Imec, Holst Centre and Panasonic have developed a new prototype of a wireless electroencephalogram (EEG) headset which combines ease-of-use with ultra-low power electronics. The system is integrated into imec’s EEG headset with dry electrodes, which enables real time EEG recordings with minimal set-up time and it represents a step towards reliable high-quality wearable EEG monitoring… »
Food-safety-focused studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues unexpectedly led to development of more effective prescription drugs used in fight against severe fungal infections. They found that pairing conventional antifungal medicines with compounds from plants— such as thymol, edible compound extracted from the popular herb thyme—can boost the healing effects of… »
An international group of researchers led by researchers from the UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) bioengineered inexpensive medical diagnostic tests that take only a few minutes to yield results. These tests could find their use in new point-of-care devices for quick medical diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), allergies, autoimmune diseases, and a wide variety of… »
The Crystal – a Sustainable Cities Initiative by Siemens, has recently been opened in London. Located at the Royal Docks area, the structure homes Siemens’ global Center of Competence Cities – a team of multi-disciplinary urban experts, who aim to encourage the growth of sustainable cities through partnerships, research and expert collaboration on solutions as… »
A research team led by biomedical engineers at Tufts University in collaboration with researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign developed a technology they call transient electronics – small and fully biocompatible electronic devices that are able to dissolve harmlessly into their surroundings after functioning for a desired amount of time, thus eliminating the… »
While some researchers are developing hydrophobic surfaces and coatings in order to prevent foggy or frozen windows, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (Fraunhofer IST) in Braunschweig decided to take on a different approach. They developed a transparent and heatable film which ensures there’s no condensation or ice on windows…. »
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (Fraunhofer IST) in Braunschweig are engineering coating processes and thin film layering systems aimed to drastically lower the production costs of solar cells by reducing the amount of materials used during the production of “HIT” (Heterojunction with Intrinsic Thin layer) photovoltaic cells that can… »
Researchers from the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Paul Scherrer Institute managed to develop a bioreactor which uses microorganisms to produce methane gas. The technology could be used in sustainable and decentralized production of biosynthetic natural gas from microalgae – thus avoiding the use of crops and lessening the need for fertile… »
