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Biosensor Allows for Early Detection of Prostate Cancer
The biosensor's high sensitivity makes it capable of early detection of the molecules that are produced by the cancer that pass into the bloodstream.
Underground Radar for Post-Katrina Damage
The technology is a pipe-penetrating scanning system that uses ultra-wide-band pulsed radar.
Plasma Etching of Biochar Reduces Supercapacitor Costs
The ability to absorb and discharge energy quickly makes supercapacitors integral to energy harvesting.
Brain-Machine Interface Triggers Recovery
WAP says theirs is the first study to report that long-term brain-machine interface use could lead to significant recovery of neurological function in patients suffering from severe spinal cord injuries.
Nanocrystal-generated Light Could Speed Communications
White light generated using semiconductor lasers may one day replace LED white-light bulbs for energy-efficient lighting, researchers say.
Liquid Light Switch for More Powerful Electronics
Current methods of converting between electrical and optical signals are both inefficient and slow, and researchers have been searching for ways to combine the two.
Latest Applications for Flexible Circuits
A wide range of technologies has benefited from flexible circuit designs and advanced flexible circuit material options. More advancements are in store.
Enabling Smart Grids with the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is the network of physical devices that enables a power grid to achieve the ideals of a smart grid.
Low-Power Smart Camera "Awakens" to Specific Gestures
The camera could have applications ranging from remote-area operation, where energy efficiency is critical, to specialized surveillance and consumer electronics with hands-free operation.
How to Turn Music Into Colors With a Wi-Fi Bridge
Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 American science fiction film, written and directed by Steven Spielberg. As part of the movie’s theme scientists enable a computer, using light and sound patterns together, to have a musical conversation with alien guests from a UFO visiting out planet.
IoT Could Cause Energy Use to Spiral
Autonomous streaming of data by billions of sensors removes the existing potential constraints to the growth in internet energy consumption.
"Cubesat" Network to Study Earth’s Thermosphere
The satellites will carry out measurements of the region between 200 km and 380 km above Earth.
Artificial Intelligence Developed to Help First Responders
As an event is monitored, software learns and starts to make predictions about what resources will be needed next.
The Day a Solar Storm Almost Brought on Nuclear War
The storm serves as a reminder of why geoscience and space research are essential to U.S. national security.
Haptics Research Could Lead to Advanced Touchscreens
Understanding why ultrasonic vibrations on a flat glass plate feel slippery to the touch could allow the design of sophisticated electronic devices that exert forces on the finger.
DARPA Taps Hackers to Develop Machine-speed Cyber Defense
Hackers were challenged to find and patch software bugs and vulnerabilities in a matter of minutes.
Smart Cameras Developed to Assist Autonomous Driving
Using sensors, the system can estimate how long the driver will need before resuming full control of the vehicle following a period of autonomous driving.
Bio-Derived Battery Is Long Lasting and High Voltage
The battery is similar to many commercially available, high-energy lithium-ion batteries, but uses flavin from vitamin B2 as the cathode.
Neural Dust Sensors That Offer In-body Telemetry
Tiny implantable wireless sensors record electrical signals from muscles and nerves in real-time.
Battery Self-Destructs after Powering Transient Electronics
Li-ion battery self-destructs in water after delivering 2.5 V for 15 minutes.