UA space researchers on global team exploring meteors' impact on the moon
(University of Arizona College of Engineering) University of Arizona researchers are illuminating meteor's impact on the far side of the moon as part of global LUMIO lunar exploration competition.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoac-usr020218.php
Measuring the temperature of two-dimensional materials at the atomic level
(University of Illinois at Chicago) Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago describe a new technique for precisely measuring the temperature and behavior of new two-dimensional materials that will allow engineers to design smaller and faster microprocessors.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoia-mtt020218.php
NASA tracks major Tropical Cyclone Cebile in Southern Indian Ocean
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Cyclone Cebile held onto its status as a major hurricane in the Southern Indian Ocean when NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/nsfc-ntm020218.php
New controls scale quantum chips
(Rigetti Computing) A fundamental barrier to scaling quantum computing machines is 'qubit interference.' In new research published in Science Advances magazine, engineers and physicists from Rigetti Computing describe a breakthrough that can expand the size of practical quantum processors by reducing interference.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/rc-ncs020218.php
Algorithm identifies vulnerable people during natural disasters
(University of Waterloo) A new algorithm developed at the University of Waterloo will help first responders and home care providers better help the elderly during natural disasters.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uow-aiv020218.php
NASA measured rainfall from Fehi's remnants in New Zealand
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) The remnants of Tropical Cyclone Fehi brought rain to New Zealand before it fizzled out. NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's GPM core satellite provided a look at the rainfall from its vantage point in space.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/nsfc-nmr020218.php
UH engineer wins Welch Foundation's 2018 Hackerman Award
(University of Houston) A researcher from the University of Houston known for his groundbreaking work in crystal engineering has received the 2018 Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoh-uew020218.php
Army researchers develop new algorithms to train robots
(U.S. Army Research Laboratory) Researchers at the US Army Research Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin have developed new techniques for robots or computer programs to learn how to perform tasks by interacting with a human instructor. The findings of the study will be presented and published at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, Feb. 2-7.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uarl-ard020218.php
New technology: Edible QR code can be the medicine of the future
(University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new method for the production of medicine. They print medical drugs in QR coded patterns onto an edible material. The production can be tailored to fit each patient and has the potential to protect against wrong medication and fake medicine according to the researchers.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/uoct-nte020218.php
Quantum algorithm could help AI think faster
(Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore) One of the ways that computers 'think' is by analysing relationships within large sets of data. An international team has shown that quantum computers can do one such analysis faster than classical computers, for a wider array of data types than was previously expected.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-02/cfqt-qac020218.php
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