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Thin-film identification tags for transferring data to touchscreen devices

Today, countless electronic devices have touchscreens, including smart phones, tablets and smart home appliances. Touchscreen interfaces have become some of the most common means for users to communicate with and browse through ...

Jan 17, 2020

Engineering

Edible 'security tag' to protect drugs from counterfeit

Manufacturing prescription drugs with distinct markings, colors, shapes or packaging isn't enough to protect them from counterfeiting, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reports have shown.

Jan 17, 2020

'PigeonBot' brings aircraft closer to feathered-flight

Since the dawn of the aviation era, inventors have strived to build aircraft that fly as nimbly as birds, whose morphable wings allow for faster, tighter turns and more efficient gliding.

Jan 16, 2020

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Nanoparticle levitated by light rotates at 300 billion rpm

A dumbbell-shaped nanoparticle powered just by the force and torque of light has become the world's fastest-spinning object.

Jan 16, 2020

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Improved brain chip for precision medicine

The Akay Lab biomedical research team at the University of Houston is reporting an improvement on a microfluidic brain cancer chip previously developed in their lab. The new chip allows multiple-simultaneous drug administration, ...

Jan 16, 2020

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A technology for embedding data in printed objects

A team from Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), composed of Ph.D. Student Arnaud Delmotte, Professor Yasuhiro Mukaigawa, Associate Professor Takuya Funatomi, Assistant Professor Hiroyuki Kubo, and Assistant ...

Jan 16, 2020

Engineering

Detecting and mitigating network attacks with a multi-prong approach

To solve a problem, you must first see the problem. More than that, whatever fallout the problem is causing must be controlled while you solve it. That's the approach an international team of researchers has taken for combating ...

Jan 16, 2020

New helmet design can deal with sports' twists and turns

As a neurologist, Robert Knight has seen what happens when the brain crashes around violently inside the skull. And he's aware of the often tragic consequences.

Jan 14, 2020

First 3-D-printed, sensor-operated prosthetic arm for toddlers prototyped

A prototype for the first 3-D-printed, sensor-operated prosthetic arm designed for toddlers under two years-old has been developed by UK engineers.

Jan 13, 2020

A low-power, highly responsive and reusable sweat pH monitor

Sweat, which contains a wide range of biochemical markers, can tell us a lot about our health. Variations in sweat pH (i.e. acidity or alkalinity), for instance, can tell us whether our body is dehydrated and can aid the ...

Jan 13, 2020

Transformative 3-D printing approach established from insight into developmental biology

Engineers need to get more creative in their approach to design and additive manufacturing (AM) systems, by taking inspiration from the way humans grow and develop, say researchers at the University of Birmingham.

Jan 10, 2020

Ridesharing links can boost transit use in the suburbs

Integrating ridesharing with transit in poorly serviced suburban neighbourhoods is an effective way to get people out of their cars and boost ridership.

Jan 10, 2020

A new design strategy to fabricate 2-D electronic devices using ultrathin dielectrics

2-D semiconductors could have very useful applications, particularly as channel materials for low-power transistors. These materials display very high mobility at extreme thicknesses, which makes them particularly promising ...

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Machine learning shapes microwaves for a computer's eyes

Engineers from Duke University and the Institut de Physique de Nice in France have developed a new method to identify objects using microwaves that improves accuracy while reducing the associated computing time and power ...

Jan 09, 2020

Can sea star movement inspire better robots?

Have you ever seen a sea star move? To many of us, sea star seem motionless, like a rock on the ocean's floor, but in actuality, they have hundreds of tube feet attached to their underbelly. These feet stretch and contract ...

Jan 08, 2020

Skin-like sensors bring a human touch to wearable tech

University of Toronto Engineering researchers have developed a super-stretchy, transparent and self-powering sensor that records the complex sensations of human skin.

Jan 08, 2020

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A sensor to detect human body conditions in real-time

DGIST announced that Professor Hyuk-Jun Kwon in the Department of Information and Communication Engineering developed a 'patch-based health diagnosis sensor system' that is easily attached to skin in association with Professor ...

Jan 08, 2020

Engineering news

Thin-film identification tags for transferring data to touchscreen devices

Edible 'security tag' to protect drugs from counterfeit

'PigeonBot' brings aircraft closer to feathered-flight

Nanoparticle levitated by light rotates at 300 billion rpm

Improved brain chip for precision medicine

A technology for embedding data in printed objects

Detecting and mitigating network attacks with a multi-prong approach

UK looks to offshore wind for green energy transition

Could your car seat trick brain with walk feels?

Small screen tech: First look at new smart contact lens

AI learning technique may illustrate function of reward pathways in the brain

AlphaFold makes its mark in predicting protein structures

'Invisible computing' startup unveils smart contact lens

Photoelectrochemical water-splitting efficiency hits 4.5%

Patent talk: Mobile device with solar panels

Brain-like network uses disorder to detect order

Carriers' insecure procedures make life easy for SIM swap tricksters

Google claims its 'nowcast' short-term weather predictions are more accurate than advanced models

Researchers use game theory to help policy makers create liability rules for accidents involving self-driving cars

NSA finds major security flaw in Windows 10, free fix issued

Man versus machine: Can AI do science?

Panasonic charms VR fans with aviator-style glasses

Google says it will phase out web-tracking 'cookies'

Encryption battle reignited as US govt at loggerheads with Apple

Team builds the first living robots

Microsoft ends free Windows 7 security updates on Tuesday

Samsung's home helper shaped like ball and rolled to CES

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