(Phys.org) -- Sooner than you think, we may have robots to tidy up our homes.

Electronics - Robotics

May 22, 2012 5 / 5 (5) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Scientists from the the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology and the University of Maryland have used a combination of electric fields and fluid flow to precisely move and rotate ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Apr 12, 2013 4.2 / 5 (6) 0 |

A research team led by Cornell University's Creative Machines Lab has created a computer algorithm that can be used to witness virtual creatures evolving their squishy, muscle-like features in order to teach ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Apr 23, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 3

(Phys.org) —Two math and physics researchers from the University's of Barcelona and Madrid respectively have developed an algorithm to count prime numbers using a quantum computer. José Latorre and Germán ...

Physics - Quantum Physics

Mar 26, 2013 4 / 5 (6) 3 |

Select pilots in early 2012 will commence testing new flight control software, funded in part by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), intended to facilitate aircraft landings on Navy carrier decks with unprecedented ...

Technology - Engineering

Oct 20, 2011 4.6 / 5 (5) 6 |

Most people remember listening to the official UK top 40 singles chart and watching the countdown on Top of the Pops, but can science work out which songs are more likely to 'make it' in the chart? New research has looked ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Dec 17, 2011 4.6 / 5 (5) 4 |

Previously, setting a picture or whole series of pictures to suitable music required expert knowledge and a great deal of time. Newly developed software called Picasso succeeds in arranging pictures with appropriate ...

Technology - Software

Feb 17, 2012 3.3 / 5 (7) 31 |

When most people hear the word "graph," an image springs to mind: a pair of perpendicular lines overlaid with a line, a curve, or bars of different heights.

Technology - Computer Sciences

Dec 17, 2012 3.8 / 5 (6) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a software algorithm that detects and isolates cyber-attacks on networked control systems – which are used to coordinate transportation, power ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

May 14, 2013 4.6 / 5 (5) 0 |

(Phys.org) —The research team of Antti Oulasvirta at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics has created a new keyboard called KALQ that enables faster thumb-typing on touchscreen devices. They used computational ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Apr 17, 2013 4.4 / 5 (5) 4 |

A protocol for controlling quantum information pioneered by researchers at UC Santa Barbara, the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience in Delft, the Netherlands, and the Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University could ...

Physics - Quantum Physics

Apr 04, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 1 |

In today’s manufacturing plants, the division of labor between humans and robots is quite clear: Large, automated robots are typically cordoned off in metal cages, manipulating heavy machinery and performing ...

Electronics - Robotics

Jun 12, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 1 |

(Phys.org) -- An international team of researchers led by computer scientist Pavel Pevzner, from the University of California, San Diego, have developed a new algorithm to sequence organisms’ genomes ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Aug 10, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

For decades, academic and industry researchers have been working on control algorithms for autonomous helicopters — robotic helicopters that pilot themselves, rather than requiring remote human guidance. Dozens of research ...

Technology - Engineering

Aug 10, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

When you look in a mirror, you see an image of yourself in reverse. But one odd mirror invented by mathematics professor Dr. R. Andrew Hicks at Drexel University shows your true face without reversing its ...

Technology - Engineering

Nov 16, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0