Environmental sensors are used everywhere from heavy industry to UAVs hunting the troposphere for water vapor. The new postage-stamp sized, self-powered, flexible wireless sensor unveiled today by ...

Engineers at MIT have designed a tiny sticker that can deliver continuous ultrasound images of internal organs for up to 48 hours. The innovation is a step towards a future where stickers could ...

Gastrointestinal surgeries carry risk of fluid leaks, a potentially life-threatening complication. But no existing methods can reliably and non-invasively detect these leaks. To address this unmet ...

Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and at the University of Southern California (USC), have developed a small ultrasound sticker that can be worn on the skin to monitor the ...

There are many situations in which it's important to know how much force one object is applying to another item. A small, thin sticker has been designed to measure and relay such data, without ...

From quick hits to deep dives, this Mashable series cuts through the noise to explain what on Earth is going on and what you should know about it. Innovative biocompatible stickers can now be placed ...

Putting on a heart monitor could one day be as easy as slapping on a temporary tattoo. A bioengineering team from South Korea lay out their design of a wearable, stretchable array that can monitor and ...

A new sticker changes in shape inside the body, enabling standard ultrasound technology to detect leaks for earlier detection and intervention. John Rogers, Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey ...

EVANSTON, Ill. — Researchers led by Northwestern University and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a new, first-of-its-kind sticker that enables clinicians to monitor ...