'Rock clock' refines time measurement of Earth's early complex animal life

How can we measure time more than 500 million years into the past? A study recently published in Nature Communications by researchers at the University of Lausanne presents a new geological "rock ...
Science Daily

How often do people really fart? Scientists built smart underwear to find out

Researchers have created “Smart Underwear,” a wearable device that measures flatulence by detecting hydrogen produced by gut microbes. Early tests suggest people may pass gas about 32 times a day—much ...
IEEE

FMCW Height Measurement System for Complex Urban Environments

Abstract: A Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) height measurement system designed for complex urban environments is presented, employing a single-antenna structure, multi-threshold OS-CFAR ...
MLB

Getting measured for ABS is a science: 'People shrink over the course of a day'

PHOENIX -- Major League Baseball can’t implement the Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System this season without knowing every hitter’s precise height, right down to the millimeter. So, like a ...
IEEE

Design and Experimental Study of a Measurement System for Total Solar Radiation and Upward Longwave Radiation

Abstract: This study presents a novel radiation measurement system capable of simultaneously measuring solar and upward longwave radiation, with the goal of achieving measurement accuracy within ±5% ...