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Ultrasonic sensors can safeguard residential gas lines
A team of UBC Okanagan researchers is investigating a new method to monitor underground gas pipelines with high-tech sensors that can make it easier to find weaknesses, discrepancies and even a diversion in residential natural ...
Jan 25, 2023
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Dolphin-inspired compact sonar for enhanced underwater acoustic imaging
Underwater imaging sonars are an essential technology for ocean exploration. Biomimetic sonars that are inspired from marine mammals such as dolphins are an emerging development in this field. A team of scientists from the ...
Jan 19, 2023
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Development of an ionic device capable of brain-like information processing
A Tokyo University of Science research team has developed an AI device with high information processing performance. This was achieved by recreating the so-called "edge-of-chaos" state occurring in the brain using ion–electron-coupled ...
Jan 12, 2023
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Sensor can prevent defects in major structures from reaching costly and dangerous levels
Researchers at Bournemouth University have developed and patented a new corrosion sensor that could improve safety and reliability of large structures such as bridges, aircraft, military vehicles and gas pipelines.
Jan 12, 2023
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A deep belief neural network based on silicon memristive synapses
While artificial intelligence (AI) models are becoming increasingly advanced, training and running these models on conventional computer hardware is very energy consuming. Engineers worldwide have thus been trying to create ...
Jan 11, 2023 feature
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Simulating discrimination in virtual reality
Have you ever been advised to "walk a mile in someone else's shoes?" Considering another person's perspective can be a challenging endeavor—but recognizing our errors and biases is key to building understanding across communities. ...
Jan 6, 2023
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Wireless, ultrathin 'skin VR' to provide a vivid, personalized touch experience in the virtual world
Enhancing the virtual experience with the touch sensation has become a hot topic, but today's haptic devices remain typically bulky and tangled with wires. A team led by the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) researchers ...
Dec 15, 2022
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Natural disasters, dangerous beasts, exotic lands: The pump business can be an adventure
You might presume that pump manufacturing is a boring business: an industrial vocation devoid of danger, passion and international intrigue. You would be wrong.
Dec 15, 2022
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Space-frequency-polarization-division multiplexing of information metasurface for powerful wireless communication
Since the concepts of digital coding metasurfaces and programmable metasurfaces were put forward in 2014, the physical world of electromagnetics has been closely connected to the digital world of information, thus producing ...
Dec 14, 2022
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Celeritas code will accelerate high energy physics simulations with supercomputers
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are leading a new project to ensure that the fastest supercomputers can keep up with big data from high energy physics research.
Dec 14, 2022
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Power-saving OLED microdisplays for body temperature screening via thermal imaging
Thermal imaging cameras provide important information about differences in temperature in the vicinity. Depending on the application, they can, for example, visualize the body temperature of patients and visitors in hospitals ...
Dec 14, 2022
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Light years ahead: The advanced chip shaping an ultrafast tech future
Research led by Monash University, RMIT and the University of Adelaide has developed an accurate method of controlling optical circuits on fingernail-sized photonic integrated circuits.
Dec 13, 2022
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World-first online portal allows inside study of a data center
A successful collaboration between Umeå University and Ericsson Research in Lund has now resulted in an online portal that makes it possible to peek inside the processes in a data center, in real-time.
Dec 13, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Measuring water with your smartphone
You might take photos and selfies with your phone's camera, or scan a QR code. But there is much more you can do with it. Astronomer Olivier Burggraaff developed a phone attachment that allows you to take measurements of ...
Dec 13, 2022
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