Tech: New method yields higher transition temperature in superconducting materials — (Report)
Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a new way to raise the transition temperature of superconducting materials, boosting the temperature at...
Tech: While common in everyday life, the science behind this phenomenon is not well...
Thought so.
Help could be on the way from one of the most common, yet poorly understand, forms of power generation: static electricity.
"Nearly everyone...
Tech: Self-driving cars, robots: Identifying AI 'blind spots' (Report)
A novel model identifies instances in which autonomous systems have 'learned' from training examples that don't match what's actually happening in the real...
Tech: Technologically important noble metal oxidizes more readily than expected — (Report)
Platinum, a noble metal, is oxidised more quickly than expected under conditions that are technologically relevant. This has emerged from a study jointly...
Tech: Breakthrough reported in fabricating nanochips — (Report)
An international team of researchers has reported a breakthrough in fabricating atom-thin processors -- a discovery that could have far-reaching impacts on nanoscale...
Tech: People think and behave differently in virtual reality than they do in real...
Immersive virtual reality (VR) can be remarkably lifelike, but new UBC research has found a yawning gap between how people respond psychologically in...
Tech: Information theory holds surprises for machine learning — (Report)
New research challenges a popular conception of how machine learning algorithms "think" about certain tasks.
The conception goes something like this: because of their...
Tech: UMD engineers demonstrate their approach by printing the smallest-known 3D microfluidic circuit element...
Engineers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have created the first 3D-printed fluid circuit element so tiny that 10 could rest on the...
Tech: Exploring the mysteries of skyrmions — (Report)
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have discovered the relaxation dynamics of a zero-field state in skyrmions, a spinning magnetic...
Tech: Star material could be building block of life — (Report)
An organic molecule detected in the material from which a star forms could shed light on how life emerged on Earth, according to...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
