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Epicore Biosystems, best known for its collaboration with Gatorade on the Gx sweat patch, has raised $26M in the first tranche of a Series B round.

Epicore Biosystems, a Northwestern University wearables spinout, raised a $26 million Series B.

ith workers increasingly exposed to high temperatures, Epicore Biosystem’s sensors can provide them with insight

From a hydration device for workers to a new tip management software, these technologies are making the workplace more efficient.

New tools include apps that detect heat stress and clothing made with cooling fabrics

On a hot summer day in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, dozens of men removed pipes, asbestos and hazardous waste while working to decontaminate a nuclear facility and prepare it for demolition.

From 6 a.m. errands and rejiggered commutes to new hydration tactics and a boom in air conditioning, heat wave workarounds are the new normal.

Scandals over performance-enhancing drug use have occurred at the Olympics for decades, and Epicore Biosystems in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is working to address the problem with technology

Could heat-tracking wearables become a requirement on the job?

Epicore Biosystems, a digital health company developing advanced sweat-sensing wearables to provide real-time personalized hydration insights for performance and safety, today announced Connected Hydration has been awarded the Red Dot Award for exceptional product design.

The first real-time sweat, motion and skin temperature-monitoring wearable is now commercially available as climate change intensifies and working conditions become more dangerous

Epicore Biosystems, a digital health company developing advanced sweat-sensing wearables to provide real-time personalized hydration insights for performance and safety, announced today that it successfully completed its System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 Type II compliance in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts (AICPA).

USADA and Epicore plan to apply for grants and seek research partners to study the viability of sweat for detecting the use of banned substances.

The strategic investment will help the company tackle dehydration and heat stress in Japan and broader Asia with its portfolio of sweat-sensing biowearables.

Forbes' 2023 list highlights 50 leaders, executives, thinkers and teams rethinking the world of work at a time when everything - from the job market's future to AI's impact to a college degree's value - feels more uncertain than ever.

The cooling-gear industry has grown as temperatures have risen. Whether it all works is another question.

According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 40 workers die every year from heat, most in outdoor jobs like farming, construction, and package delivery.

SBJ Tech senior writer Joe Lemire shares his findings from a full day of performance analysis, including a workout with the Gx Sweat Patch and more.

Epicore Biosystems has announced an agreement with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. to evaluate wearable sensors to track dehydration biomarkers of 'industrial athletes' in field settings.

Roozbeh Ghaffari, who goes by “Rooz” to the people who know him, is co-founder and chief executive of Epicore Biosystems. In a recent interview with me conducted over email, he described his company as “a digital health company developing advanced sweat-sensing wearables that provide real-time, personalized health insights for hydration, stress, and wellness.”

We've got any number of devices we can strap to our bodies to track our footsteps, heart rate, and sleep patterns. Next up, possibly — sweat monitoring for precision rehydration and worker safety.

Upon completing its recent $10 million series A funding round, digital health and wearable solutions company Epicore Biosystems announced today that it has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Eccrine Systems, a Cincinnati-based wearable sensor company with advanced aptamer-based sweat sensing technology utilized for precision medicine and adherence monitoring.

Since helping her hometown Chicago Sky capture their first WNBA title last month, Candace Parker hasn’t had much of a chance to bask and reflect on one of the most remarkable runs in league history.

We tested this stick-on wearable that measures your sweat rate and sodium levels to see if it can help you optimize performance.

A Northwestern Engineering-led research team has developed a novel skin-mounted sticker that absorbs sweat and then changes color to provide an accurate, easy-to-read diagnosis of cystic fibrosis within minutes.