HEADLINES ARCHIVE
Coreless Power Conversion for High Magnetic Field Applications
Powerbox released a coreless technology platform to power medical and industrial equipment operating in very high magnetic field environments.
Coating Enables Fabric to Mimic Muscle Movement
The technology may offer opportunities to design "textile muscles" that could be incorporated into clothes, making it easier for people with disabilities to move.
Pacemakers Powered By the Sun?
Research provides data on the potential of powering medical implants with solar cells.
Underwater Robots That Mimic Ocean Life
The instruments are equipped with temperature and other sensors to measure the surrounding ocean conditions while the robots "swim" up and down to maintain a constant depth by adjusting their buoyancy.
Liquid Crystal Design for Portable Chemical Sensors
Using computational modeling and lab experiments, researchers developed a framework for creating inexpensive liquid-crystal-based chemical sensors.
Everyday Use of Legal Metrology Standards
When you go to the grocery store and buy a pound of flour or a liter of soda, how do you know you are getting exactly one pound or one liter?
Augmented Reality Streamlines Spine Surgery
A3D augmented-reality view of the patient’s external and internal anatomy improves procedure planning, surgical tool navigation, and implant accuracy.
Your Heartbeat as Your Password
Researchers encrypted patient data using a person's unique electrocardiograph as the key to lock and unlock the files.
Antimicrobial Could Fight Hospital Infections
A novel light-activated antimicrobial could aid in the fight against hospital-acquired infections.
Pump Delivers Drug Doses Over Time
The pump works by releasing a drug into a patient’s body over time, overcoming the problems that some patients have complying with a schedule of injections.
Manufacturing Medical Microdevices with iMEMS
A new technique stacks hydrogels in layers to make devices that have 3-D, freely moving parts.
Patients Guided by Smart Pharma Packaging
Instructions delivered by an avatar could improve patient compliance with drug and device regimens.
RNA-Infused Clay Nanosheets Protect Crops
A nano-sized degradable clay releases double-stranded RNA to protect plants from specific disease-causing pathogens.
Mapping Moon Shadow: 2017 Solar Eclipse
NASA has developed the most accurate maps of the path of totality for any such event to date.
Antwerp Pilots City of Things Project
The Belgian city will grow into the largest living lab in Europe for the Internet of Things.
Frugal Design for a Medical Centrifuge
The 20-cent device may bring improved disease diagnostics to populations in areas that lack electricity.
Chip May Help Detect Cystic Fibrosis Bacteria
A chip is able to detect specific gases produced by bacteria in the lungs and may help in diagnosing and treating cystic fibrosis.
Play an Instrument? You May React Faster as a Result
The results suggest that long-term musical training reduces simple non-musical auditory, tactile and multisensory reaction times.
Video Game App May Help Combat Depression
A study found that moderately depressed people may do better with video game apps because the games address or treat specific correlates of depression.
Robots to Disinfect Hospital Rooms
A research team will put germ-zapping robots to the test at Detroit hospitals.