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…
Cell-tracking agents get a boost
[caption id="attachment_11482" align="alignnone" width="638"] An improved compound of bismuth and carbon nanotubes called Bi4C@US-tubes, developed at Rice University, CHI St. Luke's Health-Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, could enhance the ability…
IOLIOMICS – A research discipline of the future
IOLIOMICS is defined as a rapidly emerging research discipline dealing with the studies of ions in liquid phases and revealing fundamental properties of ionic interactions in biological and chemical systems. [caption id="attachment_11478" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Figure:…
A fair price to pay?
Study shows online retail prices often match store prices — and suggests why they sometimes do not. [caption id="attachment_11474" align="alignnone" width="639"] An innovative study by an MIT economist found that in 10 major countries, companies…
UW-Madison team wins Innovation Award in Hyperloop competition
[caption id="attachment_11466" align="alignnone" width="620"] The Badgerloop team poses with its pod. BADGERLOOP[/caption] A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison students won an innovation award in a worldwide SpaceX Hyperloop pod competition. The UW–Madison Badgerloop team competed…