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In the dynamic intersection of electrical engineering and environmental health, groundbreaking research is paving the way for a new era of innovation in sensor technology. In collaboration with Warwick University, a team from Cambridge…

The Volkswagen Group believes that digital products based on AI are critical for its future success. New infotainment and navigation apps, high-performance voice recognition, expanded vehicle functions, and integration of digital ecosystems…

There are amazing advances in the technology used on the human brain. A new technique uses ion beams to view structures inside human brain cells. Ultimately, this may help us to understand brain diseases, including Alzheimer’s or multiple…

Are you ready for some footballllll... -shaped bioplastic cages used to 3D print cartilage? Please forgive that objectively horrible lead. But, with the Superbowl behind us, I knew many of you would be missing football. But what does…

3D printing may have found a new niche—creating a template for artificial blood vessels in engineered tissue using ice. Artificial organ transplants and drug testing are two possible applications. Given that the demand in the U.S. for…

Researchers at Penn State may just be the heroes we need. In a blind taste test, their 25% less sugar chocolate rated equally to, or higher than, regular chocolate. "We were able to show that there is a range in which you can manage a…

Dogs have been known as "Man's Best Friend" for ages, although that phrase has morphed over the years: good boy, pupper, floof, furkid, and woofers are only some of the things we affectionately call our dogs. In fact, the internet coined an…

Apple just avoided a lawsuit that accused the company of copying heart-monitoring technology from startup AliveCor, after a federal judge ruled in Apple’s favor.  Although details of the decision are sealed because of confidentiality…

Canadian celebrities, including TV chef Mary Berg, singer Michael Bublé, comedian Rick Mercer, and hockey star Sidney Crosby, are revealing their secrets to financial success—until the Bank of Canada tried to stop them. These ads aren't…

NASA’s 2024 Spinoff publication highlights NASA technologies that "benefit life on Earth in the form of commercial products." The 2024 version features 40-plus medical and other commercialized technologies using the agency’s R&D and new…