Anna Brinks ’21 Nanotechnology is a rapidly growing science with applications across numerous fields, including chemistry, biology, physics, and engineering. The famous lecture “There’s Plenty of Room at the Bottom” delivered by Nobel laureate Richard Feynman in 1959 marked the emergence of nanotechnology in the scientific community, and since this … Continue reading
By Ed Buckser ‘21 Robot teachers may sound like impossible science fiction, but researchers at the University of Plymouth believe that they could one day become a reality. A recent study conducted by Professors Anna Volmer and Tony Belpaeme found that children’s opinions may be easily influenced by pressure from … Continue reading
By Sanjena Venkatesh ‘21 Over the past few weeks, discourse surrounding 3D printing technology has been limited to the controversy of 3D-printed guns. However, perhaps unknown to many, a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota has for the first time successfully printed a 3D image-sensing array onto a curved … Continue reading
By Hunter Gallant Highlighted in a recent report, Carnegie Mellon University researchers have created a method of transforming the style of one video’s content into another using artificial intelligence. They’ve created false videos of Donald Trump speaking like Barack Obama, daffodils blooming like hibiscuses, and Stephen Colbert mimicking John Oliver. … Continue reading
By Raniyan Zaman ‘22 9/15/18 As anyone who’s ever been to a hospital knows, medical tests and procedures can be uncomfortably invasive. A patient might have to undergo a variety of unfamiliar medical procedures and be prodded in order to detect the underlying problem. However, thanks to research efforts of … Continue reading