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Randall Mayes

  • Smart Bandages With Sensors That Glow

    Oxygen plays a critical role the healing of wounds. Mapping oxygen levels in severe wounds and burns can help to significantly improve the success of surgeries to restore limbs and physical functions.
  • Nanograss To Harvest Solar Cells Unveiled

    Researchers have developed a synthetic equivalent to grass to harvest energy in solar cells. Blades of grass are one of nature's most efficient light-harvesting structures.
  • Sifting Through Metagenomes With MaxBin

    The U.S. Department of Energy's Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) has developed MaxBin, an automated software program for sorting the genomes of individual microbial species from metagenomic sequences.
  • Next Generation Of Integrated Circuits Using Nanomagnetic Logic

    As the main enabling technology of the semiconductor industry, the fabrication of silicon chips is reaching the limits of efficiency and for growth.
  • Imitating Children’s Cognitive Development Through Artificial Intelligence

    The computer programs used in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) are highly specialized. They can perform tasks such as fly airplanes, play chess or assemble cars in controlled industrial environments. However, they do not have the ability of humans to perform a variety of tasks.
  • Two New Technologies To Fight Superbugs

    Most antibiotics work by interfering with crucial functions, such as cell division or protein synthesis. However, many bacteria are resistant and untreatable with current drugs.
  • India Puts Spacecraft Into Orbit Around Mars

    India joined an elite club when it successfully guided its Mars Orbiter Mission, affectionately called MOM, into orbit around Mars this week.
  • Flat Screen TVs Are So 2013, Or Maybe Not

    Are curved television screens the future or a gimmicky trend? Every time I visit a department store that sells televisions, I always leave thinking what will they come up with next? In the past few years, we have seen the introduction and mainstream use of connectivity, high-definition, and 3D viewing.
  • The Effects Of Germany’s Energy Transition

    Of all the developed nations, few have pushed harder than Germany to find a solution to global warming. The word the Germans use for their energy plan is energiewende, the energy transition.
  • Machines Scoring Essays On Standardized Tests

    Standardized testing in educational programs generates an extremely large number of essays. This has caused the educational community to reassess its grading options.
  • Space Tourism Market Bullish In China

    Well-to-do Chinese business people are lining up for one-hour voyages into space, and tour operators say China is set to become the world’s largest market for the incipient space tourism industry.
  • Corona: The First American Photo Reconnaissance Satellite Program

    In 2013, CSPAN released the 1972 CIA documentary “The Corona Story” which tells the history of the first surveillance recovery of film from space. The Corona program was officially classified top secret until 1992.
  • 3D Printed Space Colonies

    With long-term plans to colonize the Moon and Mars, on-site 3D printing may provide a practical solution for Lunar and Martian architecture. However, extraterrestrial housing provides unique challenges to builders.
  • Robots Can Learn From The Internet Through Robo Brain

    Robo Brain is a database used to serve the robotic helpers in our homes, offices and factories. Robo Brain is a database used to serve the robotic helpers in our homes, offices and factories, reports KurzweilAI.
  • MIT, Marriott and LinkedIn Want To Find You A Match

    How do hotel guests connect with people with similar interests? MIT and Marriott are testing a matchmaking table which receives LinkedIn data from your phone.
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