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Harvard Pico-Calorimeter Measures Metabolic Heat from Living Cells
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (509+ words) No time now? Download a PDF and finish later. Living cells function as miniature thermodynamic engines, releasing small amounts of heat as they grow, divide, and metabolize nutrients. These thermal signals provide a direct measure of cellular metabolism, reflecting changes…...
Radar Level Sensors for Mining Applications
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (469+ words) Melaphyre is a fine-grained basaltic rock that serves as a vital raw material for construction materials, concrete, and road aggregates. Processing melaphyre is a complex, multi-stage operation requiring precise measurement at numerous points. At the Tlumacz'w open-cast mine, operated by…...
Radiometric Level Measurement for Oil and Gas Processing
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (1428+ words) Cairn Oil & Gas, a Vedanta Ltd. subsidiary, has invested significantly in developing oil wells in northern India. This area in the center of a desert region was entirely inaccessible just a few years ago. Because every ton of yield is…...
Hamamatsu Photonics Supports Ice Cube Upgrade, Strengthening Neutrino Measurements in Antarctic Ice
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (203+ words) AZo Sensors National Science Foundation's Amundsen'Scott South Pole Station, delivered by the Ice Cube Collaboration The newly installed sensor strings deployed deep into Antarctic ice enhance Ice Cube's ability to record the faint Cherenkov light produced when neutrinos interact in…...
Textile-Based IDC Strain Sensor Tracks Yoga Postures with 94. 4% Accuracy
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (367+ words) Flexible and stretchable wearable strain sensors have gained significant attention for their ability to conform to the dynamic surfaces of the human body while maintaining high mechanical sensitivity. Unlike conventional rigid sensors, which often fail under deformations exceeding 5%, soft sensors…...
New Wearable Glove Uses Heat to Help People Feel Their Data
1+ week, 6+ day ago (713+ words) Adelaide University researchers have developed an innovative wearable glove that uses heat, touch and physical objects to transform data into a sensory experience. The prototype, called Thermo Phy, was developed as part of a remote internship run by the Australian…...
New "Smart Sock" to Detect and Prevent Diabetic Foot Syndrome Being Created by a Coventry University Led Research Consortium
2+ week, 1+ day ago (321+ words) Coventry University is leading a project to create a "Smart Sock" to help detect and potentially prevent diabetic foot complications. Diabetic foot syndrome remains a major global health challenge, driven by the growing prevalence of diabetes and the associated loss…...
NASA Fire Sense Project Develops Real-Time Heat Monitoring System for Fire Dozers
2+ week, 6+ day ago (652+ words) A low-cost thermal sensing system has been developed as part of NASA's Fire Sense Project in partnership with the Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC). The sensor enables easier detection of dangerous temperatures for workers operating fire dozers near active fires, and…...
Carbon Dot Biosensor Detects E. coli DNA
3+ week, 2+ day ago (383+ words) at femtomolar levels without amplification, using fluorescence changes after probe-target hybridization to support portable water, food safety, and healthcare diagnostics field testing workflows. By eliminating the need for nucleic acid amplification while maintaining high sensitivity, the sensing system provides a…...
Bin Master Adds Hazardous Location Certifications to VRX Vibrating Rod Level Switches
4+ week, 1+ day ago (276+ words) Bin Master has enhanced its line of VRX vibrating rod level sensors with new hazardous location certifications for high-dust environments. The VRX21, VRX31, VRX41, VRX61, and VRX71 vibrating probe models are now available with C/US Class II, Division 1 approvals for use in hazardous locations…...