Door sensors detect door position (i.e., open or closed) based on the precise gap between the magnet and the reed switch.

Canadian scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a noninvasive brain-monitoring technique could help medical ...

When living cells grow, divide or respond to drugs, they give off tiny amounts of heat that offer information about what the ...

When living cells grow, divide, or respond to drugs, they give off tiny amounts of heat that offer information about what the cells are doing. But since these heat signals are so vanishingly small, ...

In a groundbreaking move for ocean monitoring, DARPA's BLUE program has teamed up with Michigan Technological University to ...

Coal mining had already shown that combustible gas could be interpreted through the behavior of a flame. The safety lamp gave workers a way to see atmospheric danger indirectly: a flame could grow, ...

Swallowing electronics is not usually recommended. But researchers in Belgium and the Netherlands have worked out how to make eating components, from a wireless transmitter and microchips to a battery ...

Fraunhofer research scientists are optimizing the manufacturing of 3D tissue models using a modular sensor platform and AI. Their solution enables continuous quality control in bioreactors and opens ...

As Michigan residents endure dangerous temperatures, many will turn to space heaters at home or at work for convenient, quick heat, but they need to remember how to use them properly because fires and ...

Objective The absent in melanoma 2 (AIM2) cytosolic pattern recognition receptor and DNA sensor promotes the pathogenesis of autoimmune and chronic inflammatory diseases via caspase-1-containing ...

Imagine quickly diagnosing why your car's check engine light is on. A scan tool, also known as a trouble code reader, can ...