From smartphones and gaming consoles to electric SUVs, the devices that define modern life depend on a hidden supply chain of ...

Do you remember that laser gun toy we used to play with as kids? And the warning that came with it, stating that the laser pointer could damage your eyes? Laser light can be dangerous not only for ...

NASA is using a high-altitude ER-2 aircraft and the AVIRIS-5 sensor to map critical minerals across the American West, supporting research on resources used in electronics, clean energy, and national ...

AVIRIS-5 is one of the newest tools in a joint research project from NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) called GEMx. The project is designed to search for surface traces of critical minerals, ...

A low‑flying helicopter carrying a large electromagnetic sensor will begin surveying parts of Socorro County on Jan. 5 as New ...

To address the trade-off between accuracy and cross-city generalization in traffic flow estimation, a research team from The ...

As the city weighs renewing its multimillion-dollar ShotSpotter contract, officials acknowledge they can’t verify sensor locations, raising oversight and transparency concerns.

Cancer research, drug safety testing and aging biology may all gain a major boost from a new fluorescent sensor developed at Utrecht University. This new tool allows scientists to watch DNA damage and ...

Studies have shown that many people don't commute by bike due mainly to a fear of being hit by cars. A new bike-mounted proximity sensor has been designed to help such folks, by objectively telling ...

A University of Washington-led team has developed a system, called ProxiCycle, that uses a sensor plugged into handlebars to log when a passing car comes too close to a cyclist. Above, the team tests ...

Scientists have mapped the 3-D structure of the human sweet taste receptor, the molecular machine that allows us to taste sweet things. This could lead to the discovery of new regulators of the ...

Cryo-EM map of the human sweet taste receptor (blue and green) changing shape as it binds a molecule that tastes sweet (red and green). NEW YORK — Our attraction to sugar has grown to an unhealthy ...