Tag: physical sciences
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Laser Activation Tested as Potential Cancer Drug Delivery
16 May 2014. Researchers from University at Buffalo in New York developed and tested in the lab a process harnessing lasers to activate drugs inside the body to kill cancer cells. Findings from the proof-of-concept study, led by Buffalo’s Paras Prasad with colleagues from universities in China and Korea, were published online earlier this week…
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Trial Shows Polymer Dressing Reduces Surgical Scarring
15 May 2014. A follow-up study of patients one year after cosmetic surgery shows a polymer adhesive dressing applied after the surgery reduced the formation of scars compared to untreated areas of the incision. The researchers tested the bandage made by Neodyne Biosciences of Menlo Park, California, and reported the results online earlier this month…
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Electronic Circuits Developed That Become Flexible in Body
13 May 2014. Engineers and material scientists from University of Texas in Dallas and University of Tokyo in Japan developed electronic circuits encased in polymers that become flexible and adapt their shape to three-dimensional objects when implanted in mammals. The team from the labs of Walter Voit in Dallas and Takao Someya in Tokyo published…
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App Measures Health Status with Basic Smartphone Technology
8 May 2014. Computer scientists and medical researchers at University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and Chicago designed a mobile app that uses technology already built in today’s smartphones to track basic health indicators. The team led by Illinois computer scientist Bruce Schatz appears in the 10 May 2014 issue of the journal Telemedicine and e-Health.…
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Study Aims to Boost Wireless Channel Management, Performance
5 May 2014. Researchers from University at Buffalo and the engineering company Andro Computational Solutions in Rome, New York are analyzing a scheme to make better use of the wireless radio spectrum and boost performance for the burgeoning number of devices with wireless connections. The four-year, $2.72 million project is funded by the U.S. Air Force Research…
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Challenge Seeks Fluoride Activity, Disposition in Brushing
2 May 2014. A new challenge at InnoCentive is looking for detailed answers to questions about the way fluoride works in cleaning teeth once it leaves the toothbrush. The challenge has a total purse of $20,000 and a deadline of 29 May 2014. InnoCentive in Waltham, Massachusetts conducts open-innovation, crowdsourcing competitions for corporate and organization…
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Simple, Low-Cost Method Adds Microscope Lens to Smartphone
25 April 2014. Engineers at Australian National University in Canberra devised an inexpensive process to make an add-on lens that turns a smartphone into a high-powered microscope. The team led by ANU’s Woei Ming (Steve) Lee published its technique in the May 2014 issue of the journal Biomedical Optics Express. The university filed for a…
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Touch Screen Data Visualization App Developed for iPad
23 April 2014. Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh designed an app for the Apple iPad that allows data stored in worksheets to be manipulated on a touch screen with fingers. Ph.D. candidate Jeffrey Rzeszotarski and computer science professor Niki Kittur will discuss their app, called Kinetica, at next week’s ACM CHI Conference…
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Gecko-Inspired Adhesive Sticks to Wide Range of Materials
18 April 2014. Materials scientists and biologists at University of Massachusetts in Amherst developed an adhesive technology that attaches heavy loads to a variety of surfaces, yet can still be easily removed and reused. The journal Advanced Materials published yesterday online the work of the team led by polymer scientist Alfred Crosby (paid subscription required).…
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Football Head Hits May Need More Than Off-Season to Heal
17 April 2014. Researchers at University of Rochester in New York found college football players may need more than the standard six months from the end of one season to the start of the next for their brains to recover from blows to the head. The team led by Rochester’s Jeffrey Bazarian, a professor emergency…