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MIT engineers print synthetic “metamaterials” that are both strong and stretchy
In metamaterials design, the name of the game has long been “stronger is better.”
Immune system warriors predict the future of autoimmune blood vessel disease
Neutrophils, one of the immune system’s warriors, thought to be all the same, turn out to be diverse.
“Periodic table of machine learning” could fuel AI discovery
Researchers have created a unifying framework that can help scientists combine existing ideas to improve AI models or…
Astronomers discover a planet that’s rapidly disintegrating, producing a comet-like tail
MIT astronomers have discovered a planet some 140 light-years from Earth that is rapidly crumbling to pieces.
A Colloidal Crystal Model for Controlled Polymorph Selection
Researchers at Tohoku University took a deep dive into using colloidal crystallization as a model system to figure…
Smart Surface Design Prevents Condensation Flooding
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MED-EL Founders Ingeborg Hochmair, PhD, and Professor Erwin Hochmair Awarded 2015 Russ Prize from the National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering announced today that bioengineering pioneers and MED-EL Medical Electronics GmbH co-founders Ingeborg Hochmair, PhD, and Professor Erwin Hochmair have been awarded the 2015 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize, for engineering cochlear implants that enable the deaf to hear. The prize is shared with Duke University Professor Blake Wilson, […]
Last of Nepal’s car porters recalls life without roads
By Ammu Kannampilly | AFP Chitlang (Nepal) (AFP) – At 92, Dhan Bahadur Gole is the last known survivor of a generation of porters who carried luxury cars on foot across…
University of Malaya young researcher won the Outstanding Journal Article Award at the AECT 2014 convention in USA
Dr. Farrah Dina Yusop, the Deputy Director of the Curriculum Development Center and senior lecturer of the Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia has been awarded the prestigious Outstanding…
Materials Research Society Announces New Board Appointment for 2015
WARRENDALE, PA – The Materials Research Society (MRS) announces a new appointment to its Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2015. David J. Parrillo, Global Research and Development Director, Packaging and Specialty Plastics…