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…
Weather satellite extends beyond mission, into classrooms
[caption id="attachment_10782" align="alignnone" width="727"] GOES-R launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at the very last minute of the launch window, 6:42 p.m. Nov. 19. NASA PHOTO[/caption] After a successful mid-November launch, the GOES-R weather satellite, a…
Super-Flexible Liquid Crystal Device for Bendable and Rollable…
Researchers at Tohoku University have developed a super flexible liquid crystal (LC) device, in which two ultra-thin plastic substrates are firmly bonded by polymer wall spacers. [caption id="attachment_10777" align="alignnone" width="629"] The structure of super-flexible LC…
Walking a tight line to study the properties…
Tiny “walking” proteins could be used to investigate mechanical deformations in soft materials according to Hokkaido University researchers. [caption id="attachment_10772" align="alignnone" width="1098"] Change in direction of microtubules upon deformation of PDMS. When the PDMS were…
Magnetic brain stimulation can bring back stowed memories
It’s clear that your working memory — which holds attention on small things of short-term importance — works, or you wouldn’t be able to remember a new phone number long enough to dial it. Describing…