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AI-driven approach reads heart cells' inner electrical signals from the outside

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have developed a noninvasive method to monitor the electrical activity inside heart muscle cells from the outside, avoiding the need to physically penetrate the cells. The method relies on recording electrical signals from outside the cells and using AI to reconstruct the signals within the cells with impressive accuracy.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind

NYU Tandon School of Engineering receives nearly $10 million from National Telecommunications and Information Administration

NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Grant and Award Announcement

NYU Tandon, collaborating institutions and industry partners have been awarded nearly $10 million to develop next generation communications technology. The project, dubbed SALSA (Spectrally Agile Large-Scale Arrays), is funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration. SALSA aims to create advanced wireless systems that operate in the "upper mid-band" spectrum — a region of frequencies relatively unused in cellular systems today that offers an optimal balance of coverage and data capacity.

Metastable marvel: X-rays illuminate an exotic material transformation

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

A team of scientists investigate an exotic, light-induced phase transformation within a material using advanced X-ray and laser capabilities.

Journal: Nature Materials

In the Northeast, 50% of adult ticks carry Lyme disease carrying bacteria

Dartmouth College
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick— also called a deer tick — is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria.

Journal: Parasites & Vectors

Flexible electronics integrated with paper-thin structure for use in space

University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Being lightweight is essential for space structures, particularly for tools used on already small, lightweight satellites. The ability to perform multiple functions is a bonus. To address these characteristics in a new way, researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign successfully integrated flexible electronics with a three-ply, self-deployable boom that weighs only about 20 grams.

Journal: Extreme Mechanics Letters

‘Brand new physics’ for next generation spintronics

University of Utah
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Pioneering researchers of self-generated spin torques have discovered a new one, anomalous Hall torque, that completes a triad of torques likely present in all conductive spintronic materials. Dubbed the Universal Hall Torques, the triad have unique spin behavior favorable to cutting-edge technologies, like human brain-inspired computing that processes massive amounts of data with much greater efficiency.

Journal: Nature Nanotechnology
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation

New optical sensor reads Braille at the speed of touch

Optica
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have developed a fast and accurate flexible optical skin that can be used to read Braille. The advance could not only improve access to information for people who are blind but also helps move us closer to a future where accessible and adaptable technology can benefit everyone.

Journal: Optics Express