Researchers have developed a system for efficient, low-cost monitoring for machine health including overall quality, condition, and operation status. The innovation uses audio-based artificial intelligence technology to monitor the overall conditions of machines in factories, hospitals, and other lo

Engineers have developed a heater — about the size of a pill tablet — that regulates the temperature of biological samples through the different stages of diagnostic testing. This technology could enable resource-limited regions around the world to test for infectious diseases without the need for s

To detect skin cancer, dermatologists rely on magnifying glasses to examine suspicious blemishes and scalpels to cut tissue for analysis. With up to more than 70 percent of biopsies coming back negative, millions of healthy patients undergo painful, costly, and unnecessary procedures. Using shortwav

Who Deaf and hard-of-hearing people can use SoundWatch to experience sounds that require an action, such as a beeping microwave or ambulance siren, or to enhance experiences such as hearing a bird chirp or a waterfall sound. What Smartwatches offer a private method for getting notifications about su

The hormone cortisol rises and falls naturally throughout the day and can spike in response to stress, but current methods for measuring cortisol levels require waiting several days for results from a lab. By the time a person learns the results of a cortisol test — which may inform treatment for ce

Researchers have created the prototype for a handheld device to measure a biomarker for cancer. The device works much like the monitors that people with diabetes use to test their blood-sugar levels and could be used in a medical clinic or at home, all without lab work, greatly simplifying the proce

A team has developed a method to imbue computer chips that power machine-learning applications with more processing power by using a common material found in house paint in an analog memory device that enables highly energy-efficient machine inference operations. The material, titanium oxide, is a c

A new supercapacitor based on manganese oxide could combine the storage capacity of batteries with the high power and fast charging of other supercapacitors. By combining manganese oxide with cobalt manganese oxide, a heterostructure is formed in which interfacial properties can be tuned. The group

Researchers have developed a miniature superconducting thermometer that measures temperatures below 1 kelvin (-272.15 °C or -457.87 °F), down to 50 millikelvin (mK) and potentially 5 mK. It is smaller, faster, and more convenient than conventional cryogenic thermometers for chip-scale devices and co

A key measure driving performance in semiconductor integrated circuits (ICs) is reliability. As ICs continue to become smaller and chip complexity increases, manufacturers need to ensure they can continue to provide the same level of reliability to their customers for mission-critical end applicatio

Will the emergence of self-driving cars, drones, repair robots, and wireless monitoring networks pull us closer to nature, or will the autonomous technologies keep us indoors? A survey of over 170 experts, led by the University of Leeds, shared their ideas and predictions – both positive and negativ

A phenomenon first detected in the solar wind may help solve a long-standing mystery about the sun: why the solar atmosphere is millions of degrees hotter than the surface. Images from the Earth-orbiting Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) show evi

Researchers from the University of Bristol’s Quantum Engineering Technology Labs (QET Labs) and Université Côte d‘Azur have made a new miniaturized light detector to measure quantum features of light in more detail than ever before. The device, made from two silicon chips working together, was used

The performance of flexible large-area organic photodiodes has advanced to the point that they can now offer advantages over conventional silicon photodiode technology, particularly for applications such as biomedical imaging and biometric monitoring that require detecting low levels of light across

RepelWrap is a kind of plastic film that you can wrap around anything at all. Once applied, the material does just what it says, and repels. RepelWrap repels water, blood, bacteria and pathogens, and potentially the virus that causes COVID-19. Inspired by the water-repellent lotus leaf, the RepelWra

NASA is developing the next generation of spacesuits for future missions including the optimization of spacesuit gloves that, when coupled to a pressurized suit, tend to limit the range of motion of an astronaut’s hand to as little as 20%. Many of NASA’s future missions will be in challenging enviro

Human-machine interface (HMI) software is continually improving, now providing IT and operations technology (OT) capabilities. Once confined to the role of machine and process visualization and control, modern unified HMI software now delivers better user interfaces, containerization, and remote dev

A powered, single-strained electronic skin sensor was developed that can capture human motion from a distance. The strain sensor, placed on the wrist, decodes complex five-finger motions in real time with a virtual 3D hand that mirrors the original motions. The deep neural network boosted by rapid s

Researchers have developed an acoustic fabric so sensitive to vibrations that it can detect impacts from microscopic high-velocity space particles. A terrestrial application of these fabrics could be for blast detection and in the future, to act as sensitive microphones for directional gunshot detec

Innovators at NASA Armstrong developed an optical waveguide fiber Bragg grating (FBG) that is sensitive to an external magnetic field. The technology allows direct coupling of the external field to the electromagnetic (EM) wave propagating in the fiber, bypassing the need to first measure strain. Th