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Algorithm that harnesses data from a new sensor could make autonomous robots more nimble. One of the reasons we donât yet have self-driving cars and mini-helicopters delivering online purchases is that autonomous vehicles tend not to perform well under pressure. A system that can flawlessly parallel park at 5 mph may have trouble avoiding obstacles … Continue reading
Electric school buses that feed the power grid could save school districts millions of dollars â and reduce childrenâs exposure to diesel fumes â based on recent research by the University of Delawareâs College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment (CEOE). A new study examines the cost-effectiveness of electric school buses that discharge their batteries into … Continue reading
Scientists may be years away from successfully emulating a human or animal brain for research purposes, but the significant â and perhaps unexpected â ethical challenges such work presents have been outlined in a thought-provoking article in the Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence. âWhole brain emulation (WBE),â writes Anders Sandberg of Oxfordâs Future … Continue reading
Online identification and authentication keeps transactions secure on the Internet, however this has also implications for your privacy. Disclosing more personal information than needed online when, say, you log in to your bank website may simplify the bankâs security at the cost of your privacy. Now, thanks to research by the EU-funded project Attribute-based Credentials … Continue reading
A team of researchers, led by Dr. Matthew Lewin of the California Academy of Sciences and Dr. Stephen P. Samuel of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland has taken another promising step toward developing a universal antidote for snakebite. Last summer, the team tested the effectiveness of a nasally administered antiparalytic drug on mice injected with high … Continue reading
Mechanism uncovered could also help preserve neuron function in Alzheimer’s disease, traumatic brain injury and other neurodegenerative conditions Research presented by Dr. Lynn Raymond, from the University of British Columbia, shows that blocking a specific class of glutamate receptors, called extrasynaptic NMDA receptors, can improve motor learning and coordination, and prevent cell death in animal … Continue reading
A simple, inexpensive spray method that deposits a graphene film can heal manufacturing defects and produce a high-quality graphene layer on a range of substrates, report researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Korea University. The new method of deposition, which allows graphene to âhealâ its defects during application, is simple, inexpensive, and … Continue reading
Biomedical engineering researchers have developed daisy-shaped, nanoscale structures that are made predominantly of anti-cancer drugs and are capable of introducing a âcocktailâ of multiple drugs into cancer cells. The researchers are all part the joint biomedical engineering program at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. âWe found that … Continue reading
The privacy of the data that we put online has been a hot topic over the last year. In order to protect against unwanted snooping, a group of scientists has created a new secure email service. ProtonMail provides end-to-end encryption, meaning that even the company itself can’t even see the content of your messages. People … Continue reading
A new twist on 3-D imaging technology could one day enable your self-driving car to spot a child in the street half a block away, let you answer your Smartphone from across the room with a wave of your hand, or play âvirtual tennisâ on your driveway. The new system, developed by researchers at the … Continue reading
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