A new research center based at the University of Glasgow is setting out to develop the ‘cognitive’ cities of the future which will revolutionize urban life. The Centre for Integrated Sensing and Communication Enabling Cognitive…
‘KinderMining’: Tackling big data sets by keeping things…
[caption id="attachment_11856" align="alignnone" width="624"] A research assistant uses a pipette to change media that feed trays of human embryonic stem cell cultures in a UW[/caption] With about 100 lines of code, a Morgridge Institute for…
Gold standards for nanoparticles
Understanding how small organic ions stabilize gold nanoparticles may allow for better control. [caption id="attachment_11853" align="alignright" width="352"] Gold nanoparticles imaged at atomic resolution with an idealized schematic at top left.n Credit : Reproduced with permission…
Faster page loads
System allocates data center bandwidth more fairly, so no part of a webpage lags behind others. [caption id="attachment_11850" align="alignnone" width="639"] At the Usenix Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation, researchers from MIT’s Computer Science…
Ultrasounds can decrease bone density
Prolonged prenatal ultrasound exposure leads to decreased bone density and strength in young rabbits. [caption id="attachment_11846" align="alignnone" width="622"] Researchers analyzed the effects of ultrasound exposure on baby rabbits and found the rabbits had lower bone…