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Wearable health sensors such as photoplethysmography (PPG) wristbands, ECG patches and multi-modal biometric devices are typically developed and calibrated under controlled laboratory conditions.

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Chilean researchers have stumbled upon a population of the beneficial predatory mite, Phytoseiulus persimilis, thriving in ...

Engineers at Osaka Metropolitan University have built an artificial-photosynthesis system that produces liquid solar fuel ...

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Reliable operation of data centers has become essential to nearly all sectors of modern society, including health care, education, government services, power grid operation, banking, defense and ...

In a novel experiment at the University of Cincinnati, researchers recently isolated kissing bugs, fruit flies, mosquitoes and spider beetles in a climate- and light-controlled environment and found ...

Follow the news and there’s much confusion about keeping cool. Today’s summary on the BBC recommends drawing your curtains and staying indoors, but didn’t ...