A team of JRC researchers outperformed 27 teams from academia and industry across the globe and achieved best overall result at a competition on indoor localisation in Seattle, USA. Providing accurate position information ...
Engineering
Apr 23, 2015
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Mass production and packaging in factories is already highly automated these days, but the same cannot be said for logistics. Movements of raw materials and finished products still depend heavily on manual labour. However, ...
Robotics
Apr 20, 2015
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As cancer diagnostic tools, a new class of imagers – which combines positron-emission tomography (PET) with magnetic resonance imaging (MR or MRI) – has shown promise in the few years since these hybrid machines have ...
General Physics
Jan 26, 2015
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Holly Riefke's two small children still write letters to Santa Claus. Or rather, they print their names on letters Riefke has written on their behalf, and together they drop them into a festive red Macy's mailbox designated ...
Internet
Dec 4, 2014
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Image-calibration technology designed and developed by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute and the Radiological Society of North America ...
General Physics
Oct 27, 2014
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How can we ensure that someone is who they say they are? How can be sure that the person in our system, both digitally speaking or physically in front of us, is who whom they claim to be?
Security
Sep 12, 2014
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Graphene – an atom-thick sheet of carbon – has been touted as a new wonder material: it is stronger than steel and conducts electricity better than copper.
Nanomaterials
Sep 8, 2014
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Scientists have designed a new self-assembling nanoparticle that targets tumours, to help doctors diagnose cancer earlier.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 16, 2014
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A person can be identified unambiguously based on his or her retina. Researchers are working to make it possible for anyone to use this technology. With the prototype of a compact, portable retinal scanner, they are one step ...
Engineering
Apr 30, 2014
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A new machine which can identify the chemical composition of liquids sealed within non-metallic containers without opening them is one of three candidates announced today as in the running to win the UK's premier engineering ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 29, 2014
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