Tech: Measuring recoil from nuclear decay identifies isotopes — (Report)

Laser-based 'optical tweezers' could levitate uranium and plutonium particles, thus allowing the measurement of nuclear recoil during radioactive decay. This technique, proposed by...

Tech: Tiny molecule has big effect in childhood brain tumor studies — (Report)

Sometimes small things make the biggest differences. A new study by UT Health San Antonio researchers found that a molecule thousands of times smaller...

Tech: How stretchy fluids react to wavy surfaces — (Report)

Viscoelastic fluids are everywhere, whether racing through your veins or through 1,300 kilometers of pipe in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Unlike Newtonian fluids, such...

Tech: Most fantasy sports are based on skill, not luck — (Report)

If you've ever taken part in the armchair sport of fantasy football and found yourself at the top of your league's standings at...

Tech: Ultra-hot gas around remnants of sun-like stars — (Report)

Solving a decades-old mystery, an international team of astronomers have discovered an extremely hot magnetosphere around a white dwarf, a remnant of a...

Tech: Ultimate battle of sonar systems — (Report)

Active sensors are incorporated into a number of technologies, such as meteorology devices and self-driving cars, and use the echo from sound, radio...

Tech: Artificial intelligence predicts Alzheimer’s years before diagnosis — (Report)

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology improves the ability of brain imaging to predict Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published in the journal Radiology. Timely...

Tech: Ultrathin, ultralight 'nanocardboard' (Report)

Engineers have demonstrated a new material they call 'nanocardboard,' an ultrathin equivalent of corrugated paper cardboard. A square centimeter of nanocardboard weighs less...

Tech: Precision measurement takes it to the limit — (Report)

Griffith University researchers have demonstrated a procedure for making precise measurements of speed, acceleration, material properties and even gravity waves possible, approaching the...

Tech: Coping with errors in the quantum age — (Report)

Quantum systems can be manipulated with extremely high, but not with perfect precision. Researchers have now demonstrated how errors that occur during such...

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