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Smartphone app detects pediatric eye diseases in photographs
The app designed scrutinizes digital photographs for leukocoria, evident as a white reflection from the retina.
Watch: Infrared imaging pictures deep tumors
Nanoparticles glow under infrared light to illuminate tumors deep inside the body.
Self-healing soft biomaterials are 3D printed
Suspended Layer Additive Manufacturing uses a polymer-based hydrogel in which particles have been manipulated to create a self-healing gel.
Brown University and Intel looking to AI to restore mobility to patients with spinal cord injuries
A team from the tech company Intel is working with scientists from Brown University in Rhode Island to enable patients with spinal cord injuries to move their limbs again using artificial intelligence (AI).
New microneedle technology continuously monitors drug delivery
Blood sampling procedures used to monitor and optimize antibiotic doses may soon be replaced by a minimally invasive microneedle array biosensor for continuous drug monitoring.
Detecting cancer with satellite technology
Hyperspectral imaging, better known for its use in satellite imagery and orbiting telescopes, has demonstrated quick detection of certain cancers.
Study: AI will likely displace self-employed workers
New research from the University at Buffalo School of Management suggests that those at a greater risk of being displaced in the workforce by artificial intelligence (AI) are the self-employed.
2019 Pulse of Engineering Survey: Retirements, resource constraints and millennials rising
IEEE GlobalSpec’s fifth annual Pulse of Engineering survey asked nearly 2,000 respondents, drawn from both Engineering360 and IEEE Spectrum subscribers, to paint a picture of the engineering profession in 2019.
Team is applying machine learning to hiring decisions
Researchers from the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management are using machine learning to help make hiring predictions about teaching applicants’ job performance and potential turnover.
Lab-on-a-chip rapidly gauges immune system status for improved diagnoses
By detecting electrical differences between healthy and unhealthy white blood cells, the diagnostic can signal early indicators of cardiovascular disease, inflammation or infection.
Efficient nanolasers designed to image living tissue
The size of the devices, only 50 to 150 nanometers thick, makes them potentially suitable for in vivo imaging to detect disease biomarkers or to treat deep-brain neurological disorders.
Long-lasting biomedical membranes take cues from human skin
The structure of human skin offers clues to prevent the formation and propagation of cracks that undermine the durability and function of biomedical materials and devices.
Self-sterilizing polymer quickly kills dangerous hospital microbes
The hydrophilic polymer inactivates viruses and bacteria in minutes and could find wide application in hospitals and other clinical settings.
These acoustic tweezers ride evanescent waves
A new acoustomicrofluidic technology for manipulating micro- and nanoscale samples uses evanescent sound waves to attract fluids and living cells.
Emotional analysis via temporal-frequency domain disruptions
To develop EmoSense, researchers determined that gestures and movements impact wireless signals through shadowing and multi-path effects when antennas are employed to determine behavior.
A shoe to help stroke patients improve gait
According to the researchers, this strengthens the wearer’s stroke-affected leg, improving gait proportionality once the shoe is taken off.
Machine learning that guesses individuals' age
Researchers from the University of Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa are using machine learning to estimate a person’s age.
Team can predict heart attacks using AI
Researchers at the University of Oxford have devised a new biomarker using artificial intelligence (AI) that can reportedly identify people at significant risk of experiencing a fatal heart attack roughly five years before it happens.
Researchers develop smart sleepwear for health monitoring
A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have created textiles that can be woven into pajamas and other loose-fitting sleep attire for monitoring the wearer’s respiratory rhythm and heart rate while the wearer sleeps.
Prosthetic hand combines user and robotic control
An algorithm translates user intention into finger movement on the prosthetic hand.