Medical News
FCC Chairman Rejects China Mobile USA Bid, Citing Security Concerns
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 22:49
News The FCC stance follows review and recommendations from Executive Branch agencies in 2018 to reject the application, also determining that national security risks could not be fixed through a voluntary mitigation agr...
Universities lead effort to help Appalachians trapped by opioid epidemic
EurekAlert! - 17 Apr 2019 08:00
(Virginia Tech) With a new grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, universities led by Virginia Tech will unite scientists, a range of health-care and service providers, and communities, including in...
Regular Users of Marijuana Can Require More Sedatives During Medical Procedures
Discover - 17 Apr 2019 02:02
Increasing numbers of Americans are using marijuana. In some states, obtaining marijuana is as easy as walking into a store and picking out what catches the eye in a glass display case. But even as states move to legaliz...
Sprint, T-Mobile Shares Dive After WSJ Casts Doubt on Deal
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 20:38
News The Journal said that Justice Department antitrust personnel, who are reviewing the takeover, questioned the companies' reasoning for it in a meeting this month. Contributed Author: Associated Press Topics: Carriers
Netflix Adds 9.6M Subscribers in 1Q as Competition Heats Up
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 20:36
News Netflix kicked off the year with the biggest subscriber gains in the history of its video-streaming service, but it still managed to disappoint investors by forecasting a springtime slowdown. Contributed Author: Mic...
Intel Gives Up on 5G Smartphones as Qualcomm, Apple Settle Legal Battle
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 20:20
News The same day that Apple and Qualcomm ended all litigation in their long-running legal battle, Intel announced it's exiting the 5G smartphone business and doesn't plan to launch any 5G modem products. Staff Author: B...
NASA's Twins Study: How Spaceflight (Temporarily) Changes the Body
Discover - 17 Apr 2019 20:00
Brothers compete. So in 2016, when astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth after spending a year in space, it must have really annoyed his identical twin brother -- retired astronaut Mark Kelly -- that Scott was two inch...
Synaptive Medical Reveals Automated White Matter Segmentation Feature for Surgical Planning Tool
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 18:00
News Synaptive Medical revealed an automated white matter segmentation feature to augment its Modus Plan surgical planning software tool that remains under development. Modus Plan, previously referred to as BrightMatter ...
How Autonomous Ships Can Lead to Safer Waterways
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 18:00
News Researchers are now attempting to remove, or at least minimize, the need for human decision in ship navigation. They are developing an automated system that instead relies on both data analytics and AI... Contribute...
Registered 3D-Printed Alloy
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 18:00
Product Announcement HRL Laboratories, LLC, is commercializing its additively manufactured high-strength aluminum, which has obtained the first ever registration of an additive alloy from the Aluminum Association... Cont...
Study Finds Diabetes Drug May Prevent, Slow Kidney Disease
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 18:00
News A drug that's used to help control blood sugar in people with diabetes has now been shown to help prevent or slow kidney disease, which causes millions of deaths each year and requires hundreds of thousands of peopl...
Train Your Brain, Change Your Brain
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 18:00
News Less than one hour of brain training with neurofeedback leads to a strengthening of neural connections and communication among brain areas... Contributed Author: D'OR Institute for Research and Education Topics: Neu...
After 60 Years, Finally Redesigning the Endoscope for Low-Income Countries
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 18:00
News An endoscope that would originally cost over $90,000 to manufacture, could essentially cost $45 with a new, prototype endoscope... Staff Author: Tierney King Topics: Medical Diagnostics
Drop Test Proves Technologies for Reusable Microlauncher
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 18:00
News Spain's PLD Space, supported by ESA, has demonstrated the technologies for a reusable first stage of their orbital microlauncher, Miura 5... Contributed Author: European Space Agency Topics: Test
Global Medical Sensors Market Expected to Grow
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 18:00
Industry Brief Technavio has released their research report on the global medical sensors market, where the market is expected to grow by almost $6.22 billion from 2019 to 2023... Staff Author: Tierney King Topics: Home ...
NASA Takes Advantage of Innovative 3D Printing Process for SLS Rocket
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 18:00
News America's powerful new deep space rocket, NASA's Space Launch System, will face harsh conditions and extreme temperatures in flight when launching NASA's Orion spacecraft and potential cargo to lunar orbit, and for ...
Drone Uses Insect-Inspired Arm to Brave Harsh Winds
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 17:04
News When the winds start to howl, most drones will have a hard time maintaining their balance, except Purdue University's patented design. "Our drone design was inspired by the wings and flight patterns of insects... St...
Rega's Air Rescue Autonomous Drone May Soon Save the Lives of Missing People
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 17:02
Videos Rega, an air rescue organization based in Switzerland, has announced an autonomous drone that will help with search and rescue missions. The Rega drone uses its three rotor blades with a diameter of more than... S...
Team Develops Device that Reduces Infection Risk During At-Home Dialysis
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 17:00
News A team of Johns Hopkins undergraduates are working to improve the lives of the hundreds of thousands of Americans who live with kidney failure, and their efforts aren't going unnoticed... Contributed Author: Johns H...
New Discovery Makes Fast-Charging, Better Performing Lithium-Ion Batteries Possible
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 16:58
News Creating a lithium-ion battery that can charge in a matter of minutes but still operate at a high capacity is possible, according to research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute just published in Nature Communicat...
Alta Devices Solar on Upcoming Satellite Launch
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 16:56
News This week, the NG-11 mission will launch from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility carrying the Cygnus cargo spacecraft. This spacecraft will deliver supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) and transport... Co...
Robotic Warfare Systems Will Bring Disruption to the Battlefield, Milrem Robotics' Study Finds
Medical Design Technology - 17 Apr 2019 16:54
News An international assemble of scholars has concluded in a three-piece study that unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) are a definite game changer that greatly enhance the capabilities of armed forces. "The range of... Con...