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The Spin Behind Fading Black Hole Flares
1+ week, 4+ day ago (801+ words) This computer-simulated image shows gas from a tidally shredded star falling into a black hole. Astronomers observed the flare in ultraviolet light using NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer. At the center of most galaxies lies a supermassive black hole, with a…...
How a Whale's Dive Shapes Its Song
1+ week, 5+ day ago (307+ words) Julia Zeh standing on the bow of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary vessel during a field expedition in Hawaii. (Credit: Julia Zeh; NOAA NMFS Permit #19655 and #26593) To gather the data, Zeh and her collaborators temporarily attached sound-and-movement…...
Pranav Soman Named Director of BioInspired Institute
1+ week, 5+ day ago (224+ words) ECS Professor Pranav Soman in a research lab. “My vision is to build a trust-based community where we elevate our research together. I am optimistic about securing center-scale and collaborative funding and championing new entrepreneurship and industry partnerships,” Soman says....
Uncovering Hidden Interactions That Shape Fertility
1+ week, 5+ day ago (497+ words) Drosophila melanogaster sperm coiled inside a female's specialized sperm-storage organ, where they participate in molecular interactions with female-derived molecules prior to fertilizing an egg. The image was featured on a 2022 cover of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. (Image…...
How Digital Devices Took Over and How to Reclaim Our Relationship With Them
2+ week, 3+ day ago (357+ words) On the “’Cuse Conversations” podcast, Matt Mulvaney and Zahra Vahedi unpack why our phones are so hard to put down and what it actually takes to change that. We all do it countless times a day. Tap our smartphones, fire…...
Build Modular Furniture That Grows With Your Space
2+ week, 5+ day ago (421+ words) As homes increasingly double as offices, studios and gathering spaces, furniture must do more than sit still. Ralf Schneider has been designing for that reality for years. Recognizing the growing need for flexible, customizable spaces, he blended his knowledge of…...
3 Syracuse Faculty Earn STEM Under 40 Awards from the MOST
3+ week, 1+ day ago (318+ words) Professor Zhenyu Gan working with robotics in Link Hall. Three Syracuse University faculty members—Atanu Acharya, Zhenyu Gan and Angela Oliverio—have been named to the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science & Technology’s (MOST) STEM Under 40 list, presented by Micron…...
Drones, Rovers and Submersibles: Orange Works Fuels the Next Generation of Engineers
3+ week, 1+ day ago (570+ words) The classroom spaces in the Center for Science and Technology buzz with activity as high school students build and learn how to code autonomous vehicles on land, in the air and underwater. A black and white quadcopter drone hovers a…...
Aerospace Engineering Student Interns at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4+ week, 1+ day ago (440+ words) While many college students spent their summer at home or in a classroom, Andrew Uryniak ’28 spent his summer helping engineer the next mission to Mars. Uryniak’s project focused on assessing the risk of inadvertent mechanism deployment, a scenario NASA evaluates…...
Developing Humanoid Robot That Learns Construction Skills From Human Workers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (320+ words) Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Yizhi Liu and his Ph.D. student Yanxi Liu have developed a system that allows a humanoid robot to observe construction workers and replicate their physical techniques, a breakthrough Liu believes is among the first of…...