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Silicone Wristbands Help Measure Children’s Exposure to Harmful Chemicals

Globally, scores of kids do not reach their developmental potential and this can be partly attributed to higher rates of exposure to legacy and present-day pollutants.

21 Jul 2020

Radiation Resistant Zoom Lenses

Resolve Optics has developed a range of non-browning (radiation resistant) zoom lenses for use in environments subject to radiation.

From Resolve Optics Ltd. 20 Jul 2020

Real-Time Access to Antarctic Tide Data

One of the most important challenges, when designing monitoring facilities in remote locations, is resilience. Remote tide gauge systems operate in extremely harsh environments and require robust communications systems that almost never fail and are capable of storing large amounts of data locally as an extra protection for data.

10 Jul 2020

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