Medical News
Trump Squashes Nationalized 5G Notions, FCC's Pai Outlines 5G Initiatives
Medical Design Technology - 13 Apr 2019 00:42
News Speaking at a White House event Friday, President Trump put to rest the previously floated idea of nationalized 5G networks, confirming the country's approach to winning the global 5G race is private sector-driven. ...
Wonder Material: Individual 2D Phosphorene Nanoribbons Made for the First Time
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 18:00
News Tiny, individual, flexible ribbons of crystalline phosphorus have been made by UCL researchers in a world first, and they could revolutionize electronics and fast-charging battery technology... Contributed Author: U...
Omron's Collaborative Robot Automates Repetitive Tasks and Enhances Human-Machine Collaboration
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 18:00
News A new solution for automating most repetitive production tasks is available. Omron Automation Americas, a company involved with automation technology, has announced its TM Series Collaborative Robot... Contributed A...
New Technology to Empower Parkinson's Patients
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 18:00
News People with Parkinson's could see their care transformed thanks to a new service involving wearable technology. The project, entitled Developing Home-based Parkinson's Care and led by the University of Plymouth... C...
New Quantum Material Could Warn of Neurological Disease
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 18:00
News What if the brain could detect its own disease? Researchers have been trying to create a material that "thinks" like the brain does, which would be more sensitive to early signs of neurological diseases such as Park...
Digital Storytelling Platform Spreads Awareness about Live Organ Donors
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 18:00
Videos As part of National Donate Life Day, the Transplant Research and Education Center (TREC) at UCLA will launch the Living Donation Storytelling Project to spread the word about real life donor experiences and those ...
Designing a Chair with an Artificial Intelligence Partner
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 18:00
Videos Kartell, a company who transforms design and integrates redesign into new products, is presenting an artificial intelligence (AI) chair in collaboration with designer Philippe Starck and Autodesk, a producer... St...
3D-Printed Propeller Blade Opens Way to Eco-Friendly Shipping
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 18:00
News To make the European maritime industry more competitive globally, innovative materials are needed to improve ships' performance and make them more environment friendly... Contributed Author: CORDIS Topics: Product D...
Israel's Beresheet Spacecraft Crashes During its Moon Landing
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 17:06
Videos The first privately funded mission to the moon launched February 21 with Israeli non-profit SpaceIL's Beresheet spacecraft. For weeks after, the 350-lb lander was orbiting the Earth in ever-widening circles... Sta...
SLAC Develops Novel Compact Antenna for Communicating Where Radios Fail
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 17:03
News A new type of pocket-sized antenna, developed at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, could enable mobile communication in situations where conventional radios don't work... Contributed A...
The Great Barrier Reef Is in Trouble, but Robots Can Help
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 17:02
Videos Coral reefs are suffering from climate change, pollution, and rising ocean temperatures, which strip the colorful reefs of their dynamic hues. Coral bleaching occurs when conditions are no longer suitable for an.....
Transdermal Patch Uses Electricity to Deliver Iron to Patients with Iron Deficiency
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 17:00
News Fe3 Medical, the creators of a transdermal patch for the treatment of iron deficiency anemia, announced the results from its first human study of the Fe3 proprietary biphasic iontophoretic transdermal technology... ...
FDA Warns of Consumer Devices that Claim to Diagnose Concussion
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 17:00
News Consumer devices that claim to help assess, diagnose, or manage concussion and other head injuries are unproven and illegal, and using them could pose serious health risks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warn...
World's Fastest Hydrogen Sensor Could Pave the Way for Clean Hydrogen Energy
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 16:50
News Hydrogen is a clean and renewable energy carrier that can power vehicles, with water as the only emission. Unfortunately, hydrogen gas is highly flammable when mixed with air, so very efficient and effective... Cont...
Scientists Synthesize New Nanowires to Improve High-Speed Communication
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 16:46
News Chinese scientists have synthesized new nanowires with high carrier mobility and fast infrared light (IR) response, which could help in high-speed communication. Their findings were published in Nature Communication...
Improved procedure for cancer-related erectile dysfunction
EurekAlert! - 12 Apr 2019 08:00
(University of Melbourne) Melbourne surgeons have modified a minimally invasive technique to help men regain erectile function lost after prostate cancer surgery. The surgery had a 71 per cent success rate with two parti...
A Jetsons Future? Assessing the Role of Flying Cars in Sustainable Mobility
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 16:45
News In the 1960s animated sitcom The Jetsons, George Jetson commutes to work in his family-size flying car, which miraculously transforms into a briefcase at the end of the trip. A new study of the environmental... Cont...
Researchers Charge Ahead on Battery Storage
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 16:44
Videos QUT researchers will lead key research projects in expanding Australia's battery industry from mining to manufacturing, with the announcement of the Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre... Contrib...
Scientists from NUST MISIS Create a Super-Fast Robot Microscope to Search for Dark Matter
Medical Design Technology - 12 Apr 2019 16:42
News Researchers from the National University of science and technology MISIS (NUST MISIS, Moscow, Russia) and the National Institute for Nuclear Physics (INFN, Naples, Italy) have developed a simple and... Contributed A...
Researchers of the University of Malaga relate DNA methylation levels to obesity
EurekAlert! - 12 Apr 2019 08:00
(University of Malaga) A multidisciplinary study performed at the University of Malaga (UMA) has related DNA methylation levels to the development of the metabolic disease associated with obesity. A multidisciplinary wor...
Abnormal proteins correlate with aggressive behavior in dementia
EurekAlert! - 12 Apr 2019 08:00
(Lund University) Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have together with American colleagues studied deceased patients who were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or frontotemporal dementia. They observed a correlat...
Stem Cell trial for osteoarthritis patients reduces pain, improves quality of life
EurekAlert! - 12 Apr 2019 08:00
(University Health Network) In the first North American stem cell clinical trial for osteoarthritis of the knee patients, 12 patients were given injections of their own stem cells and followed for 12 months. The results ...