Researchers create washable sensor that can be woven into materials
Forget the smart watch. Bring on the smart shirt.
Nanomaterials
May 16, 2019
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News tagged with temperature sensors
A new sensor for light, heat and touch
Inspired by the behaviour of natural skin, researchers at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linkoping University, have developed a sensor that will be suitable for use with electronic skin. It can measure changes in ...
Materials Science
May 14, 2019
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Artificial intelligence improves power transmission
To integrate volatile renewable sources into the energy supply, capacities of the power grid have to be increased. The need for new lines can be reduced by better utilization of existing lines as a function of weather conditions. ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 6, 2019
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GaN power ICs with integrated sensors for efficient charging of electric vehicles
A team of Fraunhofer researchers has succeeded in significantly enhancing the functionality of GaN power ICs for voltage converters: the researchers at Fraunhofer IAF integrated current and temperature sensors onto a GaN-based ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
May 6, 2019
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Machine learning paves the way for next-level quantum sensing
Researchers at the University of Bristol have reached new heights of sophistication in detecting magnetic fields with extreme sensitivity at room temperature by combining machine learning with a quantum sensor.
Quantum Physics
May 2, 2019
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Good luck 'Mole'—experiment starts hammering into the Martian soil
On 28 February 2019, 'Mole' fully automatically hammered its way into the Martian subsurface for the first time. In a first step, it penetrated to a depth between 18 and 50 centimetres into the Martian soil with 4000 hammer ...
Space Exploration
Mar 4, 2019
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Smart sensors could transform how buildings are designed and occupied
Mould, mildew and damp cause misery for thousands of people in homes across the U.K., and cost housing associations, landlords and homeowners millions of pounds a year in repairs.
Engineering
Feb 13, 2019
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Magnetoresistance ratio enhancement in Heusler-based alloy
Magnetic field sensors can enhance applications that require efficient electric energy management. Improving magnetic field sensors below the picoTesla range could enable a technique to measure brain activity at room temperature ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 18, 2018
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Chemists create new diagnostic method for difficult climate conditions
Scientists from the SCAMT Laboratory of ITMO University developed a method to detect viral RNA without special equipment. The sensor is based on a polymerization reaction: if the sample contains traces of the target virus, ...
Materials Science
Dec 3, 2018
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Taking the temperature of protoDUNE
When crane operators at CERN lowered a custom 7.5-metre thermometer into one of the prototypes for the planned Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) earlier this month, it looked like a silver straw sliding into a giant ...
General Physics
Aug 27, 2018
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