Taking your temperature from the inside
Oral and forehead thermometers may not accurately capture a person’s core body temperature, and the few ingestible temperature sensors on the market are so big they are hard to swallow and risk obstructing the GI tract. But MIT engineers created one that can send continuous temperature updates at a size of just six by four millimeters. To create it, the researchers built a circuit that can fit on a one-square-millimeter silicon chip and designed an oscillator based on leakage current - the smal
The tech section covers stories about technology making life better, not just more profitable. Open-source tools reaching new audiences, accessibility breakthroughs, AI applications in healthcare and education, infrastructure improvements that quietly make cities work better. Product launches and funding rounds are excluded unless they deliver tangible public benefit.
Good news deserves a clean reading experience. AdGuard blocks ads, trackers, and malware across all your devices so you can focus on what matters.
Try AdGuard →Chinese robot Tiangong clocks sub-9 second 100 metres in Beijing Reuters
Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues from Harbin Institute of Technology in China and ITMO University in Russi…
In a study recently published in Nature Communications, researchers from Berlin, Potsdam, and Jena present a new method …
Researchers are gauging the effectiveness of electron beams in the fight against foodborne pathogens in poultry. "Impact…
Most news feeds won't give you another one. Our morning letter will: one email at sunrise with the day's best good news.
Start tomorrow morning →