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Researchers prove that graphene wards off, prevents bites from mosquitoes
Researchers from Brown University have found an unexpected use for the nanomaterial graphene: repelling mosquitoes.
Team hopes to fight hospital-acquired infections with antimicrobial coating
An antimicrobial coating for metal surfaces that is capable of quickly killing bacteria linked to common hospital-acquired infections has been developed by scientists at the University of Birmingham in the U.K.
Team bioprints complex tissue in mere seconds
Scientists from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and University Medical Center Ultrecht in the Netherlands have developed an optical system capable of bioprinting complex and viable living tissue in a matter of seconds.
Scientists devise new method for tracking cooking-related pollution
A team of researchers from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in China has devised a new method for tracking cooking-related pollution using black carbon.
Company debuts an inflatable space habitat for astronauts
Sierra Nevada Corporation, a United States Aerospace Company, has unveiled its full-scale prototype of an inflatable habitat that could one day accommodate astronauts in deep space.
Wooden chips shrink medical device environmental footprint
Wood has been demonstrated as an alternative to plastic for one single-use medical device application: microfluidic diagnostics.
Plasmonic microneedle patch promises painless diagnostics
What differentiates this device from previous microneedle designs is the use of surface-enhanced Raman scattering for on-patch biomarker analysis.
Chemotherapeutic messages in nanoscale bottles
Tiny silica bottles could be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs to targeted areas of the body.
Wearable skin sensors that analyze sweat
The team devised sensors that can monitor sweat rate and electrolytes and metabolites present in perspiration.
Methane leaks from offshore oil and gas rigs are quantified
An overlooked source of methane is leakage from oil and gas wells, a phenomenon which was quantified at eight oil and gas production platforms in the North Sea.
The impact of sunscreens on coastal water quality
The ingredients in sunscreens which protect users from the harmful effects of UV radiation are also a source of coastal water pollution.
Watch how smartphone selfies can measure blood pressure
The contactless diagnostic method is a smartphone-based technology called transdermal optical imaging.
Researchers develop ice detection sensors
The device detects the exact moment water hits the wing of an airplane through to the moment that ice forms on the surface, measuring the thickness of the ice as it increases.
Olympus DSX1000 Digital Microscope: Advanced tools for faster analysis
Measure and observe a variety of materials with guaranteed high- and low-magnification accuracy and precision using a single instrument.
In conversation: A framework for addressing technology's ethical challenges
Our communities and the world face unprecedented challenges in scaling technologies in an ethical and beneficial way. As one observer noted half a century ago, “technological progress requires ethical progress or we risk the destruction of society.”
Using microbes to clean produced water
Most produced water is injected into disposal wells after it is collected; less than 1% of the produced water that is generated each year is reused.
First evidence of atmospheric mercury nanoparticles
A previously unknown form of atmospheric mercury has been documented by researchers from McGill University, Canada, in urban air samples from Montreal.
Stress research could help first responders stay healthy
Researchers plan to analyze measures of molecular activity to create new ways to monitor and predict the effects of stressors on the body.
Managing earthquake risk from oil and gas operations
The team's study area was in Oklahoma, where much fracking activity and wastewater injection has been carried out, and where there have been several induced earthquakes producing damage.
Watch: Microrobots designed to travel and treat the GI tract
A microrobotic platform for precise delivery of drugs within the gastrointestinal tract has been engineered by researchers from California Institute of Technology and Washington University in St. Louis.