Internet
Consumers are expected to spend more than $100 billion at online pharmacies in the next few years, but not all of these businesses are legitimate. Without proper quality control, these illicit online pharmacies are more than ...
Aug 28, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
New matchbook-sized devices could convert wasted heat in our homes, offices and vehicles into an environmentally friendly source of electricity, according to a team of scientists.
Jun 24, 2020
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Engineering
Patterns appear in both natural and human made systems, but they can be difficult for humans to recognize and analyze, especially in dynamic systems like the human heart or factory machines. To address this issue, researchers ...
May 20, 2020
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Electronics & Semiconductors
A new supercapacitor based on manganese oxide could combine the storage capacity of batteries with the high power and fast charging of other supercapacitors, according to researchers at Penn State and two universities in ...
May 5, 2020
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Consumer & Gadgets
Individuals who fear talking in front of a crowd could soon have a new tool to ease public speaking anxiety: their smart speaker.
Apr 25, 2020
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Engineering
When it comes to increasing electric storage efficiency and electric breakdown strength—the ability of an electrical system to operate at higher voltage and temperatures with great efficiency—increasing one traditionally ...
Apr 21, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Advice from artificial intelligence (AI) experts may be just as influential as from human experts, according to a team of Penn State researchers. However, both human and robotic bearers of bad news may find that they lose ...
Apr 13, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
The electricity that lights our homes and powers our appliances also creates small magnetic fields that are present all around us. Scientists have developed a new mechanism capable of harvesting this wasted magnetic field ...
Mar 31, 2020
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Computer Sciences
Learning how people interact with artificial intelligence-enabled machines—and using that knowledge to improve people's trust in AI—may help us live in harmony with the ever-increasing number of robots, chatbots and other ...
Mar 31, 2020
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Engineering
Bulky, buzzing and beeping hospital rooms demonstrate that monitoring a patient's health status is an invasive and uncomfortable process, at best, and a dangerous process, at worst. Penn State researchers want to change that ...
Mar 20, 2020
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