As someone who studies materials, Lu Li knows people want to hear about the exciting new applications and technologies his ...

In the future, a new type of computer may be able to learn much like you do—by experience rather than endless repetition or instruction. Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas, along with ...

While GPS tracking tends to be ineffective inside buildings, alternative indoor positioning solutions require the presence of Wi-Fi network access points or other beacons ... or at least, that was the ...

The Sun is a turbulent place. Hot plasma is constantly in motion, wells up from the hot interior of our star, cools and sinks down again. In the photosphere, the visible surface of the Sun, these ...

[Long Haired Hacker] has undertaken a high-resolution 3D printer build. He got his hands on some motors to drive the build platform but it doesn’t have a built-in encoder. He knows that optical ...

The compass has been around since at least the 12th century, but scientists still don't know exactly how the Earth generates the magnetic field that keeps a compass needle pointing north. But ...

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Researchers demonstrate a new way to enhance the energy efficiency of the non-volatile magnetic memory. Researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) and Seoul National ...