Tag: physics
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MIT, IBM Open Artificial Intelligence Lab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and IBM are establishing a joint lab to advance the state of knowledge and business impact of artificial intelligence.
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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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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.
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Cancer Center to Test Focused Radiation Therapy
MD Anderson Cancer Center is testing new radiation treatments for cancer designed to reduce adverse side effects of conventional radiation therapy.
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Inexpensive Pumps Devised for Portable Labs-on-Chips
An engineering lab developed an inexpensive pump without electric power for lab-on-a-chip devices, making these systems more portable for diagnostics.
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EU Project to Develop More Versatile Heart Pacemakers
An initiative in Europe plans to design a new type of pacemaker device that adapts to a host of signals in the cardiovascular system and regulates multiple heart functions.
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Self-Adjusting Lenses Designed for Eyeglasses
An engineering lab at University of Utah developed a system with eyeglass lenses that automatically adjust to the focus of the wearer, to replace bifocals and reading glasses.
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Wearable Device Senses Environment for Sight Impaired
A research lab in Finland designed a wearable device using radar to help people with impaired sight sense other people and objects when outdoors.
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LEDs Shown to Reduce Alzheimer’s Brain Plaques
Pulsating LED lights were shown in lab mice to reduce amyloid-beta plaque deposits associated with Alzheimer’s disease on brain cells, with the lead researchers starting a company to commercialize the technology.