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Neutrinos are tricky. Although trillions of these harmless, neutral particles pass through us every second, they interact so rarely with matter that, to study them, scientists send a beam of neutrinos to giant detectors. And to be sure they have enough of them, scientists have to start with a very concentrated beam of neutrinos.To concentrate the beam, an experiment needs a special device called a neutrino horn.

Wood is a highly complex biological system and its mechanical performance is strongly linked to the interaction of water with the cell walls - a key component of the structure. Our understanding of this versatile material relies heavily on extensive experimental programmes involving thousands of tests and carefully prepared samples.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioning & Thermal Systems Corporation, a Group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), will commence the launch of eight models on September 1st as part of its 2016 lineup of "roomiest" humidifiers for the Japanese home market.The lineup is to include five fan-powered steam type units and three hybrid evaporative warm-mist models.

A research team at security firm Kaspersky Lab has issued an alert to businesses in the engineering and industrial sectors about a new wave of cyber attacks that have resulted in systems being infiltrated and data being stolen.

When Alicia Chong Rodriguezfirst toured the MIT campus as a high school student, she was so impressed by everything she saw that she still remembers excitedly phoning her mom back home in Costa Rica, calling collect from a pay phone in the student center.“It’s the first time I was faced with the fact that people create the things that we use,” says Chong, who has always been interested in technology and computers. “I felt ...

By combining expertise in photonics - manipulating light beams in nanoscale waveguides on a chip – and materials science, Cornell researchers have laid the groundwork for a chemical sensor on a chip that could be used in small portable devices to analyse samples in a lab, monitor air and water quality in the field and perhaps even detect explosives.

LEMON, think the 'Tesla of Audio', has already blown through its Kickstarter goal – the new speaker, California Roll, is the world's first waterproof, solar powered speaker to combine premium sound quality and voice activated technology.

A 2nd gen extension kit to support evaluation and development of its E-Paper Displays (EPDs) has been announced by Pervasive Displays (PDi). The EPD Extension Kit Gen 2 (EXT2) with its powerful PDi Apps utility allows equipment designers to explore EPD technology to understand how it works and explore features like global updates and fast partial updates.

Eight people who have been paralysed from spinal cord injuries have regained partial sensation and muscle control in their lower limbs after training with brain-controlled robotics, according to a study published inScientific Reports.The patients used brain-machine interfaces, including a VR system that used brain activity to simulate full control of their legs.Videosillustrate their progress.

It was a moving experience, in every sense of the expression, when a paraplegic Brazilian man kicked off the first ball of the tournament at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Soccer World Cup in Brazil. The young man was wearing an exoskeleton controlled with his thoughts. Two years later the researchers of the "Walk Again" project published a spectacular study: Training at the human-machine interface helped the patients' healing process.