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Boeing Sponsors $2 Million GoFly Competition to Spur Innovation of Personal Flying Device
Exemplified by superheroes and jetpacks in movies, humans have always fantasized about the ability to fly. In an effort to make this childhood dream a reality, Boeing is sponsoring a two-year GoFly competition to create the first safe and simple personal flying device. The organizers of the GoFly Prize contest are excited to encourage teams… Read More
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Diagnosing CTE in Living Patients May Become Possible with New Boston University Research
In a recent study, researchers at Boston University (BU) and the VA Boston Healthcare System (VABHS) have made a discovery that could lead to the ability to diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in living patients. The study is published in the journal PLOS ONE. CTE is a degenerative brain disease that has become increasingly present… Read More
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Outdoor Flight Lab Now at University of Maryland
The University of Maryland A. James Clark School of Engineering (Clark School) recently opened Fearless Flight Facility, an outdoor flight laboratory that could stem innovation in flight control, sensing, autonomy, collaboration, and unmanned aircraft system (UAS) testing. The new facility is just a short drive away from the main College Park campus in the university’s… Read More
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MIT Researchers Discover New Method to Control the Stickiness of Freezing Droplets
Traditionally, when liquid droplets come in contact with a surface, they either stick to it, peel away, or bounce off. Understanding how droplets react to specific surfaces is very important for de-icing freezing rain, developing superior thermal spray coatings, and creating an effective additive process using molten metal. Now, a team of MIT researchers has… Read More
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University of Texas at Austin Researchers Invent Pen That Accurately Detects Cancer in 10 Seconds
A team of scientists and engineers at The University of Texas (UT) at Austin has invented a pen device capable of accurately identifying cancerous tissue in just 10 seconds. The MasSpec Pen will help surgeons pinpoint cancerous tissue during surgery, so they know where to cut or preserve. “One of the real problems in… Read More
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Arizona State University Researchers Use Neuroimaging to Solve Mystery Behind Self-Control
Self-control is a key factor of behavior, which can vary depending on the importance of a decision, or when the decisionmaker is asked to make a choice, according to researchers from Arizona State University (ASU), who used neuroimaging to arrive at their conclusion. The researchers plan to use this insight to explore brain function and… Read More
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Emory University’s Version of International Day of Peace: ‘Emory 21 Days of Peace’
Each year, September 21 is observed as the International Day of Peace. Emory University too will be observing this special day as it wraps up “Emory 21 Days of Peace,” a program launched last year with the lofty goal of “building peace locally and globally.” The United Nations General Assembly established September 21 as the… Read More
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New AZLoop Team Makes It to Top Eight In Its First SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition
AZLoop, Arizona’s SpaceX Hyperloop Competition Team, has made it to the top eight in the first competition it entered—SpaceX’s second Hyperloop Pod Competition. The team, which is made up of students from Arizona State University (ASU), Northern Arizona University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Thunderbird School of Global Management, has demonstrated an impressive and inspiring performance.… Read More
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Going Green All the Way at Missouri State University
In 2016, Missouri State University (MSU) introduced a handful of convenient and environmentally-friendly vertical food growing systems called ZipGrow Towers to its dining services. Since then, the university has expanded the program and created a “grow room” to house the 48 systems currently in place. This revolutionary growing and harvesting practice enables MSU’s dining services… Read More
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Stony Brook University Goes All-Out with Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
Diversity in higher education is crucial for the development of young adults. It enables young adults to enter the global workforce with a pre-instilled understanding of people and all of their differences. The ability to work with, conversate, respect and relate to people of every cultural, sexual, or ethnic background is essential to the growth… Read More
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University of Central Florida Researchers Generate ‘Fastest Light Pulse’ Ever Created
A team of researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF) has succeeded in generating a 53-attosecond X-ray flash, which is billed as “the fastest light pulse ever developed.” The team beat the record it set in 2012, during which it demonstrated a 67-attosecond extreme ultraviolet light pulse. The recent study is published in Nature… Read More
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NYU Abu Dhabi Researchers Develop New ‘Logic-Locked’ Unhackable Computer Chip Technology
Researchers at New York University Abu Dhabi’s (NYUAD) Design for Excellence (Dfx) lab have developed a new unhackable computer chip technology with security features implemented at the hardware level. Chips that are “logic-locked” are not vulnerable to hacking, and cannot be copied. Cyber security attacks have become rampant over the past 20 years. In the… Read More
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Ohio State University Researchers Develop Technology That Could Help Reprogram Cells to Repair and Regenerate as Needed
A team of researchers at the Ohio State University (OSU) Wexner Medical Center and OSU’s College of Engineering has developed Tissue Nanotransfection (TNT), a new technology capable of generating cells needed to repair and restore tissue in patient’s organs, blood vessels, and nerve cells. The study was recently published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology. The… Read More
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CarCMU Researchers Develop Method to Remove 99% of Harmful Chemical Contaminant BPA From Water
A team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has successfully developed a solution to remove one of the most prominent industrial chemical contaminants, bisphenol A (BPA), from our water. In their study, the researchers were able to remove 99 percent of BPA from water using a mixture of hydrogen peroxide and engineered catalysts. The… Read More
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University of Washington School of Medicine Researchers’ Success in Regenerating Retinal Cells in Mice Has Potential to Restore Human Sight
A team of researchers at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle has found a way to successfully regenerate cells in the retina of adult mice. These results could eventually lead to the treatment of damage caused by injury to the retina, including trauma, glaucoma, and other eye diseases. The research is published… Read More
