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'Stressing Out' Cocoa Trees May Result in Better Tasting Chocolate
Better tasting chocolate might be achieved by ‘stressing out’ cocoa trees, according to a recent study.
'Grinch Bots' Beating Consumers to Popular Holiday Gifts
Popular toys and electronics may be harder to get this holiday season thanks to automated software dubbed “Grinch bots” beating consumers to online sales and special offers on the much sought-after items.
Media Isolated Piezoresistive Silicon Pressure Sensors
Piezoresistive silicon, stainless steel pressure sensors provide excellent overpressure characteristics and chemical resistance. The media isolated sensors operate in hostile environments with the inherent outstanding sensitivity, linearity and hysteresis of a silicon sensor.
Uncooked Flour May Have E. Coli
As the holidays approach and cookie-making is in high gear, we are bombarded with reminders to not consume raw cookie dough — or flour?
Robotic Table Debuts at the Tokyo International Robot Exhibition
Making its debut at the Tokyo International Robot Exhibition is a robotic table capable of moving objects along its surface.
Technology Drives Manufacturing Resurgence
Some insight into how manufacturing firms are using technology to increase production, and how technology can be expected to influence the manufacturing sector in the coming year.
Voluntary Program to Cut Oil/Gas Sector Methane Emissions
The initiative applies to both existing and new facilities and will include participation by 26 companies when it goes into effect on January 1, 2018.
The Future of Spacesuits: A Take-Me-Home Button?
Although astronauts tend to be securely tethered any time they venture outside the spacecraft, industrial design start-up Draper has invented an insurance policy against astronauts floating away.
Air Pollution Negates Health Benefits of a Long Walk
A study conducted by researchers from Duke University and Imperial College London found that people age 60 and older walking on polluted main streets saw fewer, if any, of the benefits walking would have on the heart and lungs.
Seaweed May Be Key to Environmentally-friendly Sunscreen
In the lab, scientists determined that MAAs — like the MAAs produced by organisms dwelling in sunny, shallow waters — effectively absorbed damaging rays from the sun and protected the skin cells against UVR damage.
Mapping Tropical Forest Conservation Targets in Borneo
Forest carbon stocks were mapped to guide conservation efforts undertaken by the Sabah Forestry Department in Malaysian Borneo.
Doctor-Created, 3D-Printed Euthanasia Machine
Philip Nitschke, better known as Australia's “Dr. Death,” has created a machine meant to help suicidal persons achieve a painless death.
Watch: Tool Tackles Slippery Slope of Winter Roads
Software and hardware are combined to optimize seasonal road salting, enabling cities to allocate resources effectively and increase safety on critical roads.
Instagram Will Hide Selfies with Animals for Fear of Contributing to Animal Abuse
Popular photo-sharing platform Instagram will be hiding pictures that travelers take posing with animals such as sloths and koala bears from its site in an effort to combat animal abuse.
Healthy Eating Better for the Environment, Study
The incentive to eat healthy is now two-fold thanks to a recent study determining that healthy eating is also linked to reducing one’s environmental impact.
Nanoscale Swimming Bots Based on Bacteria
Biotemplated nanoswimmers spin their flagella when exposed to rotating magnetic fields and can perform nearly as well as living bacteria.
Uptown Rats Slightly Different from Downtown Rats, Study Says
Rats residing in uptown Manhattan show slight genetic differences from rats residing in downtown Manhattan, according to researchers from Fordham University and Providence College.
Text Messages Reach 25th Birthday
Sending text messages has become so commonplace that it is easy to forget that the text message hasn’t always been a part of our daily lives. This week the text message turns 25 years old.
A Nationwide Map of Air Pollution in the U.K.
The map depicts how air pollution, specifically nitrogen dioxide, changes across the country and within towns and cities.
Campaign to Ban Glitter Gains Momentum in the UK
UK scientists are gaining an unexpected ally in their quest to ban glitter -- a network of daycare providers.