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Chip-free Sensitive Electronic Skin Fabricated at MIT

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, August 19, 2022 (ENS) – Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, have devised a new kind of wearable sensor that communicates wirelessly without onboard chips or batteries. The sensor design is a form of electronic skin, or “e-skin,” a flexible, semiconducting film that conforms to the skin like electronic Scotch tape. […]

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Climate Polluters Collaborate on Carbon-Free Nuclear Fusion

PARIS, France, November 1, 2021 (ENS) – In the tiny 10th century French town of Saint-Paul-lès-Durance in Provence, the largest scientific research collaboration in history is underway in the most expensive building ever built. The international nuclear fusion megaproject has brought all the countries that top the greenhouse gas emissions list together in an unprecedented global collaboration. […]

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Button-Activated Face Masks Can Diagnose COVID-19

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 2, 2021 (ENS) – Scientists have found a way to embed synthetic biology-based sensors into fabrics, creating wearable biosensors that can be programmed to detect pathogens and toxins and to alert the wearer via a companion smartphone app. […]