Category: New products
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Air Force Grant to Fund Research on Nanomaterials Shaping
Funding from the U.S. Air Force is supporting multi-disciplinary research on the ability of nanomaterials to change their shape in response to external stimuli, such as heat and light. The $2.9 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research will support a project that touches on chemistry, biology, computer science, and engineering, led…
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Smart Headlights Help Drivers See Better in the Rain
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh have devised a new type of car headlight that is better able to illuminate the road ahead in rain or snow. The team led by computer scientist Srinivasa Narasimhan (pictured left) says lab tests have demonstrated the feasiblity of the new headlight. The system works by…
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Non-Invasive Hemoglobin Anemia Screening System Unveiled
OrSense Ltd., a medical device developer in Israel, has introduced a wireless, non-invasive hemoglobin measurement system for anemia monitoring, hemorrhage detection, and pre-donation blood screening. The company revealed the new product at a meeting of the International Society of Blood Transfusion in Cancun, Mexico. Hemoglobin is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen.…
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Robotic Legs Developed with Human Walking Motion
Engineers at University of Arizona in Tucson have developed a robotic pair of legs with a biologically accurate walking motion. Theresa Klein (pictured right) and Anthony Lewis at Arizona’s Robotics and Neural Systems Laboratory published the results of their work this week in the Journal of Neural Engineering. The researchers say the robotic legs have…
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Researcher Writes Anti-Data Theft Software for Smartphones
A computer scientist at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany (English translation by EurekAlert) has written an application to prevent the theft of data from Android smartphones. The app was written by computer science professor Michael Backes, pictured right, who chairs the university’s Center for IT-Security, Privacy and Accountability, and who has also started a company…
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X-Ray Efficiency Boosted with Nanomaterials
Physicists in the U.S. and China have developed nanoscale materials using a design based on the eye of a moth to increase the efficiency of X-ray devices, which can lead to higher resolution images with lower doses of radiation. The research team led by Yasha Yi at City University of New York published its findings…
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Nanotech Coatings Found to Protect Ships from Barnacles
Chemists and molecular biologists in Germany and the Netherlands have tested coatings with vanadium pentoxide nanoparticles as an alternative to tin- and copper-based substances that prevent the build-up of marine organisms on ships’ hulls. The team led by Wolfgang Tremel of Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany reported their findings online this week in the…
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Laser Techniques Manufacture 3-D Aluminum Composite Parts
Engineers at University of Exeter in the U.K. have devised a process using lasers to produce three-dimensional aluminum composite parts from inexpensive metal powders. The work of Ph.D. candidate Sasan Dadbakhsh and lecturer Liang Hao appears online in the Journal of Alloys and Compounds (paid subscription required). Automotive and aircraft parts are often made from…
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iPhone App Developed for Adult Immunization Schedules
The American College of Physicians (ACP) in Philadelphia has released an application for the iPhone and iPad that provides clinicians with the latest guidance on vaccines for their patients. The free app, for which no Android version is yet available, was written for ACP by medical systems developer Cientis Technologies and Web app designer Hot…
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Lab Seeking Commercial Partners for Detection Technology
Sandia National Laboratory in Livermore, California is developing a new process that the lab says can make radiation detection in cargo and baggage more effective and less costly. Sandia lab is seeking partners to commercialize the new technology. The process, known as spectral shape discrimination, makes use of a new type of nanomaterials called metal-organic…