Medical News
How Will COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps Work in the U.S.?
Discover - 21 May 2020 17:57
Engineers build privacy into the design of U.S. contact tracing smartphone apps.
Dual MOSFETs integrated into single package measuring just 3.3mm x 3.3mm
Medical Design Technology - 21 May 2020 22:48
Diodes Incorporated announced the availability of the first in a new generation of discrete MOSFETs. The DMN3012LEG delivers increased efficiency in a smaller package to provide significant cost, power, and space savings...
SMD rectifiers' wettable flank packaging enables automated optical inspection, increased reliability
Medical Design Technology - 21 May 2020 22:43
Taiwan Semiconductor has introduced the TUAS8x Series of surface-mount device (SMD) rectifiers, available with voltage ratings from 200V-1000V. The TUAS8x Series device's wettable flank package enables higher power densi...
Bolt-on or replace? Options for bringing your factory into Industry 4.0
Medical Design Technology - 21 May 2020 22:36
By Cliff Ortmeyer, Global Head of Technical Marketing and Regional Marketing at Newark Manufacturers often assume that data gleaned from the factory floor can only come from the newest machinery, built from the ground-up...
Do Humans Have a 'Mating Season'?
Discover - 21 May 2020 18:28
Most animals mate at a certain time of year. But humans do things a bit differently.
SMD rectifiers carry voltage ratings from 200-1,000 V
Medical Design Technology - 21 May 2020 16:45
The TUAS8x Series device's wettable flank package enables higher power density, increased manufacturing yields and reliability in a wide range of power conversion applications, offering industry-leading 8-A maximum curre...
$5 million supports research into neglected tropical diseases
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(Washington University School of Medicine) Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received two grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) totaling more than $5 million to study...
Emerging evidence on genetics of schizophrenia raises hopes for new treatment targets
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(Wolters Kluwer Health) In recent years, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified many different genetic variants associated with schizophrenia. These genetic discoveries raise the promise of developing urg...
First month of data shows children at low risk of COVID-19 infection, no hospitalizations
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(Murdoch Childrens Research Institute) In the first 30 days since seeing their first patient, the number of children testing positive to COVID-19 at an Australian tertiary paediatric hospital has been low and none who co...
Healthcare rationing could see 'unlawful deaths' from COVID-19, researchers claim
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(University of Cambridge) Current medical guidelines risk unlawful deaths of patients -- with doctors, hospitals, and even the government potentially liable -- if a second peak forces hard choices due to shortages of ven...
Hearts that drum together beat together
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(Bar-Ilan University) Researchers from Bar-Ilan University found that in a structured group drumming task aspects of participants' heart function synchronized. In a subsequent improvisational drumming task, groups with h...
High doses of vitamin D supplementation has no current benefit in preventing or treating COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(University of Surrey) Scientists from the UK, Europe and the USA, led by the University of Surrey have published a vitamin D consensus paper warning against high doses of vitamin D supplementation as current research sh...
High stress related to coronavirus is the new normal for many parents, says new APA survey
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(American Psychological Association) Nearly half of parents of children under age 18 say their stress levels related to the coronavirus pandemic are high, with managing their kids' online learning a significant source of...
Just a little physical activity pays big dividends to high risk breast cancer patients
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(SWOG) Results of a comprehensive analysis of exercise and its protective role for high-risk breast cancer patients show that women who exercise not only live longer, but also are more likely to remain cancer-free after ...
Lighting the way for a new fluorination methodology
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ)) Researchers from the Muñiz group have published a paper in Angewandte Chemie -- International Edition presenting a new metal-free methodology for the photo-catalysed ...
Lungs of deceased COVID-19 patients show distinctive features
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) In a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), senior author, Steven J. Mentzer, MD, thoracic surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital, and a team of international researchers...
Measuring blood damage
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(University of Delaware) Red blood cells sometimes rupture when blood is sent through faulty equipment, such as a dialysis machine. This is called hemolysis. Hemolysis also can occur during blood work when blood is drawn...
Mechanism behind upper motor degeneration revealed
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(Northwestern University) Scientists have pinpointed the electrophysiological mechanism behind upper motor neuron disease, unlocking the door to potential treatments for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and other neur...
NUI Galway study compares the health of Irish children to those across Europe and Canada
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(National University of Ireland Galway) A new report, Spotlight on Adolescent Health and Well-being, published today by WHO Regional Office for Europe, compiles extensive data on the physical health, social relationships...
Nebraska researcher develops contact tracing technology
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(University of Nebraska-Lincoln) A software system developed at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to study how human interactions affect behavior and public health could potentially be used for contact tracing in an epi...
New model shows how cells that cause liver cancer are created
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(Okayama University) Scientists have discovered how liver cancer spreads, but they haven't yet learned how liver cancer cells are born. A team of Okayama University scientists has now established a model that demonstrate...
Patients with COVID-19 may develop thyroid infection
EurekAlert! - 21 May 2020 06:00
(The Endocrine Society) COVID-19 infection may cause subacute thyroiditis, according to a new case study published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.