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Researchers Develop Implantable Sensor that Dissolves After Use
Overcoming both performance and biocompatibility issues, the research team has found a solution that would make a second surgery to remove an implantable sensor wholly unnecessary.
Air Conditioning Use Expected to Triple by 2050, According to Report
With an estimated 1.6 billion buildings worldwide currently outfitted with air conditioning units, research from the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that number will increase to 5.6 billion by the year 2050.
Russian Cuckoos Threaten Alaskan Birds
Russians invading the U.S. sounds like the plot of a Cold War-era movie. In this case, however, it’s much less sinister, but still potentially devastating for unsuspecting Alaskan songbirds.
Scientists Develop New Tool That Predicts Eye, Hair and Skin Color from a DNA Sample of an Unidentified Individual
Using what is being described as a first-of-its-kind tool, a team of international scientists are now capable of making accurate predictions about hair, eye and skin color from samples of human biological material, including small amounts of DNA.
New Development in LCDs Allows Screens to Be Viewed in Perfect Color from Any Angle
A team of researchers from Russia, France and Germany, at MIPT’s Laboratory of Functional Organic and Hybrid Materials, have tackled viewing problems associated with LCD screens.
A Portable Diabetes Screening Device Designed for Micronesia
The portable diabetes screening device could be carried by health workers into remote areas, making it easier to identify villagers at high risk of the disease.
Student Engineers Get the Scoop on Surgical Tool Design
An in-body cleaner for a laparoscopic camera was inspired by the scoop at the end of a Slurpee straw.
Industrial-strength Pharmaceutical Assembly Line
An innovative assembly-line architecture, similar to the technology used to manufacture computer chips, is being tested for precise manufacture of drug microparticles.
MicroTransponder's Paired Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Stroke Patients
In support of stroke rehabilitation, MicroTransponder has developed a paired vagus nerve stimulation system that incorporates vagus nerve stimulations (VNS) with rehabilitative exercises to strengthen neurological responses and improve patients’ recovery.
Saving Coral Reefs...with Beer
While Hawaii is attempting to save its coral reefs with a recent ban on some sunscreens, the Florida Aquarium is attempting to save the reefs by brewing its own beer.
Customized Regenerative Heart Valves, with a Little Help from Computational Design
Using computer simulations, researchers have successfully predicted how well tissue-engineered heart valves (TEHVs) would grow, regenerate and function in large animal models. The research represents a significant step toward what could one day be a routine application of tissue engineering technology.
New AI and Deep Learning Method Speeds Up Gross Tumor Volume Analysis
The new work focuses on taking a doctor's decision-making process and turning it into a computer program.
Constructing Emergency Shelters with Used Plastic Bottles
Typically, after disaster strikes, supplies such as food, medicine and bottled water are sent to the affected location. With untold numbers of plastic bottled water sent to such sites, how the plastic bottles are disposed of after use become, understandably, a minor consideration.
Researchers Closer to a Cocaine Breathalyzer
Researchers from the University at Buffalo have developed a low-cost chip that brings them one step closer to developing a breathalyzer that works much like an alcohol breathalyzer but instead of alcohol, the device would be capable of detecting cocaine.
Traveling By Bus Safer Than Traveling by Car, According to New Study
According to a new study from the Université de Montréal Public Health Research Institute (IRSPUM), taking a bus is far safer than taking a car to your destination as well as being much safer for cyclists and pedestrians traveling along the same route.
BWXT Announces Breakthrough Medical Isotope Manufacturing Technology
A new process to manufacture molybdenum-99 will enable a stable North American supply of this critical diagnostic imaging radionuclide.
New Microscope System Allows Researchers to Observe Animal’s Brain Activity in Natural Environments
The ability to track the interactions of brain cells in animals in their natural habitat has been long sought after by neuroscientists and doctors. Researchers from The Rockefeller University have developed a system that is a huge step closer to this dream.
U.K. to Consider Wet Wipe Ban
Amid mounting concern for plastic pollution levels, the U.K. is considering an eventual ban on wet wipes containing plastic — the kind used for personal hygiene and those used to clean surfaces.
Fluid Lensing Generates Clear Underwater Images Through Ocean Waves
The technique removes optical distortions like caustic focusing and refractive lensing to provide a clear view of submerged objects from above the rippling water surface.
Discovery of a Mechanism That Worsens Climate Change
Researchers believe they may have discovered a new greenhouse gas “feedback loop” -- a mechanism with the potential to cause increasingly more methane to be released into the atmosphere, further warming the planet.