Climate researchers and weather forecasters get their rain data from a network of precipitation-sensing satellites that orbit Earth. iRain, a new mobile phone app developed by engineers at the University of California, Irvine ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 9, 2017
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46
Because of catfishing and other dating scams, privacy is essential on online dating sites, even more so than other places online. However, these privacy concerns can make people reticent to share the very personal information ...
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2024
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9
Researchers have developed a way to use smartphone images of a person's eyelids to assess blood hemoglobin levels. The ability to perform one of the most common clinical lab tests without a blood draw could help reduce the ...
Optics & Photonics
May 21, 2020
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1230
CABI has today launched a new product—the Crop App Index—aimed at paving the way for a smoother route to existing agricultural decision support tools to help navigate issues related to plant health.
Biotechnology
Feb 15, 2022
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3
There's no doubt that online dating and dating apps have transformed the way we initiate, form and end romantic relationships. We might also question whether the convenience of these apps has encouraged us to behave differently ...
Social Sciences
Mar 24, 2022
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48
Scene 1. You're in the middle of nowhere. You pull over in your car. You set the GPS and it's only a moment before you're flying around some hidden switchback on the way to your destination - that stretch of beach with the ...
Software
Jan 8, 2016
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12
HopStop, a pioneer in offering transit directions in major cities, disappeared in October—not because it failed, but because Apple bought it and shut it down after putting its engineers to work building Apple's own transit-navigation ...
Software
Dec 7, 2015
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13
Google announced Wednesday it was adding 20 new languages for its mobile translation application that reads text and instantly converts to another tongue.
Software
Jul 29, 2015
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141
Microsoft's Cortana is now answering requests on Google- and Apple-powered smartphones.
Software
Dec 14, 2015
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8
Methodologists from Tilburg University and the University of Amsterdam have developed a simple web app that can automatically detect statistical errors in psychology research papers.
Mathematics
Sep 27, 2016
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