Medical News
Materials Informatics Reveals New Class of Super-Hard Alloys
Medical Design Technology - 14 Jun 2019 22:51
News Lehigh University researchers use data analytics and experimental microscopy to discover new high-entropy alloys, validating novel approach to new materials search... Contributed Author: Lehigh University Topics: Ma...
Artificial nose identifies malignant tissue in brain tumours during surgery
EurekAlert! - 14 Jun 2019 06:00
(University of Tampere) An artificial nose developed at Tampere University, Finland, helps neurosurgeons to identify cancerous tissue during surgery and enables the more precise excision of tumours.
Study: GaN and SiC Power Semiconductor Market to Hit $3 Billion by 2025
Medical Design Technology - 14 Jun 2019 14:52
News The GaN and SiC power semiconductor market is poised to rise from $400 million in 2018 to over $3000 million by 2025, according to a 2019 Global Market Insights, Inc. report... Contributed Author: Global Market Insi...
Using Prevalent Technologies and 'Internet Of Things' Data for Atmospheric Science
Medical Design Technology - 14 Jun 2019 22:32
News The use of prevalent technologies and crowdsourced data may benefit weather forecasting and atmospheric research, according to a new paper authored by Dr. Noam David, a Visiting Scientist at the Laboratory of Associ...
Novel Communications Architecture for Future Ultra-High Speed Wireless Networks
Medical Design Technology - 14 Jun 2019 22:24
News IMDEA Networks researchers have developed a novel communications architecture for future ultrafast wireless networks that promises to achieve data rates previously only possible with optical fiber... Contributed Aut...
Satellite Sees Tropical Cyclone Vayu Centered off India Coastline
Medical Design Technology - 14 Jun 2019 22:17
News Tropical Cyclone Vayu's eye was just off the western coast of India when the NOAA-20 satellite passed overhead and captured a visible image of the storm.The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrume...
Phase-Change Materials from Smartphones May Lead to Higher Data Storage, Energy Efficiency
Medical Design Technology - 14 Jun 2019 21:56
News Phase-change materials that are used in the latest generation of smartphones could lead to higher storage capability and more energy efficiency. Data is recorded by switching between glassy and crystalline material ...
Researchers Take Two Steps Toward Green Fuel
Medical Design Technology - 14 Jun 2019 21:47
News An international collaboration led by scientists at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) , Japan, has developed a two-step method to more efficiently break down carbohydrates into their single sugar...
NASA's Mars 2020 Will Blaze a Trail--for Humans
Medical Design Technology - 14 Jun 2019 21:30
Videos When a female astronaut first sets foot on the Moon in 2024, the historic moment will represent a step toward another NASA first: eventually putting humans on Mars. NASA's latest robotic mission to the Red Planet,...
SEGGER Adds Audio to Emusb-Host
Medical Design Technology - 14 Jun 2019 19:19
Product Announcement SEGGER introduces audio class support for emUSB-Host. Embedded Systems with a USB Host interface can now fully utilize audio devices such as microphones, speakers, headphones, conferencing systems, o...
Siklu to Boost Wireless Gigabit Connectivity Using Facebook's Terragraph
Medical Design Technology - 14 Jun 2019 19:08
News Terragraph products represent siklu's third generation of 60ghz gigabit wireless products Contributed Author: Siklu Topics: 5G Broadband
Sprint's True Mobile 5G Network to Add Samsung Galaxy S10 5G
Medical Design Technology - 14 Jun 2019 18:57
News Galaxy S10 5G will initially be available to customers in the first four 5G markets that launched in late May. Contributed Author: Sprint Topics: Devices
Affirmed Networks Delivers VMware-Based 5G Mobile Core Solution
Medical Design Technology - 14 Jun 2019 18:53
News Affirmed and VMware are working together to develop a new reference architecture that allows mobile operators to seamlessly and rapidly deploy 5G services in a webscale, hybrid cloud environment. Contributed Author:...
Hubble Observes Tiny Galaxy with Big Heart
Medical Design Technology - 14 Jun 2019 18:13
Videos Nestled within this field of bright foreground stars lies ESO 495-21, a tiny galaxy with a big heart. ESO 495-21 may be just 3000 light-years across, but that is not stopping the galaxy from furiously forming huge...
American football: The first quarter is crucial
EurekAlert! - 14 Jun 2019 06:00
(De Gruyter) Researchers from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire have found evidence that players born in the first quarter of the year are more likely to play in the National Football League.
Better prognosticating for dogs with mammary tumors
EurekAlert! - 14 Jun 2019 06:00
(University of Pennsylvania) For dogs with mammary tumors, deciding a course of treatment can depend on a variety of factors, some of which may seem to contradict one another. With a new, practical system developed by Un...
Can we still have fun if the UK goes carbon neutral?
EurekAlert! - 14 Jun 2019 06:00
(University of Surrey) Will Britain going carbon neutral mean no more fun? Experts from the University of Surrey have urged local policy makers to put in place infrastructure that will enable people to enjoy recreation a...
WVU researcher studies new treatment for pancreatic cancer
EurekAlert! - 14 Jun 2019 06:00
(West Virginia University) If the American Cancer Society's projections prove accurate, more people will die from pancreatic cancer than from breast, brain, ovarian or prostate cancer this year. WVU researcher Brian Boon...
Small cluster of neurons is off-on switch for mouse songs
EurekAlert! - 14 Jun 2019 06:00
(Duke University) Researchers at Duke University have isolated a cluster of neurons in a mouse's brain that are crucial to making the squeaky, ultrasonic 'songs' a male mouse produces when courting a potential mate. They...
Baby socks found to contain traces of bisphenol A and parabens
EurekAlert! - 14 Jun 2019 06:00
(University of Granada) A study conducted by scientists from the UGR and the San Cecilio Clinical Hospital in Granada, Spain, has discovered traces of these two toxic chemicals in fabrics used in babywear. The hormonal a...
Working in the last 6 months before haemodialysis is associated with a better survival
EurekAlert! - 14 Jun 2019 06:00
(ERA-EDTA) In a study published in CKJ, 26% of patients were employed 6 months prior to dialysis start -- but this fell to 15% when dialysis began. The study also showed that being made redundant increased mortality. Alt...
Researchers' discovery could lead to improved therapies for duchenne muscular dystrophy
EurekAlert! - 14 Jun 2019 06:00
(Florida State University) Researchers found that the protein sarcospan can play a major role in combating heart failure in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.