TECH & INNOVATION

Blood Oxygen Levels and Pulse Rate Can Now Be Monitored Using Smartphone Camera

TECH & INNOVATION 05.25.2021 07:00 AM

A mobile application uses a smartphone camera to monitor blood oxygen levels, pulse rate, and respiration. It has 96% accuracy in heartbeats and 98% accuracy in oxygen saturation.

Yuan Longping, the "Father of Hybrid Rice," Dies at 90; Here's How He Changed the World

05.24.2021 06:52 AM

The Chinese scientist known as the "Father of Hybrid Rice," whose lifelong work helped improve food security and quality around the world, dies at 90.

Smart Toilet Takes Photos of Patient's Stool After Flushing to Detect Gastrointestinal Disease

05.23.2021 07:10 AM

Would you be willing to install this new technology into your toilet's pipe to get a more accurate stool exam result? Here's how it works.

Robotic ‘Third Thumb’ Impact People’s Brains, Allows a Person to Do More

05.22.2021 07:12 AM

New research recently revealed one of the latest technological inventions with a robotic third thumb that has produced surprising results, specifically for people's brains.

Google's New AI Tool Can Help Diagnose Skin Ailments: How Accurate Is It?

05.19.2021 22:55 PM

Google's new AI tool that can diagnose skin ailments is cleared as a “low-risk” medical device by the European Union, which means Europeans could have access to the tool when it is launched in a few months. But it is not yet approved in the US.

Single-Use COVID Masks Are Recycled, Reborn Into Car Floor Carpets as World Faces Worsening Plastic Pollution

05.19.2021 07:30 AM

Single-use face masks used to prevent transmission of diseases added to the growing problems of plastic pollution so countries have found a way to recycle them by making them into benches, road material, and car floor carpets.

Five New Listeria Species Discovered, Could Help Improve Food Safety

05.19.2021 06:20 AM

A team of food scientists from the Cornell University adds five new listeria species to the list while studying the prevalence of these bacteria in American agricultural soils.

Superfast DNA Sequencing Tech Lands Finnish "Nobel" Victory to Two British Chemists

05.19.2021 05:50 AM

A pair of Cambridge University professors took home 1 million euro ($1.22 million) from the Millennium Technology Prize, known as the Finnish Nobel science prize, for their pioneering work in a superfast DNA sequencing technology.

Google's LaMDA AI Can Carry on Natural Conversations, But What's the Point of Talking to a Machine?

05.18.2021 22:14 PM

Google showed off LaMDA AI at this year's I/O conference claiming that it can carry on a natural conversation from the point of view of any object, such as Pluto and a paper airplane.

NanoGear: An Interlocking Mechanical System in the Molecular Scale

05.18.2021 06:41 AM

Gears and transmission systems are among the most widely used mechanical systems today, and a new study could take its basic concepts down to the molecular level.

LOOK: French Astronaut Shares Stunning Space Images Taken from ISS

05.18.2021 05:05 AM

Thomas Pesquet, the French astronaut under the European Space Agency, is sharing marvelous views from the International Space Station on his social media accounts.

Iron Dome of Israel: What Is It? How Does It Work [EXPLAINER]

05.17.2021 06:05 AM

Iron Dome, Israel's rocket-defense system, removes pressure for Gaza ground invasion by keeping Israeli casualties low.

Atomically Thin Materials Could Extend Moore's Law As New Transistors

05.17.2021 05:30 AM

Now that conventional technologies are reaching their physical limits, researchers are looking for alternative methods to create more powerful devices.

Submersible Robot Orpheus That Helped NASA Perseverance Rover to Undertake Deep Ocean Exploration

05.17.2021 01:32 AM

Orpheus, the submersible robot is showcasing a system that will help it find its way and detect interesting scientific features via deep ocean exploration.

Having Weird Dreams? AI-Inspired Hypothesis Explains Why

05.17.2021 01:26 AM

An AI-inspired hypothesis explains how brains work to help people distinguish reality from dreams. It helps people better understand the real waking reality.

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