Researchers study phone use behavior and geometrics on urban and rural roads
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Researchers develop smartphone-powered emergency alert system
Credit: University of Alabama at Birmingham
A team of computer science researchers at the…
Researchers develop pasta that morphs into shape when cooked
Transient and reversible bi-directional morphing of a rose flower. Credit: Morphing Matter Lab. Carnegie Mellon…
Keeping it rolling: Researchers predict the lifetime of bearings
Overview of rolling bearing and defect shape on the raceway surface of the inner ring. Credit: Osaka University…
Why our brains miss opportunities to improve through subtraction: Researchers explain the human…
In a new paper featured on the cover of Nature, University of Virginia researchers explain why people rarely look at a situation, object or idea that needs…
Researchers take a practical look beyond short-term energy storage
This graph of multiscale energy storage needs for a hypothetical 95% carbon-free power system assumes 28.4% wind…
The wave beneath their wings: Researchers work out intricate dance between waves, wind, and gliding…
It's a common sight: pelicans gliding along the waves, right by the shore. These birds make this kind of surfing look effortless, but actually the physics…
Researchers create a camera that knows exactly where it is
Overview of the on-sensor mapping. The system moves around and as it does it builds a visual catalogue of what…
MIT Researchers Create Programmable Digital Fibre, Can Be Sewn Into Fabrics
A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has invented a fibre with digital capabilities that can sense, store, analyse, and…
Australian Researchers Discover Adorable New ‘Chocolate Frog’ Species
Researchers at Australia's Queensland Museum have found a new, adorable frog species in the swampy, lowland forests of New Guinea. Named the “chocolate…