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(American Heart Association) Patient outcomes with large core stroke damage are worse the larger the core volume and the longer the time lapse between stroke onset and treatment. Perfusion imaging may help identify large...

News 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... Contributed Author: New York University Topi...

News One of the key requirements in aircraft manufacturing is achieving precision tolerances, a concern that carries over to additive manufacturing, Researchers at Purdue University and the University of Southern Califor...

News An Iowa regulatory board won't let Alliant Energy charge customers who decline to have smart meters used to track how much electricity they use. Contributed Author: Associated Press Topics: Wireless Week

News T-Mobile's leadership team remains confident about securing regulatory approval for the proposed merger with Sprint within the first half of the year, executives said Thursday during T-Mobile's fourth quarter earnin...

News CommScope has come out with a new line of antennas supporting 3.5 GHz for macro cell and outdoor small cell deployments. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Spectrum

News Windstream is changing up the technology for its Kinetic TV service. Windstream announced plans to power its TV service with the app-based MobiTV Connect platform, replacing the service provider's legacy video deliv...

(Edelman Seattle) A new epidemiological study suggests consuming walnuts may be associated with a lower prevalence and frequency of depression symptoms among American adults. After evaluating study participants for depre...

Product Announcement RBD Instruments Inc. announced that it has released a new version of its 9103 USB Picoammeter which incorporates faster reads per second with 5000 DC volts of isolation to chassis ground. Increasing ...

Product Announcement Ironwood Electronics has recently introduced a new QFN socket design using high performance elastomer capable of 75 GHz, very low inductance and wide temperature applications. The GT-QFN-3024 socket....

News As self-driving cars continue to develop, there will be plenty of data amassed through cars' navigational technologies. Questions regarding privacy, ownership, cybersecurity and public safety arise, as heavily guard...

News When GPS isn't available, drones can have a hard time reaching their destination. During instances where GPS is minimal or nonexistent, Dr. Jiefei Wang, a researcher from UNSW Canberra Trusted Autonomy... Staff Auth...

News An image captured by the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) showed the formation of new stars... Contributed Author: ESO Topics: MIL/AERO

Videos A Swedish patient with hand amputation has become the first recipient of an osseo-neuromuscular implant to control a dexterous hand prosthesis. In a pioneering surgery, titanium implants were placed in the two for...

News Shared decision-making seen as an important instrument to obtain better research results and gain support and acceptance from the wider public, according to a new position paper published in the Journal of Neuromusc...

News Countless automotive and software companies are burning the midnight oil to bring self-driving cars to the market. While some of them have projections for release in the early 2020s, some industry experts are... Sta...

News An international team of researchers discovered that the Galápagos' volcanoes get their fuel from a source that's 1,200 mi deep within the ocean. Known as a "mantle plume," this narrow conduit sends hot... Staff Au...

Videos The Create the Future Design Contest was launched in 2002 by NASA Tech Briefs magazine publishers, recognizing engineering innovation. First place for the 2018 aerospace and defense category was awarded... Staff A...

News Southwest Research Institute has developed a high-reliability, high-voltage optocoupler for spaceflight applications. NASA has selected the device as a power interface between the Europa Clipper spacecraft... Contri...

Blog Industry experts answer the question: After many starts and stops, fully electric vehicles are finally become more prevalent in automaker's lineups. What are the remaining obstacles to electric vehicles replacing......

Blog In 2019, the autonomous vehicle will start to do to the traditional automobile what the horseless carriage did to the horse a century ago: reduce it to a curiosity operated by a small number of enthusiastic hobbyist...

News Before arriving in Andenes, Norway, on Jan. 3, 2019, Alvaro Guerra and Erica Venkatesulu -- both juniors at Pennsylvania State University in State College -- had never seen the northern lights. Yet in a few... Contr...