HEADLINES ARCHIVE
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%.
Robot Sets Vertical Jumping Record
A robot can leap into the air and spring off a wall or jump multiple consecutive times to achieve a record combined jumping height.
Could Smallpox May Be More Recent than We Thought?
Genetic research suggests that smallpox may not be an ancient disease but a more modern killer that went on to become the first human disease eradicated by vaccination.
Improved Hydrogen Fuel Storage for Clean Energy Vehicles?
New materials could enable more efficient storage of hydrogen fuel for cars.
Method Produces Hydrogen at Lower Temperatures
A faster more economical method to produce hydrogen could bring fuel cells for cars and home energy systems closer to reality.
Sensor Provides Immediate Detection of Lead
The technology can be used for one-time testing of lead in tap water through a handheld device.
Molecular Imaging Hack Makes Cameras "Faster"
Super temporal resolution microscopy allows scientists to view and gather useful information about fluorescing molecules at a frame rate 20 times faster than typical lab cameras allow.
First Citywide Test of Radioactivity
A key element of SIGMA, which began in 2014, has been to develop and test low-cost, high-efficiency radiation sensors that detect gamma and neutron radiation.