Medical News
Lettuce Have It! Machine Learning for CR-Optimization
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 23:05
News At Earlham Institute (EI), artificial intelligence based techniques such as machine learning is moving from being merely an exciting premise to having real-life applications, where it's needed most: improving effici...
NASA Spacecraft to Use 'Green' Fuel for the First Time
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 23:03
News A non-toxic, rosé-colored liquid could fuel the future in space and propel missions to the Moon or other worlds. NASA will test the fuel and compatible propulsion system in space for the first time with the Green.....
Training Robots to Relieve Chronic Pain
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 22:45
News Researchers at Swinburne have developed a collaborative robot system to automatically treat back, neck and head pain caused by soft tissue injury. Based on an analysis of the patient by a thermal camera, the system....
Researchers 'Stretch' the Ability of 2D Materials to Change Technology
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 21:10
News Two-dimensional (2D) materials - as thin as a single layer of atoms - have intrigued scientists with their flexibility, elasticity, and unique electronic properties, as first discovered in materials such as graphene...
BU Researchers Develop New Metamaterial That Can Improve MRI Quality and Reduce Scan Time
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 20:56
News Could a small ringlike structure made of plastic and copper amplify the already powerful imaging capabilities of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine? Xin Zhang, Stephan Anderson, and their team at the Boston....
NASA to Open International Space Station to Tourists from 2020
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 20:50
News NASA said Friday it will open up the International Space Station to business ventures including space tourism as it seeks to financially disengage from the orbiting research lab. Price tag? Tens of millions of dolla...
NASA's SET Mission to Study Satellite Protection Is Ready for Launch
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 20:34
News Ready, SET, go -- NASA's Space Environment Testbeds, or SET, will launch in June 2019 on its mission to study how to better protect satellites in space. SET will get a ride to space on a U.S. Air Force Research... C...
Antennas of Flexible Nanotube Films an Alternative for Electronics
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 19:23
News Antennas made of carbon nanotube films are just as efficient as copper for wireless applications, according to researchers at Rice University's Brown School of Engineering. They're also tougher, more flexible and ca...
As Homework Moves Online, Millions Lack Home Internet
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 19:04
News With no computer or internet at home, Raegan Byrd's homework assignments present a nightly challenge: How much can she get done using just her smartphone? Contributed Author: Michael Melia, Jeff Amy, and Larry Fenn,...
Supreme Court to Hear Comcast Appeal in $20B Racial Bias Suit
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 18:55
News The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will take up Comcast's appeal over an earlier Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that allowed a $20 billion racial bias lawsuit against the cable giant to proceed...
AI Tool Helps Radiologists Detect Brain Aneurysms
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 16:40
News Doctors could soon get some help from an artificial intelligence tool when diagnosing brain aneurysms - bulges in blood vessels in the brain that can leak or burst open, potentially leading to stroke, brain damage o...
Engineers use graph networks to accurately predict properties of molecules and crystals
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 16:30
News Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed new deep learning models that can accurately predict the properties of molecules and crystals. By enabling almost instantaneous property predict...
Supportive families and schools help prevent substance use among trans youth: UBC study
EurekAlert! - 10 Jun 2019 06:00
(University of British Columbia) Strong family and school connections are helping prevent transgender youth from smoking cigarettes and using marijuana, even among those targeted by violence. That's the key finding of a ...
Small Particles Can Have Big Consequences for Electronics in Space Missions
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 15:00
News Several space missions planned by the European Space Agency and NASA have their target set on Jupiter and its moons. The extraordinarily harsh radiation environments in the Jovian system will set some... Contributed...
Ampaire Announces First Public Electric Flight
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 14:50
Videos Ampaire, Inc. has moved the aviation industry a major step forward with the test flight of the Ampaire 337, the highest-capacity hybrid-electric aircraft ever flown. On Thursday, June 6, Ampaire engineers, investo...
TDK Introduces New Line of Power Inductors
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 14:45
Product Announcement TDK Corporation announces the development of a miniaturized thin-film power inductor in an IEC 2012 case size that can handle higher currents compared to conventional products. The low-profile TFM201...
Hi-Rel, Temperature Conditioned RF Cable Assemblies Available with Same-Day Shipping
Medical Design Technology - 10 Jun 2019 14:30
Product Announcement Fairview Microwave, Inc., an Infinite Electronics brand and a leading provider of on-demand RF, microwave and millimeter wave components, has released a new series of high-reliability, temperature co...
Life in Antarctica's ice mirrors human disease
EurekAlert! - 10 Jun 2019 06:00
(North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences) Mapping tens of thousands of genes from a group of Antarctic fishes called notothenioids, a team of researchers has discovered that the massive amount of genetic change require...
How to improve care for patients with disabilities? We need more providers like them
EurekAlert! - 10 Jun 2019 06:00
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) When it comes to patients with disabilities, the chance of getting a clinician 'like them' is extremely low, which may lead to patients' reluctance to seek care or follow prescribed interventions...
Breakthrough in chronic wasting disease research reveals distinct deer, elk prion strains
EurekAlert! - 10 Jun 2019 06:00
(Colorado State University) Researchers have developed a new gene-targeted approach to study chronic wasting disease in mice, allowing opportunities for research that has not previously existed.
SIRT1 plays key role in chronic myeloid leukemia to aid persistence of leukemic stem cells
EurekAlert! - 10 Jun 2019 06:00
(University of Alabama at Birmingham) Patients with chronic myeloid leukemia are treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. While these effective drugs lead to deep remission and prolonged survival, primitive leukemia stem...
Dramatic change in ancient nomad diets coincides with expansion of networks across Eurasia
EurekAlert! - 10 Jun 2019 06:00
(Kiel University) Strengthening of political networks coincided with the intensification of agricultural production, resulting in the widespread adoption of millet by populations across Eurasia.