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A mobile sensor expert, Tauhidur Rahman, assistant professor in the College of Information and Computer Sciences, and colleagues at Syracuse University and SUNY Upstate Medical University are putting their heads together on an opioid…

In a joint effort between the Italian Space Agency and NASA, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) launched on December 9th. The observatory is NASA's first mission dedicated to measuring the polarization of X-rays from extreme…

The Department of Defense (DoD) chose BAE Systems to qualify a new generation of integrated circuit technology for use in space. The new 12-nanometer technology uses a smaller feature size compared with current 45-nanometer technology,…

Do you say or do things you soon regret? According to researchers at UC Berkeley and Harvard and a handful of others, “negative urgency” is a clinical form of impulsivity linked to depression, OCD, eating disorders, self-harm, ADHD and…

Every light wave is characterized by its frequency and the human eye can detect frequencies between 400 and 750 trillion Hz (or terahertz, THz), which define the visible spectrum. Cell phone camera light sensors detect frequencies down to…

ROHM added a thermal analysis function to its ROHM Solution Simulator, targeting designers in the automotive and industrial markets. The addition enables designers to collectively verify power devices and driver IC thermal issues on…

Query.AI, just announced six predictions for the cybersecurity industry in the New Year. The first one should be predictable – pun intended. Of course, it’s the COVID-19 security cleanup – dealing with the gaps caused by the pandemic.…

Collaboration just got easier. LG Business Solutions USA announced the LG One:Quick series of conferencing and collaboration solutions to support in-person and remote teamwork. The series includes the 55-inch all-in-one LG One:Quick Works…

Silent Arrow announced the United States Air Force has awarded the company a contract entitled "Guided Bundle Derivative of Silent Arrow for Side Door and Palletized Swarm Deployment at High Speeds and Altitudes." Under contract, the…

Throw away the textbooks again. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and collaborators have taken a significant leap forward in the understanding of human cells. The technique used, known as Multi-Scale…

Physicists created a new ultra-thin two-layer material with quantum properties that normally require rare earth compounds. This material is easy to make and does not contain rare earth metals, and it may provide a new platform for quantum…

Physicists at the Universities of Bristol, Vienna, the Balearic Islands and the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI-Vienna) have demonstrated how quantum systems simultaneously evolve along two opposite time arrows,…

The answer? Specific speech sounds stimulate the same region in the brain of humans, macaques and guinea pigs according to a University of Pittsburgh research report published in the journal eNeuro. The brain’s responses to sound can be…

Twitter announced that Jack Dorsey is stepping down as CEO and that the Board of Directors has unanimously appointed Parag Agrawal as CEO as his replacement.  Dorsey will remain a member of the Board until his term expires at the 2022…

A Dartmouth-led study indicates that data on worker commutes provided via smartphones and fitness devices can predict job performance and improve employee productivity and satisfaction. The research demonstrates that mobile sensing can…