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Gloves protect us from injury or the cold. The odd pair can even make sign language audible. Now, thanks to an innovative engineering team at MIT, there is a glove that can measure tactile dexterity. Equipped with microscopic gold filaments, the glove’s specially developed sensors, which use the ions from human sweat, can register even the smallest of changes....

Undergoing any sort of change requires support, be it a change of job due to physical limitations or, say, migrating to Canada. Now a US startup is launching an online platform for women entering the menopause. Users can share symptoms and receive medical support. An individual treatment plan is jointly agreed. The effects of hormonal change can be softened...

Fruit and its peel can be used in various ways. Whether it’s electricity from oranges or polishing shoes with bananas. Now, inspired by a university research team, a Dutch startup has started manufacturing fireproof palettes from coconut husks. First the company buys the husks, which would otherwise be discarded, from farmers in Asia. Next, the husks are ground into...

Light is at the heart of our daily rhythms and brightens our lives. Its healing properties are the subject of a new study conducted at Buffalo University, which could stand to benefit 6 million people. Its findings? That burn injuries heal better when treated with light therapy. Over a period of nine days, third degree burns were carefully exposed...

When we speak to a person, we know straight away how they are from their tone of voice. Now, our instincts for tone and harmony are being deployed by security experts to detect anomalies in network traffic. A team of scientists from Carnegie Mellon University, USA, have developed a tool that makes it possible to listen to the exchange...

The first lab-grown beef-burger was developed in 2013. Soon cultured meat could be mass-produced. A Parisian startup is currently working on making duck liver in a lab, sparing the animals enormous suffering. First, cells are taken from duck eggs and placed in a nutrient solution at 37 degrees, where they can divide and multiply. After that the fat is...