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Tweets, Coupled with AI, Make for a Better Flood Early-Warning System
Researchers at the University of Dundee, UK, are bringing Twitter, citizen science and AI techniques together to develop an early-warning system for flood-prone communities. The study was led by Dr. Roger Wang, lecturer of fluid mechanics in civil engineering at the University of Dundee. The research is published in the journal Computers & Geosciences. Rising… Read More
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New Brain Mapping Technique Can Reveal Your IQ
A team of international researchers led by the University of Cambridge and the U.S. National Institutes of Health has used a new technique to map the connectivity of human brains by using brain scans from a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner and found a correlation between the level of brain connectivity and IQ. The study… Read More
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Universities Accepting Bitcoin for Tuition
A handful of universities across the world is currently accepting bitcoin for payments, with Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland and FPT University in Vietnam being the two most recent additions. They join The King’s College in New York, the University of Nicosia in Cyprus, the University of Cumbria in the UK,… Read More
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Lancaster University Develops App to Tackle Loneliness
A team of researchers from Lancaster University in the UK has developed an app — the “Social Connectedness App” — that can help cure loneliness in older adults. The research to create the “Social Connectedness App” is part of the “Mobile Age” project, and was funded by Horizon 2020 EU. The “Mobile Age” project has… Read More
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OSU’s Fossil Fuel Technology Yields Clean Energy
Engineers at The Ohio State University have developed a technology that can convert fossil fuels and biomass into useful products, such as gasoline and electricity, without emitting carbon dioxide into the air. They believe this will be an important step to allow industries to create clean energy until renewable energy, such as solar and wind… Read More
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Metal Printing Opens Door to Flexible, Self-Healing Electronics
A team of researchers from North Carolina State University (NC State) has developed a method to create flexible, stretchable electronics capable of self-healing by directly printing metal circuits. The technique is applicable with existing manufacturing systems that require direct printing technologies, and can be used with multiple metals and substrates. The paper, “Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) Printing… Read More
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TU Eindhoven Is Turning Smartphones Into Tricorders
Just like the tricorder popularized by Star Trek, smartphones outfitted with a micro-spectometer recently developed by researchers at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands could be used by users to glean crucial information from the environment around them. The new micro-spectrometer is small enough to fit in a cell phone, but precise… Read More
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Duke Researchers Create ‘Superman’ Vision Technology
Researchers at Duke University have invented a device to see through walls constructed from practical building materials by using a narrow band of microwave frequencies. This method could be used for security purposes and for the development of inexpensive devices to help construction workers find conduits, pipes, wires, and other building materials inside of walls.… Read More
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Timely Zap to the Brain Prevents Impulsive Urges
Researchers at Stanford University have identified a particular pattern of an electrical activity in the key brain region that predicts impulsive actions before they occur. They also found that a short electrical pulse delivered to that particular brain region at the right time can prevent these actions. The researchers believe that this biomarker can be… Read More
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Japanese Art of Kirigami Inspires Ultrastretchable Device
A research team from the Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan has developed an ultrastretchable and deformable bioprobe using Kirigami designs. Kirigami, like Origami, is a Japanese form of paper art, but differs from Origami in that it involves cutting of the paper in addition to folding. Credit: Toyohashi University of Technology With this, lead… Read More
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Hostinger Hosting College Scholarship – $1,000 – Apply Annually by March 31
This is an annual scholarship. Bookmark this page and check back each year! [divider] Eligibility: Applicants must be enrolled in an associate’s degree, bachelor’s degree or graduate level program. All funds from the Hostinger scholarship must be used to pay relevant educational expenses including tuition fees, textbooks and on-campus room and board. Hostinger employees and… Read More
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Some Brains Are Wired to Switch Focus Faster
A team of researchers from Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania recently conducted a cognitive switch test and concluded that some brains are more naturally wired to switch focus quickly. The study is published in Nature Human Behavior. Led by John Medaglia, assistant professor of psychology at Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences, the… Read More
