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Penn Collaboration Uses New Type of Graphene Sensor to Answer a Fundamental Nanotechnology Question

“Physicists at the University of Pennsylvania have invented a new type of graphene-based sensor that could one day be used as a low-cost diagnostic system able to test for biomarker molecules, which are indicative of disease states. In collaboration with …

Researchers clarify mystery about proposed battery material

“Battery researchers agree that one of the most promising possibilities for future battery technology is the lithium-air (or lithium-oxygen) battery, which could provide three times as much power for a given weight as today’s leading technology, lithium-ion batteries. But …

Scientists shine new light on the “other high temperature superconductor”

“A study led by scientists of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) at the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science in Hamburg presents evidence of the coexistence of superconductivity and “charge-density-waves” in compounds of the …

Surprise discovery in the search for energy efficient information storage

“Today almost all information stored on hard disc drives or cloud servers is recorded in magnetic media, because it is non-volatile (i.e. it retains the information when power is switched off) and cheap. For portable devices such as mobile …

Touchscreen Musicbox With Lightshow 2.0

“Hi!Here we are again with another musicbox! This is my second attempt at my original Touchscreen musicbox from a few months ago. Although it was a fun project that looked cool, it was not perfect and some parts were …

A new tool for multilayer networks

“Sophisticated network analysis means finding relationships that often aren’t easy to see. A network may have many layers — corresponding to different types of relationships in a social network, for example — but traditional approaches to analysis are limited. They tend …

Arduino Self-Driving Car

“This is basically a Self-Driving Car powered by Arduino R-3 Development Board and a L293D Motor Shield.It uses the data given by the HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor which is connected to analog pins of the arduino board. As an …

DIY LED Panel

“If you had ever made a video with any type of camera even with your cell phone you propably know how important is lighting. If you had ever work in dark place you also know that good light is necessary …

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Sends Supercomputer into Space to Accelerate Mission to Mars

“On August 14, 2017, the SpaceX CRS-12 rocket, developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, intends to launch from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, sending its Dragon Spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) National Lab. Aboard the Dragon is a …

High-quality online video with less rebuffering

“CSAIL’s machine-learning system enables smoother streaming that can better adapt to different network conditions. We’ve all experienced two hugely frustrating things on YouTube: our video either suddenly gets pixelated, or it stops entirely to rebuffer. Both happen because …