Month: October 2019
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Travel Days
We’ll be away for a couple of days, at university meetings.
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Graphene Material Designed for Wearable Devices
An engineering lab devised techniques for better adapting the material graphene to handle the physical stresses imposed by wearable devices.
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FDA Tags Biofilm Disruption Device as Breakthrough
A system using an electric current to break up bacterial communities on orthopedic implants received a breakthrough-device designation from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Trial Shows Nanotech Drug Induces Gluten Tolerance
Results from a clinical trial show an experimental treatment encourages immune-system tolerance of gluten, preventing intestinal damage from celiac disease.
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App Automates, Simplifies Test for Preeclampsia
Results of a pilot test show a smartphone app makes a common test for the pregnancy complication preeclampsia simple and more reliable than before.
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Touch Senses Added to Synthetic Skin, Robot Arm
Computer scientists in the U.K. and France created techniques for adding a refined sense of touch to highly sensitive artificial skin and an inexpensive robotic arm.
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What to Look For in a Business Location
Use these pointers to get the ideas flowing and help you find the perfect place to set up your business.
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Infographic – Biotech Index Decline Continues
The NBI is in decline since reaching its peak for the year in the spring, erasing all of the gains for the year at the beginning of October.
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Small Biz Grant Supports Newborn Opioid Device
A start-up enterprise is developing a nerve stimulation device worn by infants born to mothers with opioid addiction to treat the babies’ withdrawal symptoms.
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High-Speed Industrial 3-D Printing Demonstrated
An engineering team developed a high-speed three-dimensional printing process that can produce large, detailed items of various materials on demand.