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Driverless Vehicles May Lead to Traffic Congestion in Cities
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 23:30
News A unique simulation for the city of Zurich shows that driverless taxis would not displace personal transport in cities as long as automated private vehicles are also available. Previous simulations assumed too high ...
Worm Study Sparks Hope for Slowing Muscle Decline
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 22:39
News Muscle decline caused by ageing and certain diseases could be dramatically slowed by stopping a chain reaction that damages cells, new research shows... Contributed Author: University of Exeter Topics: Regenerative ...
UCI Scientists Create New Class of Two-Dimensional Materials
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 22:30
News In a paper published this week in Nature, materials science researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions unveil a new process for producing oxide perovskite crystals in exquisitely flex...
Scientists Discover How Hepatitis C 'Ghosts' Our Immune System
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 21:28
News Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered how the highly infectious and sometimes deadly Hepatitis C virus (HCV) "ghosts" our immune system and remains... Contributed Author: Trinity College Dublin Topi...
Carnegie Mellon Robot, Art Project To Land on Moon in 2021
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 21:00
News Carnegie Mellon University is going to the moon, sending a robotic rover and an intricately designed arts package that will land in July 2021. The four-wheeled robot is being developed by a CMU team led by William "...
When Social Interaction Helps You Choose Your Food
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 20:50
News By deciphering the neural mechanisms involved in food consumption, UNIGE scientists demonstrate the importance of social interactions when choosing food and, more broadly, when adapting to the environment... Contrib...
Somebody's Watching You: The Surveillance of Self-Driving Cars
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 19:39
News Picture the future, where driving is a thing of the past. You can hop in your car or one from a ride-share, buckle up and tell the car where you want to go. During your ride, you can check your email and look up... ...
Robotic Surgery for Throat Cancer Not Superior to Radiation Therapy, Study Finds
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 19:10
News In 2012, scientists at Lawson Health Research Institute launched the world's first clinical trial comparing robotic surgery to radiation therapy for the treatment of oropharyngeal cancer (cancer at the back of the t...
There's a Metabolic Limit of How Much Energy We Have for Endurance Events
Discover - 7 Jun 2019 18:10
A runner on the 3,080-mile Race Across the USA (RAUSA) in 2015. Some of the RAUSA runners were included in a study to determine the metabolic limit for how much energy the body can absorb from food for endurance events. ...
Op-Ed: Let's Invest in 5G
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 18:04
Blog For wireless carriers, spending roughly $10 to $12 billion on millimeter wave spectrum will only be the beginning of the investment needed to provide Americans with the benefits of 5G. Once spectrum licenses have be...
AI Technology Improves Critical Crack Detection in Nuclear Reactors, Bridges, Buildings
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 17:24
Videos A tiny crack in a nuclear reactor, skyscraper, bridge or dam can cause catastrophic consequences. The Minneapolis bridge collapse, which killed 13 people in 2007, is just one example of what can happen... Contribu...
A Methodology for Enabling Forensic Analysis Using Hypervisor Vulnerabilities Data
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 17:21
News Hardware/Server Virtualization is a foundational technology in a cloud computing environment and the hypervisor is the key software in that virtualized infrastructure. However, hypervisors are large pieces of softwa...
GM Adds Trickier Roads to Its Semi-Autonomous Driving System
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 17:19
News General Motors is adding 70,000 miles (113,000 kilometers) of roads across the U.S. and Canada to the area where its Cadillac Super Cruise semi-autonomous driving system can run, including some with cross... Contrib...
Study: Vital Organs Support Systems and Medical Bionics Market to Reach $59.41 Billion by 2025
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 17:13
News Allied Market Research published a report, titled, "Vital Organs Support Systems and Medical Bionics Market by Product (Vital organs support systems and Medical Bionics) and... Contributed Author: Allied Analytics L...
Opioid Epidemic Increases Number of Organs Available for Transplant
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 17:03
News The confluence of two major health crises--the opioid epidemic and organ shortage--has moved surgeons to consider transplanting organs deemed as less than... Contributed Author: Elsevier Topics: Pain Management
Firearm Access Associated With Suicide Risk For U.S. Soldiers
Discover - 7 Jun 2019 17:00
(Credit: Bumble Dee/Shutterstock) Since 2004, the rate of death by suicide has exceeded that of death by combat injury for American soldiers. A review of more than 100 cases involving the suicide of an active-duty soldie...
Redesigning the Oscilloscope for Easier Use
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 16:44
News Tektronix has redesigned its 3 and 4 Series digital storage oscilloscopes, adding a large touch screen display for easier use and enhancing measurement capabilities... Staff Author: Spencer Chin Topics: Test & Measu...
NASA's Mars Helicopter Testing Enters Final Phase
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 16:42
News Back in January 2019 the team operated the flight model in a simulated Martian environment. Then the helicopter was moved to Lockheed Martin Space in Denver for compatibility testing with the Mars Helicopter Deliver...
Researchers Find that Mona Lisa's Smile was Non-Genuine Because of its Asymmetry
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 15:59
News Using chimeric--or mirror--images, researchers have determined that one half of Mona Lisa's smile displays happiness while the other half is neutral reflecting a... Contributed Author: University of Cincinnati Topic...
Toward a Low-Cost Industrialization of Lithium-Ion Capacitors
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 15:47
News Combining two additives instead of one to facilitate the incorporation of lithium within capacitors: that is the solution proposed by researchers from... Contributed Author: CNRS Topics: Product Design and Developme...
Army Testing Synthetic Training Environment Platforms
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 15:35
News Soon Soldiers worldwide could have a wealth of training options at their home station or armory -- on a virtual platform. The Army recently conducted user assessments of its "One World Terrain" technology... Contrib...
Innovative Combustion Solutions for Lower Emissions & Fuel Consumption
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2019 15:30
Article Recent environmental standards and global demands for lower emissions and fuel consumption on gasoline and diesel engines require innovative combustion strategies, whereby air intake humidity allows... Contribute...