Category: Science

Images of a droplet on a surface show the process of freezing (top row), during which condensation temporarily forms on the outside of the droplet as it freezes. The next two rows show the droplet thawing out on a surface coated with the new layered material. In the middle row, the droplet is heated by the coating immediately upon freezing, and the dashed lines show where the freezing at top is just catching up with the thawing from below. The bottom row shows a slower thawing process. Under identical conditions, the droplet stays frozen without the new coating. (The Varanasi Research Group)

Material Removes Ice Buildup Without Power or Chemicals

by Karl-Lydie Jean-Baptiste, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge | The passive, solar-powered

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Prevalent Challenges Implementing Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

Prevalent Challenges Implementing Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace

by O’Kelly E. McWilliams III & Jennifer R. Budoff | A high-level

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The Reality of Robots in Everyday Life

The Reality of Robots in Everyday Life

As part of one of the panels run by NESTA during the creation of the Longitude Prize, and, more recently, as

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Looking Beyond the “Future-Proofed” Future

Looking Beyond the “Future-Proofed” Future

by Brian Kowalchuk, AIA, LEED AP, Global Director of Design, HDR | But in the near future, I think we’ll move

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Improving Our Ability to See Risk Using Visual Literacy

Improving Our Ability to See Risk Using Visual Literacy

by Doug Pontsler | Visual literacy is all about what you see, what it means, and what you do about it. Visual literacy

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Teaching Quality Health and Physical Education

Teaching Quality Health and Physical Education

by Dean Dudley, Amanda Telford, Claire | This practical new text will help pre- and in-service teachers to

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Preparing yourself for Careers of the Future

Preparing yourself for Careers of the Future

You don’t have to be at the top of your class to prepare yourself for careers of the future. However, you have to be well rounded in most disciplines and be dedicated to your studies and open to suggestions from your teacher or your professor. Today’s school administrators also need to rework their curriculum to include both technical and soft […]

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Are We Born With Knowledge?

Are We Born With Knowledge?

by Will Lyon while at the Boston University Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience | One thing I have always struggled with in reading philosophy is

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How 5G will Enable the Future

How 5G will Enable the Future

From the IEEE 5G World Forum this July in Santa Clara California, one may expect 5G to be like a cloud of

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Understanding Quantum Computing

Understanding Quantum Computing

One suggested approach to the stability-decoherence problem is to create a topological quantum comp-

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