What Is a Soft Patch? The term "soft patch" refers to a period in which the economy has slowed down amidst a larger trend of economic growth. The term is often used informally in the financial media ...

A soft patch on the arm could soon let you steer robots with simple hand movements, even while your whole body is in motion.

A new, flexible device that clings to the neck can translate muscular movements into speech, enabling people to talk without using their vocal cords. The small patch not only detects the movements of ...

When Alan Greenspan testified before the House Budget Committee on Sept. 8, 2004, he could not bring himself to say that the economic "soft patch" that supposedly started in the spring was over. He ...

The economy does seem to have encountered a soft spot, but it looks shallower, and investors needn't fear it. A plethora of evidence has emerged of late suggesting that the U.S. economy has entered a ...

Weaker-than-expected US payroll data triggered a sell-off in the dollar last month, and analysts say the outlook for the greenback has deteriorated. The dollar slumped to the lower end of its ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Thursday the economy is still going through a soft patch and it is still too early to tell whether the Fed has done enough with low ...

Engineers from the University of California San Diego have developed a new soft wearable skin patch designed to monitor blood flow inside major arteries and veins deep inside the human body. Engineers ...

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Wednesday that continuing corporate scandals and worries about war with Iraq have dimmed business prospects and caused the economy to hit a ...

Engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a soft and stretchy ultrasound patch that can be worn on the skin to monitor blood flow through major arteries and veins deep inside a ...

Schematic representation of the A/B-sides multi-biological functional hydrogel patch. Tissue repair required in scenarios such as trauma, post-operative of tumors is a common challenge for human ...