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The quick and clear mental image of the real world helps people who are blind or have low vision focus on other tasks, or just enjoy the things around them Study: WorldScribe: Towards Context-Aware Live Visual Descriptions (DOI to go live next week: 10.

Temporarily exceeding global temperature rise of 1.5°C likely to come with long-term consequences, according to a new study.

Two Imperial-led projects aimed at improving cancer diagnosis have been funded as part of a UK government drive to improve cancer care.

Rescue coordination center staff are often faced with the challenge of callers being unable to describe an emergency situation precisely - but technological progress is opening up new avenues: thanks

Collaborative multi-university team will pursue new AI-enhanced design tools and high-throughput testing methods for next-generation turbomachinery.

Never before have people recorded more information about their lives than today. Researchers from Würzburg and Tübingen are investigating the positive and negative consequences this could have.

A cross-disciplinary team, led by the University of Glasgow, alongside the Universities of Nottingham and Strathclyde, will use pioneering technology to manufacture human stem cells outside the body,

The "international.founders Network" supports international researchers interested in setting up their own company There is a huge potential, but it's been nowhere near exploited to the full.

Newly founded company ARTIC Technologies is building a special pump with microhairs. Nature is full of inspiration for researchers and companies.

NASA's Psyche spacecraft is depicted receiving a laser signal from the Deep Space Optical Communications uplink ground station at JPL's Table Mountain Facility in this artist's concept.

With an ageing population, the number of vulnerable elderly people suffering from hip fractures is rapidly increasing.

Gene therapy uses safe viruses to fix or replace faulty genes, making it possible to correct the genetic cause of a disease - something that was not possible before.

Bath engineer collaborates with RUH clinicians on new drilling guidance system to help fix broken bones A ground-breaking new medical device which improves the accuracy of drilling screw holes into b

MIT's innovation and entrepreneurship system helps launch water, food, and ag startups with social and economic benefits.

Researchers at The University of Manchester in collaboration with Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) are launching a new Cystic Fibrosis Innovation Hub to accelerate the development of n

Jobs, responsibilities, and thus the skills and competencies necessary to perform those tasks are changing at a rapid pace.