stiffness of its surface by orders of magnitude—the difference between rubber and steel.
Targeted Search Yields Better Cathode Coating Materials
A new computational design method can help engineers design longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries.
Chemical Engineers Take Step Toward Bio-diesel
A genetically modified yeast developed at MIT could lead to one of the first bio-based diesel fuels.
Mars Rover Prototype Delivered for Tests
The robotic rover will be used as part of the second phase of ExoMars to follow up studies exploring the possibility of life on Mars.
Coming in 2018: The New Kilogram
The kilogram unit of mass is about to get a new definition.
Play an Instrument? You May React Faster as a Result
The results suggest that long-term musical training reduces simple non-musical auditory, tactile and multisensory reaction times.
Video Game App May Help Combat Depression
A study found that moderately depressed people may do better with video game apps because the games address or treat specific correlates of depression.
Image Recognition Software Identifies Potential Drugs
Using artificial intelligence to mine libraries of untested chemical compounds can speed up the search for potentially useful new drugs.
Test for Reactor Vessel Damage Assessment
The testing method uses acoustic vibrations to gauge material damage levels.
Scientists Extend Life of Sound Waves in Glass
Extending the lifetime of sound waves traveling through glass could help to optimize performance of optomechanical systems.
Robots Break Free from the Factory--Part 1
A Q&A with the legendary Red Whittaker of Carnegie Mellon University.
Can Negative Reports Help Balance Publication "Bias"?
Scientists may be able to prevent the canonization of incorrect research results by publishing more reports of negative or inconclusive research.
Toy Safety Advances Stem from Protecting Soldiers from Eye Injuries
A dummy headform outfitted with impact sensors allows researchers to measure forces exerted by a projectile on the eyes and face and determine which impacts are likely to cause injury.
Drugs from Dirt
In soil collected from city parks, the team dug up genetic evidence of bacteria capable of producing a wide range of compounds whose potent effects might be harnessed for medicines.
Robots Take the Battlefield
The THeMIS ADDER is envisioned as helping support, or even replacing, soldiers on the battlefield.
Targeting Kidney Function to Control Mosquitos
Inducing kidney failure may represent a new option for controlling mosquito populations while protecting honeybees.
Mind Control of a Robotic Arm
A robotic arm picked up objects with an average success rate above 80% and moved objects from a table to a shelf with an average success rate above 70%.