Posts Tagged ‘Carnegie Mellon University’
Common metal wipes out deadly toxin
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — An element commonly found in nature might be a way to neutralize the potentially lethal effects of a compound known as Shiga toxin.. Continue…
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Top Stories - Jan 18, 2012 18:08 - 0 Comments
Jump or not jump: Why we chicken out
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Whether it’s investing in stocks, bungee jumping, or speaking in public, why do we often plan to take risks but then back down when the moment of truth arrives? (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 21, 2011 15:19 - 0 Comments
Tool shows ‘handedness’ of gold nanoparticles
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Researchers have successfully used simple nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to analyze the ‘handedness,’ or chirality, of gold nanoparticles. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 19, 2011 14:47 - 0 Comments
Early black holes gorged on ‘fast food’
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — The largest cosmological simulation ever conducted shows that a steady diet of cold dense gas caused the rapid growth of the early supermassive black holes. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 24, 2011 6:21 - 1 Comment
Tap sensor takes touch to the next level
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — A touchscreen sensor uses sound to distinguish between the tap of a fingertip, finger pad, fingernail, and knuckle. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 19, 2011 10:37 - 5 Comments
Turn any surface (skin!) into touchscreen
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — A wearable projection system turns paper, walls, and even skin into an iPad-like touchscreen. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 17, 2011 12:19 - 0 Comments
Live view of neural stem cells with MRI
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — An MRI-based technique that allows researchers to non-invasively follow stem cells in vivo could be used to develop treatments for brain injury caused by trauma, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and other neurological disorders. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 17, 2011 11:47 - 1 Comment
How to get (and give) better advice
CARNEGIE MELLON/ DUKE (US) — Advisers feel more empathy and may be more motivated to offer unbiased advice when they are advising one known recipient, rather than an anonymous group, new research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 13, 2011 16:52 - 2 Comments
Big batteries not always best for hybrids
CARNEGIE MELLON U. (US) — Thinking about buying a new plug-in vehicle? You may want to check the size of its battery first. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 23, 2011 11:10 - 0 Comments
Fastest two-legged robot with knees
U. MICHIGAN (US) — See MABEL run—like a human. With a peak pace of 6.8 miles per hour, MABEL is believed to be the world’s fastest bipedal robot with knees. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 19, 2011 11:44 - 0 Comments
Wearable cameras film actors move in the wild
CARNEGIE MELLON U. (US) — A system of body-mounted cameras can capture motion in almost any environment for use in digital animation. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 12, 2011 14:55 - 0 Comments
Molecules go to sleep to save power
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — To conserve cellular fuel, tiny protein motors that transport vital cargo around a cell are able to put themselves into energy save mode to control what is moved and when. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 20, 2011 15:09 - 1 Comment
MLB ump schedule covers all the bases
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Scheduling umpires for Major League Baseball’s entire 2,430 game season is a daunting task. And that’s if you know what an umpire is to begin with. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 27, 2011 9:10 - 3 Comments
Nixing nuclear plants will strain system
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Curtailing nuclear power will put undue stress on the supply and cost of electricity, while increasing air pollution, carbon emissions, and the reliance on fossil fuels
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Top Stories - May 26, 2011 15:09 - 2 Comments
Moon water—and lots of it
BROWN (US) — There is water inside the moon—so much, in fact, that in some places it rivals the amount of water found within the Earth. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 29, 2011 15:59 - 0 Comments
Math shows how materials meld to last
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — A large-scale computer simulation of the evolution of grain boundaries under a variety of conditions is giving scientists insight into what is needed to precisely engineer a material. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 28, 2011 15:30 - 0 Comments
Nanomaterials with give survive
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Self-healing materials have turned the tables on strength and survival by showing that sometimes it helps to be a little bit frail. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 28, 2011 9:29 - 0 Comments
How neurons hear above the din
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Much like a person trying to be heard across a crowded room, billions of neurons in the brain need to figure out how to get their message heard over all the chatter. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 9, 2011 11:52 - 1 Comment
Why do drug trials boom and bust?
CARNEGIE MELLON (US)/MCGILL (CAN) — The up and down success of drug trials may be due to a kind of myopia in which overly optimistic predictions result from narrowly focusing on a new drug’s performance in pre-clinical studies. (more…)
