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Treatment-resistant depression affects 1 in 3 of the estimated 16.2 million adults in the U.S. who have suffered at least one major depressive episode. For them, two or more therapies have failed and the risk of suicide ...

Product Announcement Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the STM32WB wireless microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics (ST). Supporting Bluetooth® 5.0, ZigBee 3.0, and OpenThread connectivity, the dual-core STM32WB...

An hour before we spoke, Darragh O'Carroll, an emergency room physician from Hawaii, had just given an elderly patient a sedating shot of ketamine. The man had pneumonia and was acting confused and fidgety, making him ha...

Data Focus OpenSignal's data shows that the biggest difference in experience depends on whether a user has an LTE-A Pro-capable device, rather than which carrier they use. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Devices

News A toilet seat that monitors individuals with congestive heart failure may be the next home accessory patients are taking home from the hospital. Every year, 1 million new cases of congestive heart failure are diagno...

News A substance from a fungus that infects caterpillars could offer new treatment hope for sufferers of osteoarthritis according to new research... Contributed Author: Jane Icke, University of Nottingham Topics: Pain Ma...

News German carmakers are increasingly turning to electric vehicles to master tough new emissions limits looming in the EU, but the shift away from internal combustion engines will entail years of lower margins and profi...

News Australian researchers have developed a less invasive and cheaper test to detect gastro-intestinal illnesses--a breath sample... Contributed Author: Angela Skujins, University of Adelaide Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News Scratches on our cars can be irking, especially for luxury cars that can instantly lose their value. Now, a new paint created by Saarbrücken researchers could help repair these pesky scratches. The corn starch-base...

Videos A group of researchers from EPFL and four other universities devised an interesting experiment--have two animal species, which normally don't cross paths, interact and reach a shared decision, all through... Staff...

News Autonomous shuttles are making their way to New York and California, with self-driving vehicle tech company Optimus Ride announcing two sites to deploy its fleet. Brooklyn Navy Yard will have autonomous... Staff Aut...

Videos Lantos Technologies, announced the U.S. release of the industry's only FDA 510K cleared, 3D ear scanning system. The Lantos system breaks the mold and transforms the process of providing personalized hearing solut...

News Little motors power everything from small comforts, such as desk fans, to larger safety systems, like oven exhaust systems--but they could be more precise, according to a research team from Mitsubishi Electric Resea...

News An international team of researchers has built a new sensor network that can monitor two crucial activities, namely biodiversity, or the variety of life, in a particular habitat or ecosystem, and identification of p...

News Once a traditional satellite is launched into space, its physical hardware and computer software stay mostly immutable for the rest of its existence as it orbits the Earth, even as the technology it serves on the......

News An array of underwater listening lines that detect passing giant Atlantic bluefin tuna previously caught and tagged by scientists has created a new system to monitor these enormous, fast, powerful and lucrative... C...

News Researchers are developing tools to substantially reduce the operations and maintenance costs of wind farms. The novel tools will be tested on three European wind farms in 2020. The EU has set an ambitious... Contri...

Product Announcement Brightworks Technology, Inc. announces its new development initiative to produce market-leading, reliable, efficient, compact and water-resistant AC/DC LED drivers for demanding outdoor, architectura...

Blog The concept of "the cloud" can spark confusion in some people. What is it? Where is it? The truth of the cloud is a lot less mystical than it seems. When information is stored in the cloud, that means it's sent... C...

Videos Clothes are usually made of textiles and have to be both wearable and washable for daily use; however, smart clothing presents a challenge with its power sources and moisture permeability, which causes... Contribu...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) In a surprising finding, researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center showed the protein NLRP6 aggravated the difficult symptoms of gastrointestinal graft-vs....

(JAMA Network) Financial incentives didn't increase completion rates of colorectal cancer screening tests mailed to patients. In a randomized clinical trial of almost 900 patients, none of the incentives (an unconditiona...