Researchers Explore How Children Learn Language Far Faster Than Teenagers or Adults
Small children learn language at a pace far faster than teenagers or adults. One explanation for this learning advantage comes not from differences between children…
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Battery Technology Breakthrough: An Atomic Look at Lithium-Rich Batteries
Batteries have come a long way since Volta first stacked copper and zinc discs together 200 years ago. While the technology has continued to evolve…
AI Technique Ushers In New Era of High-Resolution Simulations of the Universe
Using neural networks, researchers can now simulate universes in a fraction of the time, advancing the future of physics research. A universe evolves over billions…
Flat Pasta Developed That Morphs Into Shape When Cooked
Flat-packed noodles create more sustainable packaging, transportation and storage. People love pasta for its shapes — from tubes of penne and rigatoni to spirals of…
Tarantula’s Pervasiveness Traced Back to the Cretaceous Period
Tarantulas are among the most notorious spiders, due in part to their size, vibrant colors, and prevalence throughout the world. But one thing most people…
Carbon Capture & Storage: Stanford and Carnegie Mellon Researchers Reveal Cost of Key Climate Solution
Perhaps the best hope for slowing climate change — capturing and storing carbon dioxide emissions underground — has remained elusive due in part to uncertainty…
Detecting COVID-19 Antibodies in 10–12 Seconds With a 3D Printed Test Chip
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University report findings on an advanced nanomaterial-based biosensing platform that detects, within seconds, antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for…
COVID-19 Pandemic Spawns “Infodemic” in Scientific Literature
New policies, technologies could help make sense of flood of information. The science community has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with such a flurry of…
New System Combines Smartphone Videos to Create 4D Visualizations – “The World Is Our Studio”
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have demonstrated that they can combine iPhone videos shot “in the wild” by separate cameras to create 4D visualizations that…
Self-Isolation May Increase Your Susceptibility to COVID-19 – Here’s Why
Previous research points to the effect of social stressors on developing upper respiratory infections, holding clues to COVID-19 risk. Months of self-isolation and social distancing…
Carnegie Mellon Tool Automatically Turns Math Into Beautiful and Instructive Illustrations
Some people look at an equation and see a bunch of numbers and symbols; others see beauty. Thanks to a new tool created at Carnegie…
Media Corruption? Car Safety Recalls Reported Less When Manufacturers Advertise More
Is the reporting of media outlets biased in favor of firms that advertise with them? A new study looked at the relationship between advertising by…
Carbon Intensity of Power Sector Down in 2019 As Renewables Saw Considerable Growth
Engineers from Carnegie Mellon University’s Scott Institute for Energy Innovation have compiled carbon emissions for the U.S. electric power sector for the second quarter (Q2)…
New System Uses Smartphone Video to Accurately Locate Shooters
New analytical tool could aid human rights, public safety workers. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a system that can accurately locate a shooter…
Trash Talk Hurts Performance, Even When It Comes From a Robot
Discouraging words from machines impair human game play. Trash talking has a long and colorful history of flustering game opponents, and now researchers at Carnegie…
Star Ejected by Supermassive Black Hole at Heart of Milky Way at Over 3.5 Million MPH [Video]
Runaway Star Ejected From the Galactic Heart of Darkness Astronomers have spotted an ultrafast star, traveling at a blistering 6 million km/h (~3.7 million m/h),…
Girls and Boys Have Similar Brains, Produce Equal Math Ability
New research at Carnegie Mellon University indicates that there is no gender disparity in how children learn and perform math skills. In 1992, Teen Talk…
Artificial Intelligence Imitates Engineers to Construct Effective New Designs Using Visual Cues
AI Learns to Design Using Visual Cues As Humans Do Trained AI agents can adopt human design strategies to solve problems, according to findings published…