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…
“Yolks” and “shells” improve rechargeable batteries
Aluminum could give a big boost to capacity and power of lithium-ion batteries. [caption id="attachment_5486" align="alignnone" width="605"] The gray sphere at center represents an aluminum nanoparticle, forming the "yolk." The outer light-blue layer represents a…
Superconducting qubit and magnetic sphere hybrid
Quantum behavior of millimeter-sized magnets unraveled [caption id="attachment_5483" align="alignright" width="300"] Illustration of magnet-qubit coupled system*Copyright : © 2015 Yutaka Tabuchi[/caption] Researchers in the University of Tokyo have demonstrated that it is possible to exchange a…
Google Partners with Ancestry.com to Study Aging
Calico, the two-year-old life sciences company backed by Google, struck a deal with DNA testing service AncestryDNA on July 22 to gain access to anonymized genetic information to help with Calico’s research on aging. AncestryDNA is a…
NASA Deputy Administrator to Tour Composites Technology Center…
[caption id="attachment_5474" align="alignright" width="985"] The 21-foot robot arm moves on a track in the Composites Technology Center in NASA’s National Center for Advanced Manufacturing at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The robotic…