The Pentagon is officially ditching height and weight tables in favor of using a waist-to-height ratio to estimate troops’ body fat, according to an official memo released on Monday. And to pass, a ...

A handful of Republicans joined Democrats to allow the measure to move forward, reflecting concerns in both parties about the administration’s strategy. By Robert Jimison and Megan Mineiro Reporting ...

Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB An audit by the Oregon secretary of state’s office has found gaps in the state health authority’s implementation of Ballot Measure 110, the state’s landmark drug ...

Opponents of a sales tax measure on the November ballot have accused Santa Clara County leaders of improperly urging a yes vote on Measure A, through a taxpayer-funded mailer sent to every household ...

Regarding that 111% raise the Butte County supervisors gave themselves just four months after their Measure H sales tax increase took effect — giving Chico and Oroville a higher sales tax than ...

Multiplying two analog signals involves the use of analog multipliers, usually implemented by using log and antilog circuit blocks or the Gilbert cell. Today, the most common technique used to ...

What just happened? Engineers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a method for measuring heart rates that requires no wristband, smartwatch, or medical device. Instead, the ...

Computer Science and Engineering Ph.D. student Nayan Bhatia demonstrates Pulse-Fi, technology that uses WiFi signals to measure a person's heart rate. Heart rate is one of the most basic and important ...

New "big, beautiful bill" proposed as deficit soars under Trump Ukraine’s new defense chief reveals 200,000 soldiers have gone AWOL and 2 million are dodging draft Why Elon Musk says saving for ...

A new dual-microcomb method enables chip-scale devices to measure distances with nanometer accuracy, paving the way for advances in nanotechnology and photonics. (Nanowerk News) Optical frequency ...