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Leaf peep for science
This citizen-science project is using tourist photos to track changes in fall colors.
NIST offers new testing standards for metal detectors
In addition to increasing confidence, NIST expects the acceptance and implementation of these standards to shorten the time needed for testing new products, resulting in lower costs for users.
Study: Access to the internet is a basic human right
People who don’t have access to the internet lack meaningful ways to influence the lawmakers and politicians who are shaping their lives and have less access to information.
Calling Dr. Google
Google has announced a partnership with Ascension, operator of 150 hospitals and over 50 senior living facilities in 21 states. With this partnership, Google has obtained access to millions of patient’s medical data records through an initiative dubbed “Project Nightingale.”
Air filters are the key to protecting your HVAC
Considering that an HVAC system represents a sizable investment for most homeowners, paying attention to what may be the most important component - the air filter - is worthwhile.
Sounding the alarm on kids and pets left in vehicles
Researchers have developed a sensor that triggers an alarm in the event a child or a pet is left unattended in a vehicle.
Is CAD coming to your browser?
Internet speed and continuously connected computers are expanding the possible applications viable for SaaS to include computer-aided design (CAD) software.
China taps 5G and AI to build a grid-wide electric IoT
Planned projects would apply information technology and advanced communication technologies to connect all things and all human-computer interaction across China's power grid.
Q&A with 'Nerd Girl Nation' creators on National STEM/STEAM Day
Web series Nerd Girl Nation features young women pursuing their passion and making their mark in a wide variety of STEAM fields.
Watch how a 3D printer turns food waste into edible creations
A Dutch startup is 3D printing discarded food in a bid to address the growing issue of global food waste.
NTSB says that design and technology can help reduce bicycle accidents
Improving roadway design, enhancing the conspicuity of bicyclists through both visibility and technology, and increasing helmet use held the most promise for reducing the number of fatal and serious crashes.
Methylene chloride poses unreasonable risks, TSCA says
The EPA’s draft evaluation reveals that the substance poses serious central nervous system risks from acute exposures.
Oil and gas wastewater could suppress plant immune systems
Crops were found to have weakened immune systems, leading to the question of whether using wastewater for irrigation would leave crop systems more vulnerable to bacterial and fungal pathogens.
What are you doing mid-century? This 40-something nuke could still be in service
Units 3 and 4 would be authorized to operate until July 19, 2052 and April 10, 2053.
Here's Puerto Rico's 10-year, $20-billion electric grid plan
The plan is intended to rebuild damaged facilities to higher standards, increase the system's overall reliability and improve the quality of life for residents on the island, which is in its thirteenth year of economic recession.
Tech recruiting firm uses face-scanning algorithm to make hiring decisions
Some U.S. companies are reportedly using artificial intelligence (AI)-based face scanning algorithms to make hiring decisions.
New tool offers broad insight into transportation options and impacts
The MEP metric offers a holistic measure of mobility, better enabling planners to quantify how certain choices positively or negatively affect factors such as traffic flow and air quality, among other things.
AI-based facial recognition tool can detect confusion, nervousness
Fujitsu Laboratories, in collaboration with researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science, has developed artificial intelligence (AI)-based facial recognition technology capable of detecting more subtle emotions, such as confusion and nervousness, with improved accuracy.
Female African refugees learn to code for future success
The idea of teaching refugee girls to code has taken hold for two common reasons: increase the number of women, especially minority women, in STEM fields, and give these women the skills to get good jobs.
Denver airport names new contractors for terminal project
Phase I work primarily includes construction of airline ticketing pods in the center of the terminal, and also includes new restrooms and conveyances.