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Latest articles

15 May 2025

Statistics

Joining the dots for better health surveillance

A fast and accurate method of combining spatial health and environmental data will help target public interventions effectively.

12 May 2025

Material Science and Engineering

Remote region sensor for essential vitamin deficiency

MXene-antibody hybrid biosensor device targets a challenge in public health.

7 May 2025

Material Science and Engineering

Low-power hydrogen sensor detects leaks in an instant

Robust device relies on innovative polymer.

5 May 2025

Environmental Science and Engineering

Wastewater treatment to fight the spread of antibiotic resistance

Using anaerobic membrane bioreactors in wastewater treatment plants may help stem the release of antimicrobial resistance genes into the environment.

30 Apr 2025

Statistics

Easing the generation and storage of climate data

New tool efficiently emulates climate data in near real-time.

28 Apr 2025

Computer Science

A blindfold approach improves machine learning privacy

A query-based method for extracting knowledge from sensitive datasets without showing any underlying private data could resolve long-standing privacy concerns in machine learning.

13 Apr 2025

Material Science and Engineering

Illuminating pathways to long-lived organic solar cells

Innovative polymer materials have what it takes to harvest solar energy in extreme outdoor environments.

8 Apr 2025

Electrical Engineering

A new interface for efficient electronics

Two forms of gallium oxide come together in a “phase heterojunction” to create a sensitive ultraviolet detector.

23 Mar 2025

Bioengineering

High value harvests from designer algae

Circular bioprocess deploys functionalized microparticles to collect sustainably generated chemicals from microorganisms.

19 Mar 2025

Mechanical Engineering

Innovative strain sensor design enables extreme sensitivity

Efficiently designed architecture makes it possible to manufacture passive strain sensors that are wireless, very sensitive, and extremely thin.

16 Mar 2025

Marine Science

Weeding out the secrets of Red Sea macroalgae

An analysis of chemical elements found in macroalgae from the Red Sea provides insights into regional blue carbon stores and worrying pollution trends.

13 Mar 2025

Chemical Engineering

Biogas upgrading goes with a swing

Pressure swing adsorption systems can produce high-purity methane and carbon dioxide.

11 Mar 2025

Bioscience

Digging into the world of plant-growth-promoting microbes

Uncovering the mechanism of how soil bacteria improve plant resilience to drought and salinity could be important for mitigating effects of climate change on crop production.

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19 Feb 2024

Bioengineering

Giving voice to the voiceless through assistive technology

Artificial skin coupled with sensors and machine learning technology allows people with voice disorders to communicate using soundless mouth movements.

10 Oct 2023

Bioengineering

A new approach to rare disease diagnosis

An innovative AI-based tool leverages varied symptom descriptions, along with evidence from the scientific literature and genomic datasets, to pinpoint disease-associated gene variants.