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…
Mobile technology detects, prevents disease outbreaks in Sri…
[caption id="attachment_6133" align="alignright" width="300"] Researchers used innovative ways to reduce the spread of animal-borne diseases in Sri Lanka. Copyright: TIM DEJAGER/Flickr[/caption] In Sri Lanka, mobile phones are now much more than just a way to…
Morgridge match exceeds goal: $250 Million raised for…
[caption id="attachment_6130" align="alignnone" width="600"] John and Tashia Morgridge inspired more than 1,000 other donors with their matching gift challenge.[/caption] MADISON - John and Tashia Morgridge issued a challenge last November to fellow University of Wisconsin-Madison…
Bubble, bubble … boiling on the double
New analysis of textured surfaces could lead to more efficient, and less dangerous, power plants. [caption id="attachment_6127" align="alignnone" width="639"] At right is a rig for measuring the critical heat flux (CHF) of thermally saturated water…
Doctors Perform Life-changing Surgery on Woman Plagued by…
[caption id="attachment_6124" align="alignright" width="300"] UCLA patient Rachel Pyne listens to her surgeons Dr. Quinton Gopen and Dr. Isaac Yang discuss her second surgery to patch a small hole in her inner ear. (Source: UCLA)[/caption] The…