Plants & Animals
Feb 14, 2024
When placed outdoors, female lab mice behave very differently
When you take the lab away, female mice are more likely to play, according to a new Cornell study.
Search results for rfid reader
Biochemistry
Aug 25, 2022
Chemists develop a wireless electronic lateral flow assay test for biosensing
Lateral flow assays (LFA) tests have become ubiquitous within the general public; they are the format for standard home pregnancy and COVID-19 tests, indicating a positive result with a colored line, and a negative result ...
Ecology
Jun 28, 2021
Birds don't become dependent on human feeding, study suggests
Oregon State University researchers have some good news for the well-meaning masses who place bird feeders in their yards: The small songbirds who visit the feeders seem unlikely to develop an unhealthy reliance on them.
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 2019
New interactive technology to help children with special needs learn better
With funding from Temasek Foundation, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) researchers have developed an interactive educational tool called the i-Tile, which makes learning more engaging for children ...
Environment
Nov 13, 2018
To reduce food waste, scientists are making labels that track produce as it spoils
A new type of use-by label for milk bottles that decomposes as the liquid inside goes sour could appear on UK supermarket shelves later this year. Labels such as these, capable of telling consumers exactly when fresh produce ...
Other
Feb 20, 2018
No, you can't tap your hand to get on the train - where biohacktivists stand under the law
A brave step forward for cyborg rights? A media stunt? Or just indifference to contract law? Those are the questions raised by news that biohacker Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow plans to take Transport for NSW (TfNSW) to ...
Engineering
Jun 6, 2017
Plastic 12-bit RFID tag and read-out system with screen-printed antenna
Quad Industries, Agfa, imec and TNO announced today that they have demonstrated a plastic 12-bit RFID tag and read-out system with screen-printed circuitry. The system integrates, for the first time, a screen-printed antenna ...
Security
May 25, 2017
Fighting forgery with paper fingerprints
Fingerprinting official documents could provide a cost-effective way to prevent forgery, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2017
Researchers use big-brother tech to spy on bumblebees
By tagging individual bumblebees with microchips, biologists have gained insights into the daily life of a colony of bumblebees (Bombus impatiens) in unprecedented detail. The team found that while most bees are generalists ...
Ecology
Jan 30, 2017
Radio devices to save rare species from poachers
A joint project between conservationists and electronics experts at the University of Kent has developed miniature radio devices in tamper-proof casings to protect rare species from poachers.
