Medical News
Columbia researcher studies how climate change affects crops in India
EurekAlert! - 17 Jun 2019 06:00
(Data Science Institute at Columbia) In a paper published in Environmental Research Letters, Columbia Researcher Kyle Davis found that the yields from grains such as millet, sorghum, and maize are more resilient to extre...
Social media use contributing to poor mental health in Indonesia, research finds
EurekAlert! - 17 Jun 2019 06:00
(University of Manchester) Social media use is contributing to poor mental health in Indonesia, research presented in a paper by Sujarwoto Sujarwoto, Gindo Tampubolon and Adi Cilik Pierewan has found.
Preventing hepatitis C transmission from mothers to babies
EurekAlert! - 17 Jun 2019 06:00
(Joule Inc.) Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission from mothers to babies could largely be prevented if Canada recommended universal screening for HCV in pregnancy, argues a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Associatio...
Meteors Help Martian Clouds Form
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jun 2019 20:38
News How did the Red Planet get all of its clouds? CU Boulder researchers may have discovered the secret: just add meteors... Contributed Author: University of Colorado at Boulder Topics: MIL/AERO
Drones for Early Detection of Forest Fires
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jun 2019 20:28
News The UC3M's researchers coordinating the scientific part of the project, Fernando García y Abdulla al-Kaff, from the Department of Systems Engineering and Automation, have developed the complete automatic flight sys...
Renewable Transportation Fuels from Water and Carbon Dioxide
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jun 2019 20:15
Videos The transition from fossil to renewable fuels is one of the most important challenges of the future. The SUN-to-LIQUID project takes on this challenge by producing renewable transportation fuels from water and CO2...
Vest Helps Athletes Keep Their Cool
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jun 2019 20:05
News A new cooling vest for sports athletes may ensure everyone can compete safely in sweltering summer conditions such as the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics, reports a new paper published in Frontiers in Physiology... Co...
'Self-Healing' Polymer Brings Perovskite Solar Tech Closer to Market
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jun 2019 19:01
News A protective layer of epoxy resin helps prevent the leakage of pollutants from perovskite solar cells (PSCs), report scientists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST). Adding...
Samsung Patent Talk Reveals Smartphone Designs on Rollable
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jun 2019 17:24
News Samsung watchers are buzzing around over a discovered patent filing with the World Intellectual Property Office. Topic in hand: a design for some kind of rollable device... Contributed Author: Nancy Cohen , Tech Xpl...
Using Waves to Move Droplets
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jun 2019 17:07
News Self-cleaning surfaces and laboratories on a chip become even more efficient if we are able to control individual droplets. University of Groningen professor Patrick Onck, together with colleagues from ... Contribut...
NOTE Expands Partnership With Maven Wireless AB
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jun 2019 17:00
NOTE will supply Maven Wireless with approximately EUR 5 million worth of products on an annual basis. Contributed Author: NOTE Topics: Carriers
Gesture Recognition Market―Developing Touchless & 3D Gesture Recognition Technologies to Accelerate Growth
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jun 2019 16:47
News A recent report by Transparency Market Research sheds light on the growth of global gesture recognition market. The market scenario across the globe is likely to be consolidated, with just a handful of... Contribute...
Researchers Explore Rambleed Attack in Pilfering Data
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jun 2019 16:35
News Dan Goodin in Ars Technica reminded readers of the Rowhammer exploit--"Rowhammer attacks work by rapidly accessing--or hammering--physical rows inside vulnerable chips in ways that cause... Contributed Author: Nancy...
At MD&M East: Panelists Discuss AI's Role in Medtech
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jun 2019 15:19
News Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the industry buzzword in many industry sectors. But what impact is it making in medical technology? Several panelists debated this topic at the MD&M East show in New York City...
Tracking, Tracing, and Authenticating Nuisance Callers
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jun 2019 15:00
How stir-shaken helps service providers identify and stop robocalls. Contributed Author: Jamie Gibson Topics: Carriers
Four Questions to Ask When Vetting API Providers
Medical Design Technology - 17 Jun 2019 14:00
Article Application programming interfaces (APIs) are driving a telecommunications revolution. Already, enterprises across all sectors--from healthcare to financial services--are turning to telecom APIs that deliver new ...
GPs should not use inflammatory marker tests to rule out serious conditions, study finds
EurekAlert! - 17 Jun 2019 06:00
(University of Bristol) Blood tests that detect inflammation, known as inflammatory marker tests, are not sensitive enough to rule out serious underlying conditions and GPs should not use them for this purpose, according...
From surfer shorts to surgical drapes
EurekAlert! - 17 Jun 2019 06:00
(Stockholm University) Human exposure to unnecessary and potentially harmful chemicals could be greatly reduced if manufacturers add chemicals only when they are truly essential in terms of health, safety and functioning...
Cancer-sniffing dogs 97% accurate in identifying lung cancer, according to study in JAOA
EurekAlert! - 17 Jun 2019 06:00
(American Osteopathic Association) The next step will be to further fractionate the samples based on chemical and physical properties, presenting them back to the dogs until the specific biomarkers for each cancer are id...
Nurses more likely to test for HIV when practice setting supports routine screening
EurekAlert! - 17 Jun 2019 06:00
(Binghamton University) Nurse practitioners are more likely to conduct HIV screenings if they feel that their colleagues support routine screenings, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University ...
Farm-like indoor microbiota may protect children from asthma also in urban homes
EurekAlert! - 17 Jun 2019 06:00
(National Institute for Health and Welfare) A child's risk of developing asthma is the lower the more the microbiota of the child's home resembles that of a farm house. This was shown by a study conducted by the Finnish ...
New grant funds anti-aging study
EurekAlert! - 17 Jun 2019 06:00
(Texas Biomedical Research Institute) The William and Ella Owens Medical Research Foundation has awarded Texas Biomed Associate Professor Marcel Daadi, Ph.D., with a grant of more than $100,000 to test a promising FDA-ap...