Researchers at Duke University and Michigan State University have engineered a novel type of supercapacitor that remains fully functional even when stretched to eight times its original size. It does not exhibit…
Device could ‘hear’ disease through structures housing cells
Similarly to how a picked lock gives away that someone has broken into a building, the stiffening of a structure surrounding cells in the human body can indicate that cancer is invading…
Portable AI device turns coughing sounds into health data for flu and pandemic forecasting
Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have invented a portable surveillance device powered by machine learning – called FluSense – which can detect coughing and crowd size in real time, then…
The COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has a natural origin, scientists say
According to findings published in the journal Nature Medicine, the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that emerged in the city of Wuhan, China, last year and has since caused a large scale COVID-19 epidemic…
Apple gets Patent for Shape-changing Mouse
Apple is planning to add shape-shifting abilities to its Magic Mouse. A mouse is an important input device for the computer. Many people need to use it for a long time. But…