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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.

Gatorade has started selling its sweat patch. The single-use wearable uses lab-testing protocol to provide information on your unique sweat profile.

The disposable adhesive patches measure biomarkers like sweat and sodium loss, which are combined with external fitness and nutrition data to generate personalized workout and recovery recommendations.

Alongside Epicore Biosystems, sports drink maker Gatorade is launching its first ever wearable device, the Gx Sweat Patch. The patch is a one-time-use wearable that analyzes sweat to provide athletes with insights about their athletic performance and hydration levels.

CNN Business coverage highlights Gatorade's Gx Sweat Patch and smartphone software app. This personalized hydration platform is powered by Epicore Biosystems sweat microfluidic technology, which tracks sweat and sodium levels and provides rehydration and nutrition recommendations to individual athletes and consumers.

The Nike PG 4 'Gatorade' features a GX Sweat Patch that analyzes the wearer's sweat to provide personalized sports nutrition recommendations that will aid performance.

New Gatorade Gx sweat patch is just part of Epicore’s vision for sweat tracking wearables

A new device — wearable, wireless and battery free — improves the ability to monitor and diagnose health problems by analyzing the sweat on your skin.

LEO Science & Tech Hub, the Boston-based R&D innovation unit of LEO Pharma, has announced a new partnership with Epicore Biosystems focused on exploring the use of a non-invasive, wearable sweat sensor to measure prognostic biomarkers in real time, monitor patient response and inform treatment decisions.

Gatorade’s efforts to conquer dehydration have again entered the digital realm. Twice reports that the sports drink company and Northwestern University have developed a low-cost wearable skin patch that displays various colors to conveniently let the wearer know when they need to take a drink.