Tag: physical sciences
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Grant Funding Automated Genome Editing System
A consortium of companies and university in the U.K. and U.S. are developing an automated desktop genome editing system using the emerging Crispr technique.
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Students Design Prototype Soft Artificial Heart
Two graduate students in materials science and engineering designed and tested an artificial heart made with soft plastics for eventual use as an implanted device.
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Nanotech Treatment Studied for Brain Tumors
Medical researchers and engineers designed and tested in mice a way to deliver gene-silencing therapies in nanoscale particles to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
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Immigration Crackdown “a Disaster” for U.S. Science
A panel of research executives from American universities said the current hostility to immigration in the U.S. is causing fear among many researchers and could have a serious impact on science.
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Lab-On-Chip Quickly Isolates, Captures Exosomes
Tests of a lab-on-a-chip system show the device can rapidly isolate and recover cellular carriers of biomarkers useful in detecting cancer and other diseases.
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Darpa Funding Research on Brain-Digital Implants
The advanced research agency in Department of Defense is supporting six new projects on neural devices that connect the brain to digital technologies to restore sensory functions.
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Device Shown to Reduce Migraine Occurrence
A clinical trial shows an electronic device worn with headphones reduces the number of days with migraines among people with a history of their occurrence.
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Battery-Free Cell Phone Demonstrated
A computer science and engineering team demonstrated a prototype cell phone that sends and receives calls, but operates with power from ambient light and radio signals.
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Feasibility, Safety Shown for Personal Tumor Vaccine
A pilot study among individuals with a form of skin cancer shows a vaccine aiming at proteins specific to a person’s tumor is safe and can generate a complex immune response attacking the tumor.
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Chip Device Quickly Detects Sepsis in Blood
An engineering team designed a lab-on-a-chip device that in tests with hospital patients shows it can find signs of sepsis in a drop of blood in about 30 minutes.