Material science New Shape-changing 4D Materials Hold Promise For Morphodynamic Tissue Engineering (Material Science) 25 Feb 2021 New hydrogel-based materials that can change shape in response to psychological stimuli, such as water, could be the next generation of materials used to bioengineer tissues and organs, according to…
Engineering Revive the map: 4D Building Reconstruction with Machine Learning (Engineering) 24 Feb 2021 Research team from Skoltech and FBK (Italy) presented a methodology to derive 4D building models using historical maps and machine learning. The implemented method relies on geometric, neighbourhood, and categorical…
Engineering Researchers Design Transistor and Logic Circuits Without Any Semiconductors (Engineering / Electronics) 24 Feb 2021 A team led by Prof. YAN Yong from the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NCNST) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), collaborating with Profs. LI Tiehu from Northwestern…
Engineering Heat Loss Control Method in Fusion Reactors (Engineering) 22 Feb 2021 The core of a fusion reactor is incredibly hot. Hydrogen that inevitably escapes from it must be cooled on its way to the wall, as otherwise, the reactor wall would…
Computer Science… Researchers Develop Speedier Network Analysis For a Range of Computer Hardware (Engineering / Computer Science) 22 Feb 2021 The advance could boost recommendation algorithms and internet search. Graphs — data structures that show the relationship among objects — are highly versatile. It’s easy to imagine a graph depicting…
Engineering New Bioprinting Technique Allows For Complex Microtissues (Engineering) 18 Feb 2021 A typical 3D printer works by depositing melted plastic in layers, gradually building up a solid shape as those layers harden. Bioprinters work in a similar way, except they use…
Engineering This Robot Doesn’t Need Any Electronics (Engineering) 18 Feb 2021 Walking quadruped is controlled and powered by pressurized air Engineers at the University of California San Diego have created a four-legged soft robot that doesn’t need any electronics to work.…