Medical News

(University of California - Berkeley) Hospitalized COVID-19 patients in the U.S. are enduring longer hospital stays and facing higher rates of intensive care unit (ICU) admission than patients in China, finds a new study...

(University of Sussex) GP's notes currently unavailable to medical researchers could provide clues to help manage major health crises -- like COVID-19. And according to a 'citizens' jury' study at Brighton and Sussex Med...

(National University of Singapore) Researchers from the National University of Singapore have created a new collection of atomically thin two-dimensional materials. Using novel synthesis conditions for transition metal d...

Excelfore has launched a new Software Development Kit (SDK) for the eSync standard data pipeline. The SDK provides customers an Out-of-the-Box connectivity solution for their embedded systems to their preferred Cloud pla...

As design engineers create smaller and more powerful electronics, they must place sensitive components closer together, which can increase to damaging levels the force placed on these components. A new fabric-over-foam g...

Murata Electronics today announced the availability of its fully-integrated 24V battery module equipped with FORTELION, the company's proprietary lithium-ion secondary battery. The solution uses olivine-type lithium iron...

The spectrum analyzer is a member of the oscilloscope family. An electrical signal is fed, by means of a BNC cable or probe, into an input port on the front panel, and its graphic image appears on the LCD screen. But rat...

STMicroelectronics has extended the capabilities of its FlightSense ToF ranging sensors by introducing the VL53L3CX with patented histogram algorithms that allow measuring distances to multiple objects as well as increas...

The 4-channel PicoScope 6000E Series 500-MHz oscilloscopes provide 8 to 12 bits of vertical resolution and up to 5 GSa/sec sampling rate with 4 GSa memory, allowing these scopes to display single-shot pulses with 200-pse...

If you’re recovering from a respiratory problem, chances are you may have had your oxygen levels checked with a pulse oximeter. Pulse oximetry is the non-invasive measurement of the oxygen saturation (SpO2). Oxygen sat...

PicoScope 6000E Series compact 4+16 channel MSOs deliver cost-effective test and debugging solution for engineers, developers and scientists. Pico Technology has further developed its PicoScope 6000E Series oscilloscopes...

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Researchers at Tel Aviv University have discovered evidence of ear infections in the skull remains of humans living in the Levant some 15,000 years ago.

(Bentham Science Publishers) The fifth volume of the series presents information on the therapeutic guidelines in treating diabetes and metabolic disorders as well as different types of anti-diabetic drugs.

(University of Exeter) Having a faulty gene linked to dementia doubles the risk of developing severe COVID-19, according to a large-scale study.

(Tufts University) Researchers discovered that the brains of developing frog embryos damaged by nicotine exposure can be repaired by treatment with certain drugs -- ionoceuticals -- that drive the recovery of bioelectric...

(Yale University) Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have found that death records of LGBTQ youth who died by suicide were substantially more likely to mention bullying as a factor than their non-LGBTQ peers...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A team of data scientists and cancer doctors from the University of Michigan has developed a free, web-based application to help assess the risk of delaying cancer treatment v...

(Vilcek Foundation) The Vilcek Foundation and the Arnold P. Gold Foundation announce Dr. Vivek Murthy, 19th Surgeon General of the United States, as the recipient of the 2020 Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare.

(JAMA Network) The fit and filtration efficiency of disposable N95 masks after sterilization by cobalt-60 gamma irradiation are examined in this quality improvement study.

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Early in the pandemic, American Indian Reservations have experienced a disproportionately high incidence of COVID-19 infections: four times higher than in the US population, reports a study in the...

(Goethe University Frankfurt) A newly developed video technique has allowed scientists at Goethe University Frankfurt at the Bee Research Institute of the Polytechnical Society to record the complete development of a hon...

(Cell Press) Researchers publishing May 26 in the journal Cell Reports suggest that some of these 'good' bacteria residing in our guts, genital tracts, and skin also have a niche in our noses. They found that people with...