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As the cost of some electronics continues to skyrocket, Ikea has dropped the price of several of its new smart home accessories. The Myggspray motion and Klippbok water sensors are now down to $7.99 ...

Sensors to detect temperature, pressure, and gases, such as CO 2, have been around for centuries. However, the latest devices can measure a growing list of substances and process the data in real-time ...

Michaelyn Mankel is a senior Iowa organizer with the national advocacy group Food & Water Watch. She lives in Des Moines. Dani Replogle is a staff attorney with Food & Water Watch, based in Minnesota.

A new device cuts down the time it takes to harvest water from the atmosphere from days to minutes, MIT researchers say. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

University of Iowa IIHR research associate Tom Stoeffler checks the sensor unit for a nitrate sensor at Waterworks Prairie Park in Iowa City on Sept. 11. The state’s automated network of sensors ...

The Des Moines River braids through a floodplain south of Woodward in Dallas County. A network of sensors across Iowa capture real-time data in rivers and streams, including nitrate, pH, temperature ...

Polk County is providing about $200,000 to a University of Iowa water quality monitoring program. The funding addresses federal and state budget cuts that threaten the program's research and data ...

Kohler's Dekoda will grade your hydration. Dekoda monitors pee, bowel movements, and blood in the toilet bowl. The device retails for $599 and launched on Wednesday. You probably aren't drinking ...

They linger in our water, our blood and the environment—so-called "forever chemicals” that are notoriously difficult to detect. But researchers at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of ...