Medical News
Power of older people could save villages
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(University of Exeter) Older people could hold the key to revitalising rural communities, researchers say.
DesignCon video: Oscilloscopes and DDR5
Medical Design Technology - 10 Feb 2020 22:45
At DesignCon 2020, Keysight Technologies demonstrated hardware and software products for signal integrity design and test. Keysight manufactures many oscilloscopes. While most are real-time oscilloscopes, the company als...
Chemistry technique is 'warp drive' for creating better synthetic molecules for medicine
Science Daily - 10 Feb 2020 22:33
In a study with implications for the future of drug discovery, scientists showed they were able to turn simple chemicals into unique 3-D structures resembling those found in nature -- structures with desirable properties...
Coronavirus outbreak raises question: Why are bat viruses so deadly?
Science Daily - 10 Feb 2020 21:48
A study of cultured bat cells shows that their strong immune responses, constantly primed to respond to viruses, can drive viruses to greater virulence. Modelling bat immune systems on a computer, the researchers showed ...
Superior 'bio-ink' for 3D printing pioneered
Science Daily - 10 Feb 2020 21:48
Biomedical engineers have developed a 'bio-ink' for 3D printed materials that could serve as scaffolds for growing human tissues to repair or replace damaged ones in the body.
Economical RF signal sources support R&D, test & services apps
Medical Design Technology - 10 Feb 2020 21:20
The AIM-TTi TGR2051 and TGR2053 RF Signal Generators are a major revision of the successful TGR 2000 series, which both offer exceptional performance, low phase noise, and offer output signals from 150 kHz to 1.5 and 3 G...
Alcoholism in the family affects how your brain switches between active and resting states
Science Daily - 10 Feb 2020 20:32
A new study shows that just having a parent with an alcohol use disorder affects how your brain transitions between active and resting states -- regardless of your own drinking habits.
The many lives of charcoal
Science Daily - 10 Feb 2020 20:32
In sub-Saharan Africa, charcoal dominates as an energy resource for cooking. A graduate student traveled to her native Uganda to study how this fuel is produced, traded, and used.
Human textiles to repair blood vessels
Science Daily - 10 Feb 2020 20:32
As the leading cause of mortality worldwide, cardiovascular diseases claim over 17 million lives each year, according to World Health Organization estimates. To open up new research avenues into this serious public healt...
New treatment discovered for rare eye disease may prevent blindness
Science Daily - 10 Feb 2020 18:22
Patients with thyroid eye disease who used the minimally invasive insulin-like growth factor I blocking antibody, teprotumumab, experienced improvement in their symptoms, appearance and quality of life, according to a ne...
Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy connected to elevated risk of ADHD
Science Daily - 10 Feb 2020 17:41
The risk of ADHD was 34 percent higher in children whose mother had a vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy than in those children whose mother's vitamin D level was sufficient during the first and second trimesters. The...
Innate protein restricts HIV replication by targeting lipid rafts
Science Daily - 10 Feb 2020 17:41
A recent study suggests that the innate protein AIBP restricts HIV-1 replications by targeting the lipid rafts the virus relies on.
The brain of migraine sufferers is hyper-excitable
Science Daily - 10 Feb 2020 17:41
Individuals who suffer from migraine headaches appear to have a hyper-excitable visual cortex.
Human gut-in-a-dish model helps define 'leaky gut,' and outline a pathway to treatment
Science Daily - 10 Feb 2020 16:53
UC San Diego researchers use 3D human gut organoids to reveal the molecular system that keeps intestinal linings sealed, demonstrate how the system breaks down and how it can be strengthened with the diabetes drug metfor...
Diagnostics: Thermometer can be stretched and crumpled by water
Science Daily - 10 Feb 2020 16:53
A research team developed a flexible ionic conductor that is water-processable and thermal stable.
Automated testing for automotive ethernet gear
Medical Design Technology - 10 Feb 2020 15:56
The new Automotive Ethernet Tester (AET) is a highly-automated test system for OPEN ALLIANCE TC8 switching and AVB/TSN tests at the component level. The Automotive Ethernet Tester consists of a 19-in. test rack with cont...
Single HPV vaccine dose may be effective against cervical cancer
Science Daily - 10 Feb 2020 14:42
New research indicates that a single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is as effective as multiple doses for preventing preinvasive cervical disease, which can later develop into cervical cancer.
8 µm pitch, dual-band infrared imaging IC optimizes infrared imaging systems
Medical Design Technology - 10 Feb 2020 12:35
Senseeker Engineering has announced the availability of the Oxygen RD0092, the world's first 8 µm pitch dual-band digital readout IC (DROIC). The Oxygen RD0092 supports a 1280 x 720 frame size at over 500 fps and dual-p...
DesignCon video: Jitter analysis with an oscilloscope
Medical Design Technology - 10 Feb 2020 07:08
All serial data streams have some jitter where the timing of bit edges differs from the ideal. With serval types of jitter composing a signal's total jitter, you need to know which forms of jitter reduce bit-error-ratio....
Youth with HIV less likely than adults to achieve viral suppression
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) Despite similar rates of enrollment into medical care, youth with HIV have much lower rates of viral suppression --reducing HIV to und...
Sensory perception is not superficial brain work
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences) How does the brain decide which of the senses it will focus attention on when two interact? For the first time, scientists measured the sensory signals at dif...
New repair mechanism for DNA breaks
EurekAlert! - 10 Feb 2020 07:00
(University of Seville) Researchers from the University of Seville and the Andalusian Centre of Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CABIMER) have identified new factors that are necessary for the repair of these...