Energy & Green Tech
Researchers have developed a prototype of a next-generation lithium-sulphur battery which takes its inspiration in part from the cells lining the human intestine. The batteries, if commercially developed, would have five ...
Oct 26, 2016
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Computer Sciences
Big data sets are full of dirty data, and these outliers, typos and missing values can produce distorted models that lead to wrong conclusions and bad decisions, be it in healthcare or finance. With so much at stake, data ...
Aug 31, 2016
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Hi Tech & Innovation
(Tech Xplore)—A study shows that that nanobots can release drugs inside your brain. The nanorobots, reported New Scientist on Thursday, are built out of DNA. Drugs can be tethered to their shell-like shapes.
Computer Sciences
(Tech Xplore)—What can technology accomplish in reconstructing a face? Scientists have come up with surprising results. Yale Daily News in 2014 reported on a study about how, with a brain scan, a face is reconstructed—neuroscience ...
Computer Sciences
Early detection and prediction of influenza outbreaks is critical to minimizing their impact. Currently, flu-like illnesses are tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but with a time lag of one to two ...
May 11, 2016
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Hi Tech & Innovation
The recent announcement that a young paralysed man in Ohio in the US named Ian Burkhart managed to regain the use of his fingers after having a chip implanted in his brain is an exciting step forward for science and healthcare. ...
Apr 25, 2016
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Your responses to certain stimuli—foods, celebrities, words—might seem trivial, but they say a lot about you. In fact (with the proper clearance), these responses could gain you access into restricted areas of the Pentagon.
Apr 18, 2016
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Consumer & Gadgets
Earbuds that redefine how we hear the world? The Here Active Listening system including earbuds from Doppler Labs, which ran a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, is inviting people to sign up on their waiting list.
Hi Tech & Innovation
The world is growing increasingly digital, and so will modes of interaction. TV watchers might welcome an alternative to under-the-cushion clickers, a thought not lost on the people at BBC. What if our viewers were to control ...
