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…
Global agreements
In new book, MIT linguist expands the horizons of language analysis [caption id="attachment_11729" align="alignright" width="300"] MIT professor Shigeru Miyagawa’s new book — “Agreement Beyond Phi,” out today from the MIT Press — explores the unexpected…
Rice lab expands palette for color-changing glass
Nanophotonics team creates low-voltage, multicolor, electrochromic glass [caption id="attachment_11724" align="alignnone" width="1340"] Adding and removing an electron from neutral perylene (center column) produces an anion (left) and cation (right), respectively, with different electronic structures (middle row).…
Urine-based Biomarkers for Early Cancer Screening Test
A new study, affiliated with South Korea's Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, has introduced a new technique that validates urine-based biomarkers for early detection of cancer. [caption id="attachment_11720" align="alignnone" width="800"] Professor Yoonkyoung Cho’s…
Coffee-ring effect leads to crystallization control in semiconductors
KAUST researchers develop a method to control the orientation and properties of crystal regions within polycrystalline semiconductors [caption id="attachment_11714" align="alignnone" width="632"] Crystallization behavior can be controlled locally, creating regions with different crystal patterns. © 2017…