Intended for applications such as testing and process monitoring, a family of piezoelectric sensors measures dynamic force in compression, tension, and impact modes. The devices have the response and ...

Researchers at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a wearable sensor system capable of estimating ...

Technologies such as load cells are too bulky or obtrusive to measure loads in some tight spaces; that’s where thin, flexible force sensors come into play. However, flexible force-sensing technology ...

Researchers have developed a tiny fiber optic force sensor that can measure extremely slight forces exerted by small objects. The new light-based sensor overcomes the limitations of force sensors ...

A new fiber-optic sensor made from stretchy rubber rather than glass can be integrated into wearable electronics and measure movement. The sensors can also quantify the force of stretching, bending, ...

Image courtesy by QUE.com The robotics sector is rapidly evolving, thanks to remarkable advancements in sensor technology and ...

Mechanical forces are crucial to essentially every cellular activity including intracellular transportation, cell division and differentiation, cell-cell interaction and cell death. The quantification ...

Boron nitride sensors enable quantum measurements under crushing pressure, redefining high-pressure physics. The quantum ...

The world of quantum physics is mysterious. But what happens when that realm of subatomic particles is placed under immense pressure? A team led by physicists at Washington University in St. Louis has ...