Tech & Engineering

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31-Oct-2024

Virginia Tech researcher finds AI could help improve city planning

Virginia Tech
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The new research shows that using generative artificial intelligence such as ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini could improve city planning by enhancing access to tools that help measure walkability, safety, lighting, and more.

Journal

The Professional Geographer

31-Oct-2024

Ancient rocks may bring dark matter to light

Virginia Tech
Grant and Award Announcement

A Virginia Tech-led team is hunting for dark matter — not with telescopes or particle colliders — but by scrutinizing billion-year-old rocks.

31-Oct-2024

Cancer management: Stent sensor can warn of blockages in the bile duct

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Stents to treat various blockages in the human body can themselves become blocked, but a new sensor developed at the University of Michigan for stents that are used in the bile duct may one day help doctors detect and treat stent blockages early, helping keep patients healthier.

Journal

Microsystems & Nanoengineering

31-Oct-2024

“Wearable” devices for cells

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT researchers developed tiny wearable devices for cells that can snugly enfold neurons and neuronal processes without damaging the cell. These thin-film wearables, made from a soft polymer, could enable scientists to measure and modulate neurons at a subcellular level.

Journal

Communications Chemistry

Funder

Swiss National Science Foundation, U.S. National Institutes of Health Brain Initiative

31-Oct-2024

Researchers develop artificial plants that purify indoor air, generate electricity

Binghamton University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed artificial plants that purify indoor air and generate electricity.

Journal

Advanced Sustainable Systems

31-Oct-2024

Engineers determine optimal placement strategy for EV charging stations

Cornell University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cornell University engineers have come up with a solution to a tricky problem: where to install charging stations for electric vehicles so they’re convenient for drivers and profitable for investors.

Journal

Applied Energy

31-Oct-2024

NIH announces prize winners in year-long challenge to develop fetal diagnostic and monitoring technologies

NIH/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging & Bioengineering
Grant and Award Announcement

NIH has announced winners of the RADx^® Tech Fetal Monitoring Challenge, a $2 million prize competition to speed development of innovative medical technologies for fetal health diagnosis, detection and monitoring.

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation