Category: New products
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Electronic Skin Material Devised to Detect Multiple Senses
Chemical engineers at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology developed a flexible sensor that can simultaneously detect touch, humidity, and temperature. The team led by Technion’s Hossam Haick published its findings in the June issue of the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (paid subscription required). The Technion team aimed to develop a flexible electronic sensor that would…
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Lighter, Stronger Metallic Bubble Wrap Developed
Engineers at North Carolina State University in Raleigh created a flexible metal foam material that’s lighter and stronger than sheet metal, but more heat and chemical resistant than plastic bubble wraps. The team of Advanced Materials Research Lab director Afsaneh Rabiei and doctoral candidate Di Miao presented their findings on 24 June at the Conference…
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First Birth Reported for Full-Genome Screened IVF Embryo
A British woman gave birth to a boy in June, following a full genomic sequencing of the embryo to identify potential genetic disorders. Researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K., with colleagues from the reproductive genetics company Reprogenetics in New Jersey and fertility centers in the U.S., described their results today in London at…
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Early Trial Results Show Venous Leg Ulcer Drug Efficacy
The biotechnology company Pergamum AB in Solna, Sweden reports an early-stage clinical trial shows its drug to treat venous leg ulcers improved healing among patients taking the drug compared to a placebo. The trial also showed the drug, code-named LL-37, was well-tolerated at lower doses. Venous leg ulcers are shallow wounds appearing on the skin…
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Research Funded for DNA Vaccine to Create Nicotine Immunity
Researchers at Arizona State University in Tempe are investigating the ability of human DNA, assembled into nanoscale particles, to help people develop an immunity to nicotine. The project is funded by a three-year $3.3 million grant from National Institute of Drug Abuse, part of National Institutes of Health, and led by Arizona State immunologist Yung…
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Blood Stem Cell Transplants Tested as Sickle Cell Therapy
Researchers at University of California in Los Angeles, University of Southern California, and hospitals in California tested a technique that harnesses a patient’s own blood-producing stem cells as a potential treatment for sickle cell disease. The team led by UCLA’s Donald Kohn published its findings today online in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, under a…
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Wi-Fi Signals Configured as Multi-Room Motion Detector
Computer scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a technique for harnessing Wi-Fi signals to track people’s movements in different rooms. Dina Katabi, a computer science professor at MIT, and graduate student Fadel Adib will discuss their research in August at the ACM Sigcomm conference in Hong Kong. Katabi and Adib use low-power Wi-Fi signals…
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Hydrogen Fuel Cells Found Feasible for Ships Docked in Port
An analysis by Sandia National Lab in Livermore, California indicates hydrogen fuel cells offer an economical and environmentally feasible alternative for powering commercial ships docked in seaports. Sandia Lab, a division of the U.S. Department of Energy, published the study, conducted for the department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, earlier this year. Ships docked…
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More Feasible CO2 Emission Control Technology Devised
Chemical engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology devised a lab-scale process that can more efficiently remove carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel emissions and work more readily with today’s power plants than current technologies. The team led by MIT’s Alan Hatton published its findings online earlier this month in the journal Energy and Environmental Science. Current emission-control…
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Device Detects Residual Cancer in Lumpectomy Tissue
Biomedical engineering graduate students at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore developed a device that allows pathologists to quickly test excised tissue from breast cancer patients undergoing lumpectomies to determine if all of the tumor is removed. The device, still a prototype, has received awards in student engineering and business competitions, and its continued development is…