BINGHAMTON, NY — Lijun Yin wants computers to understand inputs from humans that go beyond the traditional keyboard and mouse.
“Our research in computer graphics and computer vision tries to make using computers easier,” says the Binghamton Un…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Quantum computers are computers that exploit the weird properties of matter at extremely small scales. Many experts believe that a full-blown quantum computer could perform calculations that would be hopelessly time consuming on c…
The bones of people who died up to a hundred years ago are being used in the development of new treatments for chronic back pain. It is the first time old bones have been used in this way.
The research is bringing together the unusual combination…
What does it take to keep children active when they get home from school? It seems that what your neighborhood offers in terms of parks and playgrounds has a lot to do with it. In a study looking at the links between the quality of outdoor public sp…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Children as young as 5 years old can learn how to use a computer mouse, new research suggests.
While age is an important component in determining how well a child controls a mouse, the study also found that how frequently a c…
HOUSTON, Feb. 11, 2011 — Eliminating tens of thousands of manual lab experiments, two University of Houston (UH) professors are working toward a method to cut the development time of new antibiotics. While current practices typically last for m…
Most of us are familiar with the idea of image compression in computers. File extensions like “.jpg” or “.png” signify that millions of pixel values have been compressed into a more efficient format, reducing file size by a factor of 10 or m…
Berkeley — Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found a way to grow nanolasers directly onto a silicon surface, an achievement that could lead to a new class of faster, more efficient microprocessors, as well as to powerful …
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – University of Maryland researchers have made a breakthrough in the use of visible light for making tiny integrated circuits. Though their advance is probably at least a decade from commercial use, they say it could one day make i…
The UA College of Engineering’s Hybrid Dynamics and Control Laboratory is developing mathematical analysis and design methods that could radically advance the capabilities of unmanned aircraft and ground vehicles, as well as many other systems…
It takes songbirds and baseball pitchers thousands of repetitions — a choreography of many muscle movements — to develop an irresistible trill or a killer slider. Now, scientists have discovered that the male Bengalese finch uses a simple mental …