The ESP32, An SDR In Itself - Perhaps the most famous of all the software-defined radio (SDR) receivers is the RTL-SDR, a digital TV receiver on which an undocumented feature was found. Perhaps other radio-enabled chips also …read more
Popular GLP-1 Drugs Linked to an Overlooked Side Effect Involving Nails - A large multinational study has linked GLP-1 receptor agonist use with a notably higher prevalence of nail disorders, including detachment and discoloration. People taking GLP-1 receptor agonists reported substantially more nail, hair, and scalp problems than comparable adults with obesity or type 2 diabetes...
FDA Approves First Drug To Treat Alexander Disease After 30 Years of Research - The drug is the first and only treatment that can change the course of this rare neurological disease. For decades, patients diagnosed with Alexander disease had no options beyond managing their symptoms. The ultra-rare, progressive, and often fatal neurological disorder affects fewer than one in a million...
[News] AMOLED Display Driver Leader Viewtrix Expands into Optical Communications - On September 15, Viewtrix Technology announced the establishment of two controlled subsidiaries Shuqing Zhiyun (Shanghai) and ChipEngine (Shanghai). Respectively bearing its new optical interconnect and UCIe IP operations, the move extends the company’s business footprint from display driver ICs (......
Cancer Drugs Could Be Our Next Big Weapon Against Malaria - Laboratory tests found that the compounds could kill the malaria parasite both when it causes symptoms in people and when it reaches the stage that can infect mosquitoes. Inside an infected person, the malaria parasite does not stay in one form. It multiplies in blood cells, producing the fever associated...
Own The OSD Chip In Your Cheap Composite Monitor - [Ogrinz Labs] has built a Robbie the Robot suit, which is super-cool, but has a huge flaw. When inside the suit, he’s too tall to do what the original Robbie …read more
Mirror-image crystals reverse the direction of light-driven currents - The circular photogalvanic effect (CPGE), a phenomenon that generates helicity-dependent photocurrents in noncentrosymmetric materials, can originate purely from a crystal's internal structure without a contribution from ...
State of Consumer Africa 2026: Meeting the pragmatic shopper - Household budgets in Africa are tight and channels increasingly fragmented. Four trends are redefining how consumers discover, decide, and spend, and how consumer-facing companies can respond.
Scientists Watch New Particles “Pop Into Existence” on a Quantum Computer - A new Duke Quantum Center study shows how quantum simulators can help researchers explore particle formation and the conditions that followed the Big Bang. Quarks are the fundamental building blocks of matter, but they never exist alone. Bound tightly inside protons and neutrons, pairs of quarks behave...
Brain-inspired imaging system can 'see' through fog - Researchers from the Brown University School of Engineering have developed a new imaging system that can see and track moving objects in partially opaque environments like dense fog or muddy water.
Homo erectus Was Outnumbered 10 to One by Another Human Relative - Fossils from Drimolen Cave capture a moment when two contrasting hominin species lived side by side. Two million years ago, two very different human relatives occupied the same landscape in what is now South Africa. One was Homo erectus, with a larger brain and smaller molar teeth. The other, Paranthropus...
2026 Retrocomputing Challenge: A Homebrew Computer In Only Three ICs - Homebrew computers don’t have to be retrocomputers, but [Just4Fun]’s all-through-hole, 68008-based “68k-MBC” certainly qualifies, so it is a worthy entry in our ongoing contest. While there are both “full” and …read more
These Feline Brothers Are the First Cats Ever Documented With Marfan Syndrome - The first documented feline cases of Marfan syndrome offer clues to how an altered gene allowed two affected cats to survive into adulthood. Gary and Shaggy, two feline brothers, reached adulthood with Marfan syndrome, a rare inherited disorder that weakens the body’s connective tissues. Both cats carried...
Eggshells turn out to be the secret ingredient for stronger metal alloys - Researchers have demonstrated a technique that uses powdered eggshells to produce high-quality magnesium alloys, which have a wide variety of automotive, aerospace and biomedical applications. The eggshells are used as a ...
