Tag: physical sciences
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Trial Tests Vibrating Mattress to Prevent Infant Apnea
24 November 2015. A mattress that provides occasional mild vibrations was shown in a clinical trial to prevent episodes of interrupted breathing in preterm babies, a condition known as infant apnea. Results of the study testing the device, developed at the Wyss Institute, a biomedical engineering research center at Harvard University, were reported yesterday in…
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ARPA-E Funding 41 Energy Generation, Efficiency Projects
23 November 2015. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, or ARPA-E, the agency funding riskier energy research and development initiatives in the U.S., announced funding for 41 new projects, including those at 19 private companies. The grants totaling $125 million were revealed today by Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz at 1776, a technology incubator and seed fund…
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Chip Device Removes Nanoparticles from Plasma
23 November 2015. A team from University of California in San Diego used a miniature electronic chip to quickly separate nanoparticles for delivering drugs from blood plasma. The process, with a technology developed in the engineering lab of Michael Heller at UC-San Diego and licensed to a spin-off company from the university, is described in…
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Vital-Signs Sensors Built Into Ingestible Capsule
19 November 2015. Engineering and medical researchers developed and tested in pigs a swallowed capsule with sensors that records heart and respiratory rates in real time. The team from the bioengineering lab of Robert Langer and Lincoln Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology published its proof-of-concept results yesterday in the journal PLOS One. The technology from…
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Nanotech Sensors Devised for RNA Cancer Detection
17 November 2015. Biochemical and medical researchers developed a technique for sensitive detection of RNA in humans that in lab tests can distinguish between benign conditions and cancer. The team from the lab of chemistry professor Rajesh Sardar at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis published its findings in this month’s issue of the journal ACS Nano.…
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Electronic Patch Shown to Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria
11 November 2015. Washington State University engineers and medical researchers developed an electronic stimulation patch that in lab tests kills nearly all drug-resistant bacteria it contacts. The team from the lab of bioengineering professor Haluk Beyenal published its proof-of-concept findings in a recent issue of the journal Scientific Reports. Beyenal’s lab in Pullman, Washington studies…
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Start-Up’s Air Quality Technology to Clean City Areas
10 November 2015. A start-up company is licensing research from University of Copenhagen in Denmark to develop a technology for removing air pollution from city neighborhoods. The air cleaning technology, known as gas phase advanced oxidation, is a product of the atmospheric chemistry lab led by Matthew Johnson, who also serves as chief scientist for…
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Compound Found to Reverse Lens Clouding in Cataracts
6 November 2015. A biochemical and medical research team discovered a steroid that when given as eye drops to mice, reverses the accumulation of protein formations in cataracts. Researchers from the labs of protein chemistry professor Jason Gestwicki at University of Michigan and ophthalmology professor Usha Andley at Washington University in St. Louis published their…
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Winners of ALS Variation Models Challenge Announced
5 November 2015. Participants from universities in the U.S. and Taiwan are winners of a challenge to develop mathematical models that predict variations in progression of ALS in patients with the disease. The Dream ALS Stratification Prize4Life Challenge is a joint undertaking of Sage Bionetworks, a not-for-profit biomedical research organization, Dialogue on Reverse Engineering Assessment…
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Wearable Asthma Trigger Detector in Development
4 November 2015. A wearable device that detects conditions triggering asthma attacks in children is being developed by a team of engineers and behavioral scientists. The four-year project brings together sensor designers at University of Maryland-Baltimore County and psychologists at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, funded by a $2 million grant from National Institute of…