A team has created a material that is half as light as paper and highly flexible but also shows enhanced characteristics for electrical conductivity, heat generation, fire-resistance, strain-sensing and is inherently capable of wireless communications.
Original source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191125103834.htm
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The tropical cyclone season in the Southern Pacific Ocean has kicked off with Tropical Cyclone Rita, and NASA’s Aqua satellite passed over the storm and analyzed it in infrared light for temperature data.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/nsfc-nsf112519.php
(Florida Atlantic University) The project is funded in part by the federal government through FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program and in part from the state of Florida. The FDEM Bureau of Mitigation prioritizes flood risk management as an integral part of its mission. The goals of this project are to help communities guide future mitigation projects as well as to assist local communities in moving up in the Community Rating System of the National Flood Insurance Program.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/fau-fr112519.php
Researchers present sensor prototype that can rapidly, precisely, and cost-effectively measure molecular signals for cancer.
Original source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191125120956.htm
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new nationwide study examined the prevalence of negative behaviors that occur via digital communication, encompassing a broad definition of cyberbullying that includes both cyber-aggression and cyberbullying.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/mali-icc112519.php
Scientists have, for the first time, characterized the structural defects that prompt the movement of ions, destabilizing the perovskite materials. The researchers’ findings may inform future engineering approaches to optimize perovskite solar cells.
Original source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191125100344.htm
A research team has created a third approach to engineering proteins that uses deep learning to distill the fundamental features of proteins directly from their amino acid sequence without the need for additional information.
Original source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191021135037.htm
Scientists are studying the toll climate change may take on aging US infrastructure, which includes over 600,000 bridges. A new study links the potential impacts of climate change with the structural integrity of thousands of bridges transecting America’s highways and towns. The analysis demonstrates a need to rethink the nation’s priority order of bridge repair, as climate change looms and infrastructure funding remains limited.
Original source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191023150310.htm
Researchers have compiled a dataset that captures the detailed behavior of a robotic system physically pushing hundreds of different objects. Using the dataset — the largest and most diverse of its kind — researchers can train robots to ‘learn’ pushing dynamics that are fundamental to many complex object-manipulation tasks, including reorienting and inspecting objects, and uncluttering scenes.
Original source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191022124914.htm
(Stanford University) Recordings of birds taking off and landing have revealed that conventional ideas about the role of lift and drag during flight might need revisiting. The work could influence the design of aerial robotics.
Original source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-11/su-dcl112119.php