Key Parker Solar Probe Sensor Bests Sun Simulator, Set for Summer Launch
You don’t get to swim in the sun’s atmosphere unless you can prove you belong there. And the Parker Solar Probe’s Faraday cup, a key…
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New Microscope Technology Reveals Cells In Unprecedented Detail
Cells of a zebrafish eye, computationally “exploded.” Video by Liu et al More than 350 years ago, the English natural philosopher Robert Hooke looked through…
New Implantable Device Furnishes Islet Cells With Their Own Supply of Oxygen
Since the 1960s, researchers have been interested in the possibility of treating type 1 diabetes by transplanting islet cells — the pancreatic cells that are…
Machine-Learning System Replicates Human Auditory Behavior, Predicts Brain Responses
Using a machine-learning system known as a deep neural network, MIT researchers have created the first model that can replicate human performance on auditory tasks…
‘Deep Learning’ Algorithm Brings New Tools to Astronomy
A ‘deep learning’ algorithm trained on images from cosmological simulations has been surprisingly successful at classifying real galaxies in Hubble images. A machine learning method…
DopplerScatt Doubles Scientists’ View of Ocean-Air Interactions
NASA scientists are hard at work trying to unlock mysteries of our planet’s ocean surface currents and winds using a new Earth science radar instrument…
Homemade Microscope Shows How a Cancer-Causing Virus Clings to Our DNA
Using a homemade, high-tech microscope, scientists at the School of Medicine have revealed how a cancer-causing virus anchors itself to our DNA. That discovery could…
Engineers Develop New Manufacturing Process That Spools Out Strips of Graphene
MIT engineers have developed a continuous manufacturing process that produces long strips of high-quality graphene. The team’s results are the first demonstration of an industrial,…
Artificial Antimicrobial Peptides Overcome Drug-Resistant Bacteria
With aid of computer algorithm, researchers develop peptides more powerful than those found in nature. During the past several years, many strains of bacteria have…
Biologically Inspired Membrane Separates and Captures Greenhouse Gases
A biologically inspired membrane intended to cleanse carbon dioxide almost completely from the smoke of coal-fired power plants has been developed by scientists at Sandia…
Optoelectronic Chips Reduce Energy Usage, Increase Speed
Startup’s optoelectronic chips could reduce energy usage by up to 50 percent in data centers while increasing computing speeds. With novel optoelectronic chips and a…
Engineers Discover Greener and Cheaper Technique for Biofuel
Natural bacterium isolated from mushroom crop residue converts plant-based material to butanol directly. A team of engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) recently…
Self-Healing Aluminum Oxide Protects Against Corrosion
Researchers have found that a solid oxide protective coating for metals can, when applied in sufficiently thin layers, deform as if it were a liquid,…
New Nanofiber Dressings Dramatically Accelerate Healing and Tissue Regeneration
Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have developed new…
NASA News Conference to Announce New Supersonic Test Aircraft
NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. EDT (8 a.m. PDT) on Tuesday, April 3, to announce the agency’s plans for its next experimental…
New Nanotech Device Provides Cat-Like ‘Hearing’
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University are developing atomically thin “drumheads” able to receive and transmit signals across a radio frequency range far greater than…
NASA Explores Visionary Ideas That Could Transform the Future
NASA is investing in technology concepts that include meteoroid impact detection, space telescope swarms, and small orbital debris mapping technologies that may one day be used…
Machine-Learning System Uses Physics to Identify Habitable Planets
As part of an effort to identify distant planets hospitable to life, NASA has established a crowdsourcing project in which volunteers search telescopic images for…
