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Telecom May 5, 2015

New centimeter-accurate GPS system could transform virtual reality and mobile devices

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a centimeter-accurate GPS-based positioning system that could revolutionize geolocation on virtual reality headsets, cellphones ...

Ecology Mar 21, 2024

New research shows unintended harms of organic farming

Organic farming is often touted as a more sustainable solution for food production, leveraging natural forms of pest control to promote eco-friendly cultivation.

Bio & Medicine Jun 20, 2022

Blood pressure e-tattoo promises continuous, mobile monitoring

Blood pressure is one of the most important indicators of heart health, but it's tough to frequently and reliably measure outside of a clinical setting. For decades, cuff-based devices that constrict around the arm to give ...

Ecology Sep 17, 2020

Mobile phone radiation may be killing insects: German study

Radiation from mobile phones could have contributed to the dramatic decline in insect populations seen in much of Europe in recent years, a German study showed Thursday.

Social Sciences Jun 9, 2015

How do mobile devices in the classroom impact student learning?

Mobile devices are ubiquitous—including in the college classroom. Instructors across disciplines now compete with a host of electronic stimuli for students' attention. But to what extent is messaging interfering with student ...

Archaeology Jan 31, 2024

Neanderthals and humans lived side by side in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago, genetic analysis finds

A genetic analysis of bone fragments unearthed at an archaeological site in central Germany shows conclusively that modern humans—Homo sapiens—had already reached Northern Europe 45,000 years ago, overlapping with Neanderthals ...

Economics & Business Apr 24, 2017

Upward mobility has fallen sharply in US: study

In a sign of the fading American Dream, 92 percent of children born in 1940 earned more than their parents, but only half of those born in 1984 can say the same, researchers said Monday.

Analytical Chemistry Jan 30, 2019

Mobile-phone microscope detects the 'silent killer' of honey bees

Bees are among the most important species responsible for pollinating about one-third of the world's food supply, with their contribution in the United States alone valued at $15-20 billion each year. Rapid declines in honey ...

Security Oct 29, 2014

How to leak sensitive data from an isolated computer (air-gap) to a near by mobile phone

Tomorrow at MALCON 2014, security researcher Mordechai Guri with guidance of Prof. Yuval Elovici from the cyber security labs at Ben Gurion University in Israel will present a breakthrough method ("AirHopper) for leaking ...

Earth Sciences Jan 17, 2018

New details emerge on temperature, mobility of earth's lower crust in Rocky Mountains

Everything on the surface of the Earth rests on massive tectonic plates that resemble a jelly sandwich, with two rigid pieces—the upper crust and the upper mantle—enclosing a gooey middle layer of very hot rocks, which ...

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