Abu Dhabi, May 21 – The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) opened its thirty-first Council meeting on Wednesday at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, with more than 300 government representatives attending in person and online.…
PolyU discovers a newly emerged superbug — hyper-resistant…
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) discovered a newly emerged superbug, hyper-resistant and hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, which may cause untreatable and fatal infections in relatively healthy individuals and will pose enormous threat to human health.…
Making data centers more energy efficient
Flash-memory system could reduce power consumption of data center “caches” by 90 percent. [caption id="attachment_13076" align="alignnone" width="639"] Researchers from CSAIL have devised a new system for data center caching that uses flash memory. In addition…
Robotic system monitors specific neurons
Success rate is comparable to that of highly trained scientists performing the process manually. [caption id="attachment_13070" align="alignnone" width="639"] MIT engineers have devised a way to automate the process of monitoring neurons in a living brain…
App helps farmers make the most of their…
[caption id="attachment_13066" align="alignnone" width="775"] A new app to help farmers harvesting corn was developed by Brian Luck, an assistant professor of biological systems engineering, and Rebecca Willett, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering.…