Acoustic sensors pinpoint shooters in urban setting #ASA182
DENVER, May 23, 2022 – During a gunshot, two sound events occur: the muzzle blast and the supersonic shock wave. ...
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New breathable gas sensors may improve monitoring of health, environment
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Newly developed flexible, porous and highly sensitive nitrogen dioxide sensors that can be applied to skin ...
Next-generation weather reporting: versatile, flexible, and economical sensors
Have you ever been trapped in an unexpected torrential downpour? Weather forecasting systems have always tried to anticipate adverse weather ...
Spinal oxygen sensors – SOS – critical sensors for when the body has low to no oxygen
University of Calgary researchers have identified a new oxygen sensing mechanism in a small population of spinal cord neurons capable ...
Real-time flood sensors, urban farms, autonomous cars, dancing drones and more at NYU Tandon’s Research Excellence Exhibit
BROOKLYN, New York, Thursday, April 21, 2022 – The NYU Tandon School of Engineering will showcase over 40 innovative and ...
Quantum sensors: Measuring even more precisely
Atomic clocks are the best sensors mankind has ever built. Today, they can be found in national standards institutes or ...
Surprise findings suggest mosquito odor sensors are sensitive to molecular regulation to avoid insect repellants
In what they call surprise findings, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists report that — unlike fruit flies — mosquitoes’ odor sensing ...
Warning: Objects in driverless car sensors may be closer than they appear
DURHAM, N.C. – Researchers at Duke University have demonstrated the first attack strategy that can fool industry-standard autonomous vehicle sensors ...
‘Seeing’ non-uniformities in 2D materials may lead to new medical sensors
A novel and better approach at detecting non-uniformities in the optical properties of two-dimensional materials could potentially open the door ...
Plant smoke detectors evolve as hormone sensors
Wildfires are devastating, but they can also bring new life by clearing existing vegetation and allowing new plants to spring ...
Roswell Biotechnologies demonstrates molecular electronics sensors on a semiconductor chip in peer-review paper
The first molecular electronics chip has been developed, realizing a 50-year-old goal of integrating single molecules into circuits to achieve ...
Powerful sensors on planes detect crop nitrogen with high accuracy
URBANA, Ill. – Synthetic nitrogen fertilizers transformed agriculture as we know it during the Green Revolution, catapulting crop yields and ...
Story tips: Cooler vaccine transport, bioenergy boost and radiation-resistant sensors
Refrigeration — Cooling COVID-19 vaccinesCredit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Refrigeration — Cooling COVID-19 vaccines Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers ...
‘Pop-up’ electronic sensors could detect when individual heart cells misbehave
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a powerful new tool that monitors the electrical activity inside ...
Researchers uncover the mechanism of electric field detection in microscale graphene sensors
Ishikawa, Japan - The ability to sense the magnitude and polarity of the electric field is of great scientific interest. ...
$2 million grant will use in-home sensors to monitor older adults in rural Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Among the biggest side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has been increased social isolation, loneliness and depression, particularly ...
Low-cost AI soil sensors could help farmers curb fertiliser use
The technology, which is described today in Nature Food, could help growers work out the best time to use fertiliser on their crops and how ...
Intracellular temperature sensors: Protein complex exhibits temperature-sensitive activity
Osaka, Japan – One degree (Celsius) can make a difference: a team of investigators led by Osaka University has demonstrated ...
Wash-and-wear sensors
Nov. 9, 2021 — They say you are what you wear. New biosensor technology created at the University of Utah’s ...
Researchers evaluate whether lactate sensors can contribute to sports physiology
While there are a growing number of wearable lactate sensors available for sports and fitness, there hasn’t necessarily been an ...
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Data contradict fears of COVID-19 vaccine effects on pregnancy and fertility
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Price and convenience can drive consumers to purchase cannabis from illegal, rather than legal, sources: Study
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Atom-by-atom growth chart for shells helps decode past climate
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‘Democracy’ governs mass jackdaw take-offs
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Long-duration energy storage beats the challenge of week-long wind-power lulls
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COVID vaccine trial locations influenced in vaccine efficacy results