TOKYO, Feb 6 – Japanese and German researchers have independently synthesized a new class of silicon-based compounds that could expand the element’s role beyond semiconductors and industrial materials. A team led by Professor Takeaki Iwamoto…
Object recognition for free
System designed to label visual scenes according to type turns out to detect particular objects, too. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Object recognition — determining what objects are where in a digital image — is a central research…
Researchers build new fermion microscope
Instrument freezes and images 1,000 individual fermionic atoms at once. [caption id="attachment_4167" align="alignright" width="639"] Graduate student Lawrence Cheuk adjusts the optics setup for laser cooling of sodium atoms.Photo: Jose-Luis Olivares/MIT[/caption] CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Fermions are the…
Kepler Observes Neptune Dance with Its Moons
NASA's Kepler spacecraft, known for its planet-hunting prowess of other stars, is also studying solar system objects. In its new K2 mission, Neptune and two of its moons, Triton and Nereid, have been imaged. The…
AmbuLink strengthens connections between doctors, ambulance crews
Rice University, Texas Children's Hospital system aims to eliminate cell-service gaps [caption id="attachment_4158" align="alignright" width="3600"] Members of the AmbuLink team -- from left, Christopher Buck, Chase Stewart, Supreeth Mannava and Adam Bloom -- test their…