Trump, Intel announce deal giving US a 10% stake in chipmaker

US chipmaker Intel has agreed to give the United States a 10-percent equity stake in the firm. Chipmaker Intel has agreed to give the US government a 10% stake in…

Researchers develop privacy-focused speech recognition for children

The Lonestar6 (left) supercomputer and Corral data management and storage systems (right) at the Texas Advanced Computing Center are resources available through allocations awarded by the UT System Research Cyberinfrastructure…

Pairing food waste and nanocatalysts to reduce carbon emissions in aviation

Illustration of the experimental setup. Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana – Champaign For researchers from The Grainger College of Engineering at the University…

Carbon capture technologies lead the charge against climate change

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers are testing a new method of capturing CO2 from energy-intensive industries and converting it into valuable chemicals and fuels. In a potential game-changer for heavy…

200 Gbps 6G wireless link successfully demonstrated

6G. Credit: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute(ETRI) Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) has successfully demonstrated a 200 Gbps 6G wireless link using a proof-of-concept (PoC) system developed late last…

New Drug Aims to Block Pain Without Addiction Risks

Summary: Chronic pain affects millions, but opioid medications bring high risks of dependence and side effects. Researchers have now pinpointed specific neurons in the amygdala that make pain feel unpleasant,…

Brain Study Reveals Circuit Controlling Depression and Anxiety

Summary: A new study identifies brain area 46 in the marmoset dorsolateral prefrontal cortex as a key regulator of mood-related behavior. When this region was inactivated, the animals showed less…

Estimating an e-scooter origin-destination model leveraging Yelp POI data

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Dr. Abolfazl Karimpour, Assistant Professor of Transportation Engineering at SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Director of the Transportation AI Research Lab (TRAIL), is lead author of a…

How Stress Types Differently Impact Brain and Behavior

Summary: Stress is a universal experience, but not all stress affects the brain in the same way. A new study in rats reveals that acute stress provokes anxiety-like behaviors, especially…

An ultra-thin smart filter can significantly extend EV battery lifespan

Car manufacturers and others are working intensively to develop lightweight, safe, and powerful batteries. The photo is from Volkswagen’s battery company PowerCo, which has built large factories in Germany, Spain,…