Computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a new model to simulate with unprecedented accuracy on the computer the way cloth and light interact. The new model can be used in animated movies and in video ...
Salutron, a developer of physiological monitoring solutions for wearable devices and exercise equipment, and Azumio, a developer of consumer mobile health applications have announced Azumio's Argus iOS app integration with the new LifeTrak ...
That's the conclusion of a study recently conducted by a team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego. They found panels that hadn't been cleaned or rained on for 145 days during a summer drought in California lost only 7.4% ...
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Researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have created touch-sensitive “electronic skin(e-skin)” through integrating three distinct electronic components including semiconducting carbon-nanotube transistors, ...
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Desalination has become an essential tool to enable effective management of water strategies in the 21st century. To celebrate 50 years of Filtration+Separation we take a look back at the last 50 years of desalination by discussing major ...
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On 19 June at the 39th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC 39) in Tampa, FL, scientist Myles Steiner at the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) reported record energy conversion efficiency of ...
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Microsoft took a two-year-old contest and turned it on its head to come up with a new reward program that will pay security researchers up to $100,000 for demonstrating novel attack tactics against Windows 8.1. In a broad announcement ...
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Pfizer has collaborated with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to expand its centers for therapeutic innovation (CTI) into the development of small-molecule drug candidates and enhance its drug discovery capabilities. ...
With the H-1B fight over and lost, Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) lashed out, almost flailing in the minutes before the Senate Judiciary Committee's final vote Tuesday. The tech industry had won. It was getting late in the day and the ...
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A group of researchers and scientists in the US has found that breathing vehicle tailpipe emissions can turn ‘good’ cholesterol into ‘bad’ cholesterol, contributing to clogged and hardened arteries and other related ...
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The U.S. Congress should consider a "safe harbor" from legal action for consumers using works protected by copyright as it launches a long-term effort to revamp copyright law, some advocates said Thursday. Consumers should be protected ...
This week was a week for email milestones.?Spam – that scourge of the Internet – turned 35 years old. And Microsoft pulled the plug on its hoary webmail service Hotmail. The first spam message sent on?what was to become the ...
Many tech companies have called for Congress to ease restrictions on high-skill immigration because they can't find qualified tech workers to fill open positions. Yet, many veteran IT tech workers say they can't find jobs. More than a ...
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It's not a Star Trek tricorder, but by hooking a variety of gadgets onto a smartphone you can almost get a complete physical - without the paper gown or even a visit to the doctor's office. Blood pressure? Just plug the arm cuff into the ...
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Mauna Kea Technologies has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its AQ-Flex 19 miniprobe. AQ-Flex 19 miniprobe is used to provide real-time optical biopsies during endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine ...