Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Tech: Elliptical elegance in glittering host of galaxies — (Report)

Whereas ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) can observe very faint astronomical objects in great detail, when astronomers want to understand how the huge...

Tech: Household phenomenon observed by Leonardo da Vinci finally explained — (Report)

An everyday occurrence spotted when we turn on the tap to brush our teeth has baffled engineers for centuries -- why does the...

Tech: New microgravity research finds that microparticles in complex plasma behave in nonuniform ways...

400 kilometers above Earth, researchers examined waves in complex plasma under microgravity conditions and found that the microparticles behaved in nonuniform ways in...

Tech: Physicists find surprising distortions in high-temperature superconductors — (Report)

There's a literal disturbance in the force that alters what physicists have long thought of as a characteristic of superconductivity, according to Rice...

Tech: Deep reinforcement learning makes basketball video games look more realistic — (Report)

Basketball players need lots of practice before they master the dribble, and it turns out that's true for computer-animated players as well. By...

Tech: New microgravity research finds that microparticles in complex plasma behave in nonuniform ways...

Four hundred kilometers above Earth, researchers examined waves in complex plasma under microgravity conditions and found that the microparticles behaved in nonuniform ways...

Tech: Engineers develop technology to pull specific contaminants from drinking and wastewater, pipelines —...

Rice University scientists are developing technology to remove contaminants from water -- but only as many as necessary. The Rice lab of engineer Qilin...

Tech: Organic makeup of ancient meteorites sheds light on early Solar System — ...

The origin of organic matter found in meteorites that formed during the birth of the Solar System 4.5 billion years ago may provide...

Tech: Electrodes for all-solid-state batteries — (Report)

Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have addressed one of the major disadvantages of all-solid-state batteries by developing batteries with a low resistance...

Tech: A system to synthesize realistic sounds for computer animation — (Report)

Advances in computer-generated imagery have brought vivid, realistic animations to life, but the sounds associated with what we see simulated on screen, such...

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