Category: New products
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Chip Designed to Capture Images Inside Heart, Blood Vessels
19 February 2014. Engineers at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta designed and lab-tested a microscopic chip to create real-time, three-dimensional images from inside the heart and blood vessels. The team led by mechanical engineering professor Levent Degertekin, with colleagues from Georgia Tech and Istanbul Technical University in Turkey, published its findings in this month’s issue of…
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Bio-Inspired Cooperative Robotic Control System Developed
13 February 2014. Computer scientists and bio-engineers at Harvard University created a system inspired by termites that controls the work of autonomous robots in complex construction tasks. The team led by computer scientist Radhika Nagpal published its findings in the new issue of the journal Science (paid subscription required), and will also be presented at…
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Cancer Drugs Shown With Potential Against HIV-Related Fungus
11 February 2014. Medical researchers at University of Rochester in New York found two drugs treating breast cancer have properties that point to their potential as a treatment for Cryptococcus, a fungus causing meningitis in people with HIV/AIDS. The team led by Rochester’s Damian Krysan, with colleagues from Temple and Duke universities and University of…
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Engineered Hemp Delivers High Volume of Healthy Oleic Acid
10 February 2014. Biologists at University of York in the U.K. developed a new form of hemp plant that produces seeds with oil containing a high volume of oleic acid, a nutritious fatty acid like that found in olive oil. The team led by York’s Ian Graham, who heads the university’s biology department, published its…
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Xerox Testing Video to Monitor Patient Vital Signs
6 February 2014. Engineers at Xerox Corporation research centers in Bangalore, India and Webster, New York are testing the feasibility of video sensing combined with data analytics to track the status of patients with chronic conditions. The project is led by Xerox research fellow Lalit Mestha in Webster. The techniques tested by Xerox use video…
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Sense of Touch Restored to Amputee’s Prosthetic Hand
5 February 2014. Biomedical engineers and computer scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland developed a sensory feedback system for an amputee’s prosthetic hand to control grasping and sense stiffness and shapes of objects. The findings of the Lifehand 2 team led by EPFL’s Silvestro Micera, with colleagues from other institutions in Europe,…
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Telemedicine Found to Expand Care to Less Engaged Patients
4 February 2014. A study by Rand Corporation, a policy analysis organization, indicates people who use a service that makes possible medical help from a doctor over the telephone tend to be those without established health care relationships. The findings of Rand policy analysts Lori Uscher-Pines and Ateev Mehrotra appear in the February 2014 issue…
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Faster Process Developed to Test for Staph Infections
3 February 2014. Researchers at University of Iowa in Iowa City designed a process with synthesized genetic material that detects dangerous staph infections in the body faster than with current methods. The team led by medical school professor James McNamara, with colleagues from the university and genetic systems company Integrated DNA Technologies in nearby Coralville,…
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Asthma/Hay Fever Genetic Risk Factors Identified
28 January 2014. An analysis of genomes of people having both asthma and hay fever, compared to those with neither disease, highlighted 11 genetic variations associated with the dual-disease condition, including two previously unconnected regions. The findings from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia, with colleagues from Australia, the U.K., and U.S., including the…
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Metal-Organic Framework Developed that Responds to UV Light
27 January 2014. Chemists at University at Buffalo in New York and Pennsylvania State University in Hazelton developed a sponge-like material that changes shape and color in response to ultraviolet (UV) rays. The team led by Buffalo’s Jason Benedict published its findings online last week in the journal Chemical Communications (paid subscription required). Metal-organic frameworks…