Sensors and software used to track physical activity are increasingly popular, as smart phones and their apps become more powerful and sophisticated, but, when it comes to food, they all rely on the user to report meals.
Engineering
Nov 10, 2014
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A database template that tracks the impact of research is now available free of charge to organisations that need to measure the true reach of their work.
Other
Nov 10, 2014
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Manchester scientist Ernest Rutherford – famed for "splitting the atom" – also deserves better recognition for helping to pioneer a system we now know as sonar as part of a top secret World War One defence project.
Other
Nov 10, 2014
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In a significant technical advance, a team of neuroscientists at The Rockefeller University has devised a fast, inexpensive imaging method for probing the molecular intricacies of large biological samples in three dimensions, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 10, 2014
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Research scientists at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have demonstrated a new technique for generating electrical energy. The new method can be used in harvesting energy from mechanical vibrations of the environment ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 10, 2014
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Micro- or even nano-robots could someday perform medical tasks in the human body. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart have now taken a first step towards this goal. They have succeeded ...
Nanophysics
Nov 10, 2014
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Microsoft is set to reveal what may be its first smartphone offering since announcing it was ditching the Nokia brand in favor of Lumia for its flagship Windows Phones.
Business
Nov 10, 2014
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Rite Aid and CVS may face a class action lawsuit for boycotting Apple Pay and other mobile payments systems.
Business
Nov 10, 2014
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Bad news in the bug department: The emerald ash borer, a tiny, glitter-green insect from China expected to kill virtually all ash trees in the eastern U.S. - unless they are treated with expensive chemicals - may have a new ...
Ecology
Nov 10, 2014
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Haul out the oil rigs, fracking can begin in Illinois. An obscure arm of state government cleared the way Thursday for oil and gas drillers to apply for permits to begin fracking in Illinois, which could find itself the center ...
Environment
Nov 10, 2014
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