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3D Laser Scanner Allows Accurate Inspection of Critical Infrastructure

Transport networks are crucial infrastructure and are the lifelines of contemporary society. Roads, bridges, tunnels, and railway tracks can be damaged by adverse weather conditions.

2 Jul 2020

Cell Phone Microphones Help Trace Potential Spread of COVID-19

According to scientists, the signals sent and received from speakers, microphones, and cellular phones can alert people when they are close to someone who has acquired the COVID-19 infection.

1 Jul 2020

New, Tiny Sensor Continuously Tracks Ethylene Gas Emitted from Plants

A small sensor designed by the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) can constantly track the plant hormone, ethylene.

30 Jun 2020

New Self-Powered Sensing System to Monitor Fire and Environmental Conditions

Researchers at Michigan State University have designed and developed a remote system for forest fire detection and alarming, which is powered by only the movement of trees in wind.

25 Jun 2020

Novel Wearable Patch can Benefit People with Melanoma

Conventional melanoma therapies, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, suffer from the toxicity and side effects of repeated treatments due to the aggressive and recurrent nature of melanoma cells.

17 Jun 2020

New Sensing Method Allows Precise Remote Measurements of Wind Speed

At the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, physicists have devised a novel technique for measuring the speed of wind remotely.

11 Jun 2020

New Sensors to Control Quality of Drugs and Monitor Environment

Supersensitive sensors to detect enantiomers, called “mirror molecules,” in drugs have been developed by researchers from Tomsk Polytechnic University in collaboration with researchers from the Czech Republic.

8 Jun 2020

Portable, Fluorescence-Based Sensor Rapidly Detects Bacterial Contamination in Water

Whenever San Diego receives rains, waterways like the San Diego River and also its Alvarado Creek tributary will frequently experience bacterial pollution that eventually ends up in the ocean.

12 Mar 2020

New Water Quality Sensor Helps Track Pollution in Commercial Fish Ponds

Water quality sensors driven by solar energy could support fish farmers in protecting their aquatic assets and secure the future of food.

28 Feb 2020

Air Quality Sensors Scan Ozone and Particulate Matter in Salt Lake Valley

Air quality sensors developed by the University of Utah have traveled on TRAX light rail trains for over five years, checking for air pollution along the Red and Green Lines of the train.

27 Feb 2020