medical

Electronic noses, or e-noses, are systems that combine chemical gas sensors, signal processing, and machine learning algorithms to mimic the sense of smell. E-noses can be used for checking food quality, monitoring air pollution, diagnosing…

Streaming and studying organic tissue are miles apart, but a new method of study brings them closer together than you might think possible. A groundbreaking technique developed by researchers affiliated with the USC Michelson Center for…

Flexible electronics consisting of electrodes with plastic or metal foil as substrates power wearables. But there’s a downside. Plastics have poor adhesion and low durability, while metal foils make devices bulky and less flexible. Paper is…

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) developed an innovative software tool to assemble complete (gapless) genome sequences from various species. Dubbed Verkko, “network” in Finnish, the tool makes creating the sequences…

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research and the Heidelberg University announced the creation of a new technology designed to assemble matter in 3D. They based their research on using multiple acoustic holograms to…

You've likely heard about ChatGPT by now. The conversational AI can do it all, even power Microsoft's Bing. Well, according to a study in the open-access journal PLOS Digital Health by Tiffany Kung, Victor Tseng, and colleagues at…

We all love a good movie. They transport us, taking us to worlds and environments many of us won't see in our everyday lives. Movies and the stories they tell can cause us to laugh, weep, feel, and think, sometimes changing us in…

Well, this might make more sense than scheming to get kids into the right university when they haven't even finished high school. A recent survey conducted by researchers from Geisinger, University of Southern California, UCLA, National…

Many of us turn to Reddit for product information, inspiration in Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, and stories about animals doing amazing things. Recently, researchers have turned to Reddit to help analyze depression and anxiety to…

Engineers and physicians innovated a wearable ultrasound device that assesses the structure and function of the human heart. The wearable is the size of a postage stamp and can be worn for up to 24 hours. It even works with strenuous…