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Sensor: a device, module, machine, or subsystem whose purpose is to detect events or changes in its environment and send the information to other electronics, frequently a computer processor.
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JUN 18, 2015Space & Astronomy
Ever since the late 1990s, when NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter gave scientists their first really good images of Jupi ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopJUN 09, 2015Technology
If you're a techie, then you've probably heard of PoE (power over Ethernet), which is a method of powering network devic ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 06, 2015Neuroscience
Americans love football, but recent stories about the intense and cumulative effect of trauma on the brain has caused re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 21, 2015Neuroscience
As a strategy to decrease road accidents caused under the influence of alcohol, a group of young students at the Institu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
The enzyme AMPK initiates a dizzying array of cellular activities, from breaking down worn-out cellular parts to turning ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 03, 2015Neuroscience
Scientists have gifted navigational skills to blind rats by wiring them with a compass that sends electric signals to th ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 24, 2015Technology
Sometime in the near future, drones may be wearable and may even become our buddies - at least if one futurist has any s ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
The U.S. Defense Department could lose its current source of ocean-wind data this year, well before the planned early 20 ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 20, 2015Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 18, 2015Plants & Animals
Normally, the very rare albino wallaroos are not found anywhere near racecars and revving engines. However, there is a f ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 13, 2015Cardiology
To find out how blood flow in the heart shields against the hardening of valves in cardiovascular disease, researchers u ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 12, 2015Health & Medicine
Electrical engineer Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh calls the stinking mixture puddled in jars inside his laboratory "fecal inocu ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 07, 2015Space & Astronomy
"For the first time in human history," said Lisa Kaltenegger, an astronomer at Cornell University, in a talk she gave re ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopFEB 20, 2015Videos
The technology behind the inFORM isn't that hard to understand. It's basically a fancy Pinscreen, one of those executive ...Written By: Greg CruikshankFEB 10, 2015Plants & Animals
When the sound of a bag of potato chips is being torn open by someone, the noise cuts through a darkened movie theater. ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 05, 2015Immunology
While our immune system counts on the production of antibodies to spot and sap bacteria and viruses, it does not stockpi ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeOCT 02, 2014Earth & The Environment
Did you know that the word "galaxy" comes from the Greek work for milk because the night sky was so awash with stars tha ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAY 07, 2014Technology
Four million Americans suffer from concussions at a cost of about $17 billion every year. Millions more are at risk, cle ...APR 08, 2014Neuroscience
Sensations of a gentle touch may sound like a lyric in a love song or a movie coming soon to your local theater, but it ...MAR 26, 2014Chemistry & Physics
Imagine a chemical weapons, explosives, or toxins detection system that can produce its own energy and survive in harsh ...FEB 17, 2014Chemistry & Physics
If we mention glowing plants, do you think of Homer Simpson pushing the wrong button at the Springfield Nuclear Plant? O ...JAN 28, 2014Health & Medicine
For many people who have lost a leg through accident, war, or disease, a prosthetic leg represents a huge step in recove ...
JUN 18, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Ever since the late 1990s, when NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter gave scientists their first really good images of Jupi
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
JUN 09, 2015
Technology
If you're a techie, then you've probably heard of PoE (power over Ethernet), which is a method of powering network devic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Americans love football, but recent stories about the intense and cumulative effect of trauma on the brain has caused re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 21, 2015
Neuroscience
As a strategy to decrease road accidents caused under the influence of alcohol, a group of young students at the Institu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 16, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
The enzyme AMPK initiates a dizzying array of cellular activities, from breaking down worn-out cellular parts to turning
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Scientists have gifted navigational skills to blind rats by wiring them with a compass that sends electric signals to th
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
NASA's groundbreaking science mission to retrieve a sample from an ancient space rock has moved closer to fruition. The
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 24, 2015
Technology
Sometime in the near future, drones may be wearable and may even become our buddies - at least if one futurist has any s
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 24, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The U.S. Defense Department could lose its current source of ocean-wind data this year, well before the planned early 20
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 20, 2015
Immunology
Culling vampire bat colonies to fight rabies in Latin America does little to slow the spread of the virus-and could even
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 18, 2015
Plants & Animals
Normally, the very rare albino wallaroos are not found anywhere near racecars and revving engines. However, there is a f
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 13, 2015
Cardiology
To find out how blood flow in the heart shields against the hardening of valves in cardiovascular disease, researchers u
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 12, 2015
Health & Medicine
Electrical engineer Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh calls the stinking mixture puddled in jars inside his laboratory "fecal inocu
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 07, 2015
Space & Astronomy
"For the first time in human history," said Lisa Kaltenegger, an astronomer at Cornell University, in a talk she gave re
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
FEB 20, 2015
Videos
The technology behind the inFORM isn't that hard to understand. It's basically a fancy Pinscreen, one of those executive
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
FEB 10, 2015
Plants & Animals
When the sound of a bag of potato chips is being torn open by someone, the noise cuts through a darkened movie theater.
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 05, 2015
Immunology
While our immune system counts on the production of antibodies to spot and sap bacteria and viruses, it does not stockpi
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
OCT 02, 2014
Earth & The Environment
Did you know that the word "galaxy" comes from the Greek work for milk because the night sky was so awash with stars tha
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 07, 2014
Technology
Four million Americans suffer from concussions at a cost of about $17 billion every year. Millions more are at risk, cle
...
APR 08, 2014
Neuroscience
Sensations of a gentle touch may sound like a lyric in a love song or a movie coming soon to your local theater, but it
...
MAR 26, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
Imagine a chemical weapons, explosives, or toxins detection system that can produce its own energy and survive in harsh
...
FEB 17, 2014
Chemistry & Physics
If we mention glowing plants, do you think of Homer Simpson pushing the wrong button at the Springfield Nuclear Plant? O
...
JAN 28, 2014
Health & Medicine
For many people who have lost a leg through accident, war, or disease, a prosthetic leg represents a huge step in recove
...