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User Experience — The Heart and Soul Of a Good Business Website
How do you achieve a good user experience, and why is it important?
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Coalition to Fight Surgical Implant Infections
Researchers in Australia from academic, not-for-profit, and business labs are investigating a solution for infections that form on orthopedic implants, based on the structure of a dragonfly’s wing.
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Inexpensive Blood Test Technique Devised for Hepatitis-B
An international research team developed a simple blood testing process to diagnose hepatitis-B at a small fraction of the cost as current methods.
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University Tissue, Cell Fabrication Lab Set to Open
A laboratory for producing new types of biomaterials is scheduled to open next year on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana.
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Bloodless Glucose Monitoring Technology in Development
An engineering lab in Canada is developing a system that adapts radar technology to measure blood glucose levels, to eventually replace the blood drop samples now used by people with diabetes.
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NIH Grant Funds New Spinal Cord Injury Treatment
A biotechnology company developing regenerative therapies for neurological disorders is receiving a Small Business Innovation Research grant to advance an experimental treatment for spinal cord injury.
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Are You Investing Sensibly? Find Out by Reading On
Think about what you can do to improve your future financial situation by making the best possible investments.
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Robotics, A.I. Employed for Personal Autism Therapy
An engineering lab at MIT developed techniques for combining robotics with deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence, to personalize autism therapy.
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Agriculture Group Adapts Satellite Imaging, A.I., Big Data
An international agricultural network is partnering with a private company to boost the group’s capabilities in satellite imaging, big data analytics, and artificial intelligence.
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Engineered Polio Virus Tested as Brain Cancer Treatment
Results of a clinical trial show a genetically engineered polio virus helps more people with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, survive for longer periods.