Month: May 2018
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We’ve Updated Our Privacy Policies (Like Everyone Else)
In keeping with the General Data Protection Regulation in Europe that went into effect yesterday, Technology News and Literature, the publisher of Science & Enterprise, updated its policies on privacy and cookies.
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Five Tips For Looking After Your Lab Equipment
Keeping your lab equipment well maintained is vital. Poor maintenance could lead to contamination or damage, which could affect the accuracy of your results.
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FDA Okays A.I.-Guided Wrist Fracture Software
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of software to help diagnose wrist fractures using machine-learning algorithms to read and interpret X-ray images.
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Ingestible Device Designed to Monitor Gut Health
Biomedical engineers designed a sensor chip small enough to be swallowed, which in tests with pigs shows it can detect indicators of disease in the gut and transmit its readings to an external device.
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Understanding Expenses In Construction
If you’re running a full construction company, then you can expect there to be larger expenses with little room to go wrong.
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Breath Test for Throat, Stomach Cancer Developed
A new method for diagnosing cancer of the throat and stomach, two regions considered difficult to detect in cancer patients, analyzes the breath of patients for characteristic biomarkers of the disease.
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New Models Improve Suicide Risk Predictions
Statistical models derived from data in electronic health records and standard questionnaires for depression are shown to better predict a person’s risk of suicide following a doctor’s office or mental health clinic visit.
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Brain Stimulation Shown to Reduce Insulin Resistance
Electrical stimulation of an area in the brain that releases the hormone dopamine is shown to increase sensitivity to insulin, opening a potential new pathway for treating type 2 diabetes.
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Tips For Running A Successful Non-Profit Business
Non-profit leaders may find that looking at the for-profit world and how its entrepreneurs run their business may help their own.
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FDA Urges More Industry Sun Protection Research
The head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is asking companies making sunscreen to conduct more research on the safety of products that protect against harmful sun rays.