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700°С Degrees of Resistance: Scientists Develop Innovative Industrial Technology
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 17:00
News Scientists have created a technology for the manufacture of products made of carbon graphite materials. The technology will be applicable in ferrous and non-ferrous metallurgy, electric power industry and electrical...
Scientists Find What Makes Our Bones Strong When We Exercise
Discover - 14 Dec 2018 01:07
Exercise is good for us in a lot of ways. It helps cut the pounds, increases cardiovascular health, adds muscle mass and can boost our mood. What it also does, though, is help keep our bones strong. Studies have shown th...
HGH Treatment Tragedy Suggests Alzheimer's Might be Transmissible
Discover - 13 Dec 2018 23:32
A medical procedure transferred a key component of Alzheimer's disease from one person to another, finds a new study published today in the journal Nature. The discovery suggests the seeds of the devastating neurodegener...
Op-Ed: The FCC clears the way for 5G
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 22:44
Article To meet the needs of American consumers and businesses, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is preparing to clear and auction massive amounts of millimeter-wave and mid-band spectrum that can be used for ...
CWA, Dish, NTCA, Part of New Coalition Opposing Sprint/T-Mobile Deal
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 22:16
News Thirteen parties, including Dish, CWA, C-Spire, Public Knowledge, and NTCA have come together to form the 4Competition Coalition, calling on policymakers to block the proposed Sprint/T-Mobile deal. Staff Author: Bev...
Dish, Sling TV Sign on to Comscore's Ad Measurement Trial
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 22:09
News Dish and Sling TV are the first MVPDs to participate in the trial, and join ABC, Fox, NBCUniversal, the CW Network, Hulu, Turner, Viacom, AMC Networks, and A+E networks. Staff Author: Bevin Fletcher Topics: Video
U.S. Lags Behind in Mobile Internet Speed
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 20:43
News The results are in, the country with the fastest mobile internet speed as of November 2018 is (drum roll please) Norway, with an average download speed of 67.17 Mbps. The data was surveyed by Speedtest... Staff Auth...
Rohde and Schwarz Seeks to Put Value in Test Instruments
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 19:54
News Test equipment supplier Rohde and Schwarz is trying to meet the ever-more demanding testing challenges of electronics systems by expanding its range of lower cost test instruments, which the company calls the... Sta...
Microscopic Devices That Control Vibrations Could Allow Smaller Mobile Devices
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 19:50
News To make modern communications possible, today's mobile devices make use of components that use acoustic waves (vibrations) to filter or delay signals. However, current solutions have limited functionalities... Contr...
Spectrum Instrumentation Digitizers and AWG used for Atmospheric research with LIDAR at Leibniz Institute
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 19:44
News Atmospheric research uses pulsed laser beams to measure temperature and wind speed along the beams by measuring the Doppler shifted and backscattered light at 100 km height in the atmosphere. The... Contributed Auth...
eHealth Mobile Application Links Pharmacies with Nursing Home Data
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 17:00
News Health services often rely on care through the prescription of medications, but in order to reduce drug-associated patient mortality, a management program that monitors drug efficacy and patient compliance should be...
To Guide Cancer Therapy, Device Quickly Tests Drugs on Tumor Tissue
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 17:00
News MIT researchers have 3D printed a novel microfluidic device that simulates cancer treatments on biopsied tumor tissue, so clinicians can better examine how individual patients will respond to different therapeutics ...
Using Inkjet Printers to Build Biosensor for Less Invasive Breast Cancer Detection
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 17:00
News Researchers have created a novel, low-cost biosensor to detect HER-2, a breast cancer biomarker in the blood, allowing for a far less invasive diagnostic test than the current practice, a needle biopsy... Contribute...
Foldable Drone Flies Through Narrow Holes in Rescue Missions
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 17:00
Videos Now, a flying robot could look for people trapped inside and guide the rescue team towards them. But the drone would often have to enter the building through a crack in a wall, a partially open window, or through ...
Sprayable Gel Could Help Body Fight Off Cancer After Surgery
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 17:00
News A UCLA-led research team has developed a spray gel embedded with immune-boosting drugs that could help. The substance was successful half of the time in awakening lab animals' immune systems to stop the cancer from ...
Better Biomedical Devices, Wearable Displays May Result from Light-Guiding Structures
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 17:00
News For the first time, researchers have fabricated light-guiding structures known as waveguides just over one micron wide in a clear silicone commonly used for biomedical applications. The tiny, flexible waveguides can...
Upcoming Robotic Trends and Spending, According to Statista
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 17:00
Industry Brief Robotics are an ever-surfacing trend and topic these days, and they only seem to be growing as we prepare for the new year. The following is the predicted global spending on different industries pertaining...
Velox Robot Navigates Water, Land, and Ice
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 17:00
Videos The Velox robot, created by Pliant Energy Systems, is a new type of 'bot' that can glide through water, move across land, and even ice skate with its propulsion system... Staff Author: Tierney King Topics: Robotic...
Venturi Antarctica: Electric Polar Exploration Vehicle Endures Testing
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 17:00
News The VENTURI Antarctica, the first electric polar exploration vehicle, was recently unveiled. This project seeks to make available to the scientific community in Antarctica a zero-emissions means of transport that ca...
Startup Wins Global Innovation Award for Heart Implant
Medical Design Technology - 13 Dec 2018 17:00
Videos AuriGen Medical has recently won the Global Innovation Award at the ICI conference in Isreal. The AuriGen Device uses a patented sensor and implant technology that safely isolates the source of atrial fibrillation...
Inability to perform basic activities delays mental health patients' discharge
EurekAlert! - 13 Dec 2018 09:00
(University of Waterloo) Mental health patients who have difficulty performing daily living tasks are four times more likely to experience discharge delays than someone who can perform those tasks independently.
Impairment rating of injured workers depends on the when and where of assessment
EurekAlert! - 13 Dec 2018 09:00
(McMaster University) A comparison of a group of injured workers assessed using the two most recent editions of the AMA guides revealed that usage of the sixth edition resulted in significantly lower impairment ratings t...