More accurate navigation systems and improved wireless communications may not come from traditional electronics, but rather from atoms. Researchers at Penn State and the National Institute of ...

Of the more than 624,000 highway bridges in the U.S., an estimated 220,000 need repairs. Quantum sensors could help engineers ...

A groundbreaking superconducting X-ray spectrometer has begun operation at BESSY II, giving Europe its first TES-based system ...

Medications can save lives, yet for some drugs, the concentration in a patient's bloodstream determines whether a treatment ...

LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — A massive chemical tank holding nearly a million gallons of a highly corrosive liquid imploded and collapsed Tuesday at a Washington paper mill, killing at least one worker and ...

Vicinay Marine and Spanish applied research center Tecnalia have jointly developed a sensor designed to remotely monitor corrosion on offshore mooring lines, aiming to improve the safety, reliability ...

I’ve been writing about smoke detectors for a few years. That often involves researching fire statistics, so when I see something like the fact that the death rate from a fire is 60 percent lower in ...

The eyes of the city are on the Bosque. Not real eyes. Something better -- camera sensors that can detect thermal activity up to 100 feet away. Eighteen of these have been installed in wooded areas ...

New outdoor gunshot detection sensor developed using machine-learning techniques and combining acoustic and infrared sensing for advanced accuracy and earlier threat awareness SDS Perimeter combines ...

Liquid biopsy encompasses a variety of molecular approaches to detect circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and has become a powerful tool in the diagnosis and treatment of solid tumors. Current applications ...

Abstract: This paper presents an integrated Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) sensor designed for noncontact liquid level detection using microwave sensing in the 2.4 GHz ISM ...

A Georgia woman suffered severe burns to her face and body after being doused with a toxic chemical in a random attack while she was strolling through a park — and her sadistic assailant is still on ...