Medical News

(Rutgers University) A Rutgers-led team has discovered how plants harness microbes in soil to get nutrients, a process that could be exploited to boost crop growth, fight weeds and slash the use of polluting fertilizers ...

One of the most controversial drugs in America can't even get you high. Derived from marijuana, CBD, or cannabidiol, could help treat a range of medical conditions, early research suggests -- but its Schedule I status ha...

News Covert sensing of objects around a corner may soon become a reality. Aristide Dogariu, a University of Central Florida Pegasus Professor of Optics and Photonics, and his colleagues published a paper in Nature... Con...

News RUDN University mathematicians simulated the work of a cellular network. In their model unmanned aerial vehicles are employed as additional transmitters. Most of the available communication systems give a... Contrib...

News Germany on Monday rolled out the world's first hydrogen-powered train, signalling the start of a push to challenge the might of polluting diesel trains with costlier but more eco-friendly technology. Two bright blue...

News Over the past three decades, lithium-ion batteries, rechargeable batteries that move lithium ions back and forth to charge and discharge, have enabled smaller devices that juice up faster and last longer. Now, X-ray...

News New research from Parks Associates found that the number of hours of video that U.S. broadband households are watching on their mobile phone per week jumped nearly 55 percent since 2015. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher...

News Kentucky's procurement chief said it would have cost taxpayers about $9 million in 2015 to back out of a statewide broadband network. But he said a misunderstanding of the rules governing federal education money hel...

News In its fourth incarnation, called Series 4 and due out later this month, the Apple Watch will add features that allow it to take high-quality heart readings and detect falls. Contributed Author: Michael Liedtke, AP ...

Product Announcement Analog Devices announces the Power by Linear™ LT8708/-1, a 98% efficient bidirectional buck-boost switching regulator controller that operates between two batteries that have the same voltage, whic...

News With the rising shortage of skilled workforce in agriculture, there's a growing need for robotisation to perform labour-intensive and repetitive tasks in greenhouses. Enter SWEEPER, the EU-funded project developing....

News MWCA is now done and Global Wireless Solutions, Inc. (GWS) has finished testing the network performance of the four wireless national carriers throughout the LA Convention Center - see how each stacked up! Contribut...

News NASA's most advanced space laser satellite blasted off Saturday on a mission to track ice loss around the world and improve forecasts of sea level rise as the climate warms. Cloaked in pre-dawn darkness... Contribut...

News In the Brazilian state of Para, every week, authorities receive alerts showing them which parts of the Amazon forest have been chopped down, with photos to back it up. The pictures are taken every day at 10:30... Co...

Blog The World Economic Forum has just released "The Future of Jobs 2018" report. With the emergence of new technologies, automation, and algorithms, the report "aims to unpack and provide specific information... Staff A...

Product Announcement OmniVision Technologies, Inc. announced its high definition (HD) automotive camera module reference design, developed with collaboration from Leopard Imaging and featuring technology from Texas Instr...

News A recent study, affiliated UNIST has introduced a novel technology that promises to significantly boost the performance of lithium metal batteries, a promising candidate for the next generation of rechargeable... Co...

News Improving the sensitivity of light sensors or the efficiency of solar cells requires fine-tuning of light capturing. KAUST researchers have used complex geometry to develop tiny shell-shaped coverings that can incre...

News One of the biggest drawbacks of electric vehicles - that they require hours and hours to charge - could be obliterated by new type of liquid battery that is roughly ten times more energy-dense than existing... Contr...

News In the future, smart textile-based soft robotic exosuits could be worn by soldiers, fire fighters and rescue workers to help them traverse difficult terrain and arrive fresh at their destinations so that they can pe...

Product Announcement BelGAS FM introduced its full line of flame arrestors for the oil and gas industry. These safety products stop ignited vapors from traveling backward into the vent line or tank, preventing explosions...

Article Now, a group of researchers from Osaka University and Nara Institute of Science and Technology have established it is possible to detect dementia from conversations in human-agent interaction... Staff Author: Tie...