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June 22, 2017

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June 22, 2017

New Ultrasonic ZIP Probe Tests Zinc Thickness Even While Bathed in 450°C Molten Metal

June 21, 2017 — New probe technology can conduct safety critical testing inside galvanizing kettles equipment while still holding molten zinc at ... read more

Assessesing Risk in a Changing Insurance Market for Driverless Vehicles

June 21, 2017 — Despite projections, insurers will likely play a key role in supporting the safe deployment, adoption and sustainability of driverless cars. The relatively unknown nature, likelihood and extent of ... read more

June 21, 2017 — Nearly 52 percent of all selfies fell into the appearance category: pictures of people showing off their make-up, clothes, lips, etc. Pics about looks were two times more popular than the other 14 ... read more

June 21, 2017 — To help scientists take advantage of huge numbers of low-quality patient brain scans, a team of researchers has devised a way to boost the quality of these MRI scans so that they can be used for ... read more

Common Water Treatments Could Damage DNA

June 21, 2017 — A water treatment widely used in developing countries could be damaging the DNA of those drinking it, warn scientists. Despite poor evidence of their effectiveness as a water disinfectant, colloidal ... read more

New Sensors Could Enable More Affordable Detection of Pollution, Diseases

June 21, 2017 — When it comes to testing for cancer, environmental pollution and food contaminants, traditional sensors can help. The challenges are that they often are bulky, expensive, non-intuitive and ... read more

Screen Time or Story Time? E-Books Better for Toddler Learning

June 21, 2017 — A new study analyses toddler's reading and learning habits through electronic books compared to print ... read more

June 21, 2017 — Versatile, light-weight materials that are both strong and resilient are crucial for the development of flexible electronics, such as bendable tablets and wearable sensors. Aerogels are good ... read more

June 21, 2017 — A study led by computer scientists has found that people with the most connections on social media are also happier. This may cause most social media users to not only regard themselves as less ... read more

June 20, 2017 — Corn is grown not only for food, it is also an important renewable energy source. Renewable biofuels can come with hidden economic and environmental issues, and the question of whether corn is better ... read more

Mathematical Biology Tackles Destructive Plant Virus

June 20, 2017 — Plant diseases pose a serious threat to global food security, especially in developing countries, where millions of people depend on consuming what they harvest. In sub-Saharan Africa, one plant ... read more

June 20, 2017 — A new system has been developed that can efficiently search through hundreds of hours of video for events and visual features that correspond to a few training examples. The researchers trained their ... read more

Scientist Warns of Asteroid Danger

June 20, 2017 — An astrophysicists has warned that an asteroid strike is just a matter of ... read more

Illuminating a Better Way to Calculate Excitation Energy

June 20, 2017 — Researchers have demonstrated a new method to calculate excitation energies. They used a new approach based on density functional methods, which use an atom-by-atom approach to calculate electronic ... read more

June 20, 2017 — Scientists have found a relatively simple, low-cost fix that substantially improves images obtained via a widely used optical scanning technique, opening the door to 'virtual ... read more

June 20, 2017 — By using suitable systems, more than 80 percent of heating energy for Finnish households could be produced using solar energy with competitive prices. This result is also valid for Sweden, Norway, ... read more

June 20, 2017 — Scientists have established 'Cosmowebportal', a unique data center for cosmological simulations. The complete results of a series of large hydrodynamical cosmological simulations are ... read more

Future Trucks Fueled by Hydrogen Created With Solar Power: Exhaust? Pure Water Vapor

June 20, 2017 — Heavy-duty trucks will soon be driving around in Trondheim, Norway, fueled by hydrogen created with solar power, and emitting only pure water vapor as “exhaust”. Not only will hydrogen technology ... read more

June 20, 2017 — A new method has been created for very precise determination of fluid flow in capillary networks in realtime, report scientists in a new ... read more

June 20, 2017 — In 2018 when the kilogram will be redefined, scientists will have developed the balance which is required for measuring: the Planck balance. This highly precise electronic weighing balance does not ... read more

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