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Electronic Noses Should Smell Better

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…

Fabricating Supercapacitors on Paper

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…

On-Demand Genome Sequences

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…

3D Objects Created with Sound Waves

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…

ChatGPT, MD?

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…