How Do We Conserve and Restore Computer-Based Art in a Changing Technological Environment?
Tagged in Engineering, Science and Technology Arts and Culture Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences Research
Just as conservators have developed methods to protect traditional artworks, computer scientists, in collaboration with time-based media conservators, have created means to safeguard computer- or time-based art by following the same preservation principles.
Scientists Discover New Type of Magnet
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A team of scientists has discovered the first robust example of a new type of magnet—one that holds promise for enhancing the performance of data storage technologies.
Office Hours with Professor Stephen Small
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Biology and Genomics Professor Stephen Small turns his office hours into a flipped classroom where students guide the conversation.
Researchers Wing It in Mimicking Evolution to Discover Best Shape for Flight
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A team of mathematicians has determined the ideal wing shape for fast flapping flight—a discovery that offers promise for better methods for harvesting energy from water as well as for enhancing air speed.
How Do Fish & Birds Hang Together without Colliding? Researchers Find the Answer is a Wake with Purpose
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Fish and birds are able to move in groups, without separating or colliding, due to a newly discovered dynamic: the followers interact with the wake left behind by the leaders.
Envisioned “Octopus Farms” Would Have Far-Reaching & Detrimental Environmental Impact, Researchers Conclude
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Commercial octopus farming, currently in developmental stages on multiple continents, would have a negative ripple effect on sustainability and animal welfare.
Scientists Confirm Pair of Skeletons are from Same Early Hominin Species
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Separate skeletons suggested to be from different early hominin species are, in fact, from the same species, a team of anthropologists has concluded.
Analyzing Genomic Data, Researchers Unlock History of the North African Date Palm
Tagged in Engineering, Science and Technology Research Arts and Science NYU Abu Dhabi
Genome analysis reveals that North African date palms are a hybrid between cultivated date palms from the Middle East and a different, wild species of palm that grows on the island of Crete and in small areas of Southern Turkey.
Princeton’s Weber on the Irrationality of Decision Making and What We Can Do About It—Feb. 4 Neuroscience Lecture
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Princeton University Professor Elke Weber will deliver “ ‘Risk as Feelings’ and ‘Perception Matters’: Assembling Human Preferences One Psychological Process at a Time,” on Mon., Feb. 4.
Last Semester in NYU Research
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From the health of coral reefs off the coast of Abu Dhabi to the rotation habits of distant stars to modern hiring biases against women—NYU researchers tackled a vast array of scientific, social, and cultural questions this semester.