The UNs’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is an international entity with goals involving the complete eradication of hunger and malnutrition, the elimination of poverty, as well as developing a sustainable management and utilization plan in how to preserve the world’s natural resources.
By Benedette Cuffari
7 Sep 2017
Computer viruses were the original cyber threats, however, since the late 2000s, mastermind criminals began to seriously threaten the security of our cyberspace.
By Benedette Cuffari
7 Sep 2017
For years, officials have used infrared spectroscopy to detect trace amounts of performance-enhancing drugs in a blood sample or tiny bits of explosive bomb materials traveling through the air.
By Brett Smith
4 Aug 2017
Metal organic frameworks, commonly referred to as MOFs, have gathered a lot of interest in recent years and have already been implemented into various applications to date.
Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have created a singular variety of nanotechnology sensors that can be sprayed on flat or curved surfaces, like train tracks and or airplane wings.
By Brett Smith
10 Jul 2017
Chemical sensors, of varying composition, are used across a wide range of industries to detect changes within a physical environment. Of the various compositions, graphene sensors have surged of late, and in many areas- biosensors, pressure sensors, gas and humidity sensors, to name a few.
By Liam Critchley
4 Jul 2017
In an effort to develop a method that can accurately track tire tread, a group of Electrical Engineers at Duke University, in collaboration with Fetch Automotive Design Group, have utilized metallic carbon nanotubes (m-CNTs) to track changes in tire tread with 99% accuracy.
By Benedette Cuffari
16 Jun 2017
To further advance camera image sensors to produce increasingly sharp and clear pictures, a team of researchers from Microsoft Research, in collaboration with researchers from HRL Laboratories LLC, have looked at how to manufacture curved sensors to do just that.
Shockbox helmet sensors will alert individuals, such as parents, coaches and training professionals, of an impact that exceeds a previously determined impact threshold.
By Benedette Cuffari
17 May 2017
As a general class of calorimeter, if your reaction involves heat transfer process or is largely exothermic in nature, these calorimeters will provide the user with the necessary information as to whether the process is viable from a health and safety perspective.