New imaging tech promises cheap, handheld skin cancer scanner

A team of researchers from the Stevens Institute of Technology has demonstrated the effectiveness of a new kind of non-invasive skin cancer detection tool. Preliminary tests have found the technology to be 97 percent effective at detecting cancerous ti… Continue reading New imaging tech promises cheap, handheld skin cancer scanner

New imaging tech offers incredibly detailed 3D videos of pulsating brains

A new imaging technique has been developed offering incredibly detailed 3D videos of a human brain. The technique offers unprecedented perspectives on the pulsating motions of a brain, delivering clinicians a new diagnostic tool and researchers novel i… Continue reading New imaging tech offers incredibly detailed 3D videos of pulsating brains

Cryptographic breakthrough allows using handshake-style encryption for time-delayed communications

When spies meet, they use secret handshakes to confirm their identities, ensuring they are who they say they are. Now, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology, and colleagues, have solved a 15-year-old problem that allows handshake-style encrypt… Continue reading Cryptographic breakthrough allows using handshake-style encryption for time-delayed communications

Researchers working on tools that aim to eliminate computer bugs

It’s bad enough losing an hour’s work when your computer crashes – but in settings like healthcare and aviation, software glitches can have far more serious consequences. In one notorious case, a computer bug caused cancer patients to receive lethal ov… Continue reading Researchers working on tools that aim to eliminate computer bugs