Tag: materials science
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Researchers Develop Eye Injury Test, Start Company
9 December 2015. A medical and engineering team at University of Illinois in Champaign designed a sensor providing a quick, portable test for the severity of eye injuries. The researchers led by bioengineering professor Dipanjan Pan and ophthalmologist Leanne Labriola at Carle Foundation Hospital affiliated with the university described the proof-of-concept device last month in the…
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University Spin-Off Develops Pain Killer Patch
8 December 2015. A new company begun by a chemistry professor in the U.K. is developing a patch infused with ibuprofen for people needing relief from pain or inflammation from arthritis. Medherant Ltd., in Coventry, is developing the patch based on research at University of Warwick conducted by David Haddleton, who founded the company and…
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Implanted Sensor to Measure Blood Sugar in Development
1 December 2015. An engineering group at University of Texas in Arlington is developing a system for people with diabetes to measure their blood glucose levels without taking repeated blood drops throughout the day. The work in the lab of biomaterials professor Kyungsuk Yum is funded by a $100,00 grant from the Texas Medical Research Collaborative.…
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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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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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3-D Printing Devised for Blood Vessel Implants
3 November 2015. A medical and engineering team developed a technique for three-dimensional printing of blood vessels that deliver oxygen and nutrients quickly to regenerated tissue. Researchers from Rice University in Houston and University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia published a description of their work in a recent issue of the journal Tissue Engineering Part C:…
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New Design Advances Lithium-Air Battery
30 October 2015. A research group at University of Cambridge in the U.K. unveiled a new design that meets some of the obstacles plaguing lithium-air batteries, considered a major improvement over lithium-ion batteries now used to power mobile devices, computers, and electric cars. The team from the lab of chemistry professor Clare Grey published its…
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Heart-Powered Leadless Pacemaker in Development
28 October 2015. A heart pacemaker — the device regulating heartbeats of people with slow or irregular heart rhythms — is being designed to draw power from the beating heart itself and work with next-generation devices that operate inside the heart without wires or leads. Engineers from University at Buffalo in New York, in the…
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Breakout Labs Adds Four Science-Based Start-Ups
6 October 2015. Breakout Labs, an incubator of new enterprises based on discoveries from academic science labs, is adding four more companies to its portfolio. The new additions include companies developing advanced materials and sensors to measure food freshness, as well as discovering new therapies for diseases associated with the aging process. Breakout Labs is…
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Self-Propelled Particles Designed to Stop Bleeding
2 October 2015. A biochemistry lab designed microscale particles that travel on their own through the body to stop heavy bleeding in trauma victims, surgery, and childbirth. Researchers at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada led by biochemistry and engineering professor Christian Kastrup, published their findings in today’s issue of the journal Science Advances.…