The progression of agricultural practices and techniques is greatly attributed to the rise of modern technology, particularly ...

Major power outages like the ones which affected the New York state last month or Western Europe ten days ago are becoming more frequent -- even if their causes were different. In some cases, the ...

While today’s wireless sensors cannot withstand the extreme conditions in industrial settings, technological advancements to increase their reliability are underway. Since manufacturers rely on ...

In a new study, researchers describe a novel approach for a wireless communication network that can efficiently transmit, receive and decode data from thousands of microelectronic chips that are each ...

Recent progress in Wi-Fi for power standards promises to breathe new life into an old vision of pervasive, low-cost sensors.

As the effects of climate change and ecological decline intensify, the need for accurate, scalable environmental monitoring ...

At the fourth anniversary of the fatal Minneapolis bridge collapse, the University of Marylandannounced new technology that could prevent a similar disaster. Mehdi Kalantari, an assistant research ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Water is the most essential resource for life, for both humans and the crops we consume.

Researchers in Drexel University’s College of Engineering have developed a solar-powered, wireless sensor system that can continually monitor bridge deformation and could be used to alert authorities ...

Every year, 15 million babies are born too early, with 1 million never making it to their next birthday. And in low-resource settings, the outlook is even more dire. Half of babies born at 32 weeks or ...