Medical News

News A review in CMAJ challenges historical surgical practices that are not research-based, outlining a multidisciplinary approach called enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) that will help patients recover more quickl...

News Researchers at Okayama University report that terahertz radiation can be used to rapidly detect makers for breast-cancer cells. The scientists present a technique that makes use of the binding properties of aptamers...

News The University of Maine was recently issued a patent, US 10,244,977, for a device that detects brain injury by measuring sleep movement patterns. This technology will be licensed by Activas Diagnostics, a UMaine spi...

News In enabling the surgeon to fully control and maintain knee joint distraction during surgery, Innovative Medical Products' De Mayo Universal Distractor lets the surgeon see just how much the joint is being distracted...

News Although many of our homes and buildings are constructed from wood, wood is not immune to catching on fire, but that may be changing with a spray-applied retardant coating... Staff Author: Tierney King Topics: Produ...

News Scraping an icy windshield can be a seasonal struggle for those that live in colder climates. But engineers are aiming to ease that winter frustration with a new surface coating that can shed ice from large areas us...

News About a million Americans with injury or age-related disabilities need someone to help them eat. Now NIBIB funded engineers have taught a robot the strategies needed to pick up food with a fork and gingerly deliver ...

Videos An implant could now help individuals who are unable to communicate by interpreting signals in their brain and converting them to understandable speech... Staff Author: Tierney King Topics: Implantables

News About ten percent of all cancer patients suffer from lymphoedema, which produces swelling in the legs, arms and breasts. The ETH start-up Dicronis has developed an instrument for simple and early diagnosis of this m...

News A special manufacturing technique usually reserved for supercars has found its way into the all-new 2019 Nissan Altima 2.5-liter engine... Contributed Author: Nissan Topics: Automotive

Blog Superpowers may not be too far behind. Undoubtedly, humanity has begun to enter the age of wearable exoskeletons and exosuits that offer support and strength to people's bodies may be the next supersuit... Contribut...

Videos Ford has developed a prototype shopping cart that brakes all on its own, called the "Self-Braking Trolley," which takes a page from vehicle technology that helps drivers avoid obstacles. In particular, the company...

Blog Whether residing inside buildings or braving the conditions of outdoor life, electronic instrumentation with its delicate components needs protection. Electronic enclosures serve as the fortified strongholds to... S...

News A research cooperation between the University of Hamburg and DESY has developed a process suitable for 3D printing that can be used to produce transparent and mechanically flexible electronic circuits... Contributed...

Videos Looking up at the silvery orb of the Moon, you might recognize familiar shadows and shapes on its face from one night to the next. You see the same view of the Moon our early ancestors did as it lighted their way....

News Drones ferrying medical supplies, packages and even pizza could one day be crisscrossing the skies above U.S. cities, and a team at the University of Utah is working with regulators to keep that future traffic... Co...

News If you have a new or late model car, most likely it's connected: GPS navigation, that infotainment panel, the wireless network your car creates -- they're all ways for your car to provide information, whether it's.....

News Airmen assigned to the 1st Weather Group are rolling out virtual reality training tailored to the needs of the Air Force Weather community, allowing them to train faster and smarter. Delivered in March, 1st WXG's......

News For the first time, physicists at the University of Basel have succeeded in measuring the magnetic properties of atomically thin van der Waals materials on the nanoscale. They used diamond quantum sensors... Contrib...

News We entrust our lives to software every time we step aboard a high-tech aircraft or modern car. A long-term research effort guided by two researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)... Co...

News Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Texas at Austin have developed a technique for detecting types of malware that use a system's architecture to thwart traditional security... Con...

Product Announcement AVX Corporation has released the first wire-to-board RF coaxial IDC connectors for industrial and automotive applications. The initial release of the new 00-6791 Series RF Coaxial IDC Connectors is c...