Category: New products
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Behavioral Program App for Children and Adults Released
Researchers at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in San Antonio, Texas have developed diagnostic and training aids to better understand disruptive behavior, packaged as an iPhone app. Behavior Breakthroughs, as the application is called, is an interactive training simulation to help parents and caregivers of children and adults learn to effectively implement behavioral strategies and…
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Technology in Development to Ease Diabetes Glucose Testing
A team of engineers and clinicians in Arizona are developing a new device for diabetics that can make glucose testing easier and less painful. The technology involves taking samples of tear fluid rather than blood, and results from a joint project of engineering faculty from Arizona State University in Tempe and clinicians at the Mayo…
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Old Type of Forage Grass Rediscovered for Dairy Farmers
A farmer’s report about an unusual forage grass for dairy cattle led a geneticist at the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to rediscover a forgotten type of grass with advantages for today’s farms. The grass, known as meadow fescue (Schedonorus pratensis), has been found in parts of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota. Charles Opitz found the…
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Solar/Thermal Power Alternative Being Developed for Soldiers
A new type of personal power pack in development by six universities in the U.K. could reduce the weight troops carry when engaged on the battlefield. The solar and thermoelectric-powered system aims to weigh up to fifty per cent less than conventional chemical battery packs used by British infantry. The two-year project is being developed…
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National Lab Develops Material for Safe Hydrogen Storage
Scientists with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California have designed a new composite material that allows hydrogen to be stored safely and at high densities, while still making it easily accessible.
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U.K. Company Licenses Harvard Graphene DNA Technology
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd. in Oxford, U.K. said today it signed a licensing agreement with Harvard University to commercialize graphene technology from Harvard’s labs for DNA sequencing. The company already has a deal with Harvard’s technology transfer office to develop basic sensing methods through solid-state nanopores. Graphene is a robust, single-atom thick lattice of carbon…
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Nanotubes Reduce Energy Drain in Digital Memory
University of Illinois engineers have developed a form of ultra-low-power digital memory that is faster and uses 100 times less energy than similar available memory. The student-faculty team at the school’s Champaign campus published its findings online in this week’s Science Express (paid subscription required). Flash memory in mobile devices today stores bits — 0/1…
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Nanoparticles Improve Delivery of Chemotherapy Drugs
An engineering professor at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois has discovered a process for combining nanoscale carbon particles to chemotherapy drugs to improve the drugs’ effectiveness on tumors. Dean Ho and his colleagues published their findings in this week’s issue of the journal Science Translational Medicine (paid subscription required). In studies of liver and breast…
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Positive Responses Recorded to Contact with Robotic Nurse
In an early study, engineers at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta found people generally had a positive response to being touched by a robotic nurse, but their perception of the robot’s intent made a significant difference in the way they responded. The team’s results are being presented at the Human-Robot Interaction Conference underway in…
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Springy Properties Discovered in Nanotech Metal Alloys
Researchers from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey have identified a class of high-strength metal alloys that show potential to make springs, sensors, and switches smaller and more responsive. Their findings will appear on 11 March in the journal Physical Review Letters. The Rutgers team discovered new elasticity properties in nanostructured metal alloys currently…