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Technology specialists who worked across the federal government are fired (nytimes.com)

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Technology specialists who worked across the federal government are fired (nytimes.com)
US virus plan anticipates 18-month pandemic and widespread shortages: The 100-page federal plan laid out a grim prognosis and outlined a response that would activate agencies across the government (nytimes.com)
What’s the most coolest technology you have ever worked on ?
Throughout your programming career what’s the most coolest technology you have worked on ? Such as building large scale web applications, High frequency trading systems and etc. How did it help you progress in your career
Promising Advances to Lower Cost and Durable Smart Window Technology (scitechdaily.com)
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed an improved method for controlling smart tinting on windows that could make them cheaper, more effective and more durable than current options on the market. The research, led by Professor Mike McGehee in the College of Engineering and...
New Processing Technology for Maximizing Energy Densities of High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Batteries (scitechdaily.com)
A novel pretreatment strategy resolves a long-standing issue of silicon anode materials. This solution-based strategy enables simple and safe processing for large-scale production. A team of Korean researchers has developed a processing technology for maximizing energy densities of high-capacity bat...
New High-Precision Technology Cuts Atom-Sized Patterns Into 2D Materials (scitechdaily.com)
EPFL researchers have developed a high-precision technology that enables them to carve nanometric patterns into two-dimensional materials. With their pioneering nanotechnology, EPFL researchers have achieved the impossible. They can now use heat to break the links between atoms with a miniature scal...
New Research on Optomechanical Technology That Can Enhance Gravitational-Wave Detectors (scitechdaily.com)
Gravitational wave detectors are extremely complex instruments of precision measurement. They use interference as the physical mechanism to measure passing gravitational waves (GWs)—ripples in space-time—from different astronomical sources and events, like two neutron stars merging. The passing wave...
32 Cloth Materials Tested & Analyzed for COVID-19 Face Coverings by National Institute of Standards and Technology (scitechdaily.com)
Face Coverings Made From Layered Cotton Fabric Likely Slow the Spread of COVID-19 Better Than Synthetics Researchers have completed a new study of how well a variety of natural and synthetic fabrics filter particles of a similar size to the virus that causes COVID-19. Of the 32 cloth materials teste...
Proteus Technology: New Material Is Strong, Light and Non-Cuttable (scitechdaily.com)
Engineers have taken their inspiration from shells and grapefruits to create what they say is the first manufactured non-cuttable material. This new material, which could be used in the security and health and safety industries, can turn back the force of a cutting tool upon itself. The lightweight ...
Quantum Algorithm Developed to Characterize Noise Across Large-Scale Quantum Computers (scitechdaily.com)
Australian and North American physicists display rigorous, scalable diagnostic tool. Noise is the main obstacle to building large-scale quantum computers. To tame the noise (interference or instability), scientists need to understand how it affects an entire quantum system. Until now this informatio...
New “Cyborg” Technology Could Enable Merger of Humans and AI (scitechdaily.com)
Although true “cyborgs” — part human, part robotic beings — are science fiction, researchers are taking steps toward integrating electronics with the body. Such devices could monitor for tumor development or stand in for damaged tissues. But connecting electronics directly to human tissu...
New Heat Conduction Technology a Game Changer for Server Farms and Aircraft (scitechdaily.com)
Jonathan Boreyko, an associate professor in mechanical engineering, has developed an aircraft thermal management technology that stands ready for adaptation into other areas. The research was published in Advanced Functional Materials on August 18, 2020. Boreyko was the recipient of a Young Investig...
A New Lens on the World: Revolutionizing Optics by Combining Nanostructured Metasurfaces With Liquid Crystal Technology (scitechdaily.com)
Case Western Reserve scientists, collaborators at Harvard and Italian university Unical, aim to ‘revolutionize optics’ by combining nanostructured metasurfaces with liquid crystal technology. For more than 500 years, humans have mastered the art of refracting light by shaping glass into lenses, then...
New MIT Syringe Technology Could Enable Injection of Concentrated Biologic Drugs (scitechdaily.com)
Researchers have designed a simple, low-cost device for subcutaneous injection of viscous formulations. MIT researchers have developed a simple, low-cost technology to administer powerful drug formulations that are too viscous to be injected using conventional medical syringes. The technology, which...
5 Automotive Innovations Driven by NASA Space Technology (scitechdaily.com)
Space technology developed by and for NASA has made its way into cars and even onto the NASCAR track. Future collaborations with the auto industry and car manufacturers could change how we get from point A to point B. NASA helped drive the following five auto innovations. 1. NASA standards helped de...
New Microfluidic Technology for the Selection of Single Photosynthetic Cells (scitechdaily.com)
Novel technology for the selection of single photosynthetic cells for industry and ecosystem understanding. You might need a microscope to witness the next agricultural revolution. New research, published in the journal Science Advances, demonstrates how microfluidic technologies can be used to iden...
New X-ray Detection Technology Developed: Highly Efficient Eco-Friendly X-ray Scintillators (scitechdaily.com)
Florida State University researchers have developed a new material that could be used to make flexible X-ray detectors that are less harmful to the environment and cost less than existing technologies. The team led by Biwu Ma, a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, created X-ra...
A New Twist on DNA Origami: Meta-DNA Structures Transform the DNA Nanotechnology World (scitechdaily.com)
A team* of scientists from ASU and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) led by Hao Yan, ASU’s Milton Glick Professor in the School of Molecular Sciences, and director of the ASU Biodesign Institute’s Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics, has just announced the creation of a new ty...
Revolutionary Computer Technology: Metallic Carbon Circuit Element Enables Work on Faster, Efficient Carbon-Based Transistors (scitechdaily.com)
Metal wires of carbon complete toolbox for carbon-based computers. Transistors based on carbon rather than silicon could potentially boost computers’ speed and cut their power consumption more than a thousandfold — think of a mobile phone that holds its charge for months — but the set of tools...
Space Technology Used for Cleaner and Greener Tennis at the French Open (scitechdaily.com)
Space technology is serving at the heart of the French Open. The tennis players’ showers at Roland Garros Stadium near Paris recycle their water to flush the locker room toilets, harnessing technology originally developed by ESA for astronauts on long-duration space missions, and employed operationa...
High-Energy Signals From Extragalactic Stars Connect Optical Atomic Clocks Across Earth for the First Time (scitechdaily.com)
Transportable radio telescopes could provide global high-precision comparisons of the best atomic clocks. Using radio telescopes observing distant stars, scientists have connected optical atomic clocks on different continents. The results were published in the scientific journal Nature Physics by an...
New Technology Pulls Elusive COVID-19 Marker From Human Blood (scitechdaily.com)
Canadian researchers create method to measure severity of the pandemic virus. When COVID-19 attacks, the immune system produces a cytokine, or protein, called Interleukin-6 (IL-6), whose concentrations can offer vital information about a patient’s level and stage of infection. But measuring th...
Innovation Spins Spider Web Architecture Into 3D Biomedical Imaging Technology (scitechdaily.com)
Purdue University innovators are taking cues from nature to develop 3D photodetectors for biomedical imaging. The Purdue researchers used some architectural features from spider webs to develop the technology. Spider webs typically provide excellent mechanical adaptability and damage-tolerance again...
New Battery Technology Enables Charging Electric Cars Up to 90% in Just 6 Minutes (scitechdaily.com)
With Telsa in the lead, the electric vehicle market is growing around the world. Unlike conventional cars that use internal combustion engines, electric cars are solely powered by lithium-ion batteries, so the battery performance defines the car’s overall performance. However, slow charging times an...
Fresh Solution for Smelly Feet From Breakthrough Nano-Particle Technology (scitechdaily.com)
New research[1] presented at the 29th EADV Congress, EADV Virtual, shows that socks coated in zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs) can prevent bromodosis (foot odor) and pitted keratolysis (bacterial infection causing smelly feet), reducing the negative impact this embarrassing condition has on qualit...
New Technology Enables Cameras to Capture Colors Invisible to the Human Eye (scitechdaily.com)
Tel Aviv University breakthrough has applications in cancer detection, security and even gaming. New research from Tel Aviv University will allow cameras to recognize colors that the human eye and even ordinary cameras are unable to perceive. The technology makes it possible to image gases and subst...
Camel-Fur-Inspired Technology Harnesses Evaporation to Keep Products Cool Without Power (scitechdaily.com)
Scientists have developed a bilayer passive cooling technology inspired by the way camels stay cool in the hot desert sun. The technology’s bottom hydrogel layer acts like a camel’s sweat glands, lowering the temperature through evaporating water, whereas the top aerogel layer functions ...
“Cold Spray” Technology: 3D-Printing Biomedical Parts With Supersonic Speed (scitechdaily.com)
Forget glue, screws, heat or other traditional bonding methods. A Cornell-led collaboration has developed a 3D printing technique that creates cellular metallic materials by smashing together powder particles at supersonic speed. This form of technology, known as “cold spray,” results in mechanicall...
Smarter Artificial Intelligence Technology in a New Light-Powered Chip (scitechdaily.com)
Prototype tech shrinks AI to deliver brain-like functionality in one powerful device. Researchers have developed artificial intelligence technology that brings together imaging, processing, machine learning, and memory in one electronic chip, powered by light. The prototype shrinks artificial intell...
Novel Nuclear Reactor Designs: Commercializing Next-Generation Energy Technology (scitechdaily.com)
Oklo’s team is using a startup mindset to build novel reactors while meeting federal regulations. All of the nuclear power plants operating in the U.S. today were built using the same general formula. For one thing, companies made their reactors big, with power capacities measured in the hundreds of...