Parasitic Battery Drain: What It Is And Why It Happens

If your battery is dying on you, the cause might be what's known as parasitic drain. Here's what it is, how it happens, and ...
Nature

Physiological and pathological roles for microRNAs in the immune system

MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are expressed by cells that constitute the immune system, and they function by repressing specific mRNA targets at the post-transcriptional level. The biosynthesis of miRNAs ...
C&EN

Wireless, Room Temperature Volatile Organic Compound Sensor Based on Polypyrrole Nanoparticle Immobilized Ultrahigh Frequency Radio Frequency Identification Tag

School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University (SNU), 599 Gwanangno, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Korea Article Views are the COUNTER-compliant sum of ...
IEEE

A Motion Sensor with On-Chip Pixel Rendering Module for Optical Flow Gradient Extraction

Abstract: This work introduces a pixel rendering module (PRM) into an asynchronous event-based dynamic vision sensor (DVS) targeting for optical flow extraction. Optical flow using event-based cameras ...
C&EN

New Membrane Architecture with High Performance: ZIF-8 Membrane Supported on Vertically Aligned ZnO Nanorods for Gas Permeation and Separation

† State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Liaoning Key Lab for Energy Materials and Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China ‡ State ...
IEEE

Real-Time Indoor Air Quality Monitoring and Purification System Using Sensor Data and Machine Learning Technique

Abstract: Air pollution is a serious threat to human health and the environment, and effective monitoring systems need to be developed to assess air quality in real time. Recent advancements in air ...
eLife

A titin missense variant drives atrial electrical remodeling and is associated with atrial fibrillation

The study presents important findings regarding the incidence and clinical impact of a mutation in a cardiac muscle protein and its association with the development of atrial fibrillation. The authors ...