Tag: chemistry
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University Spin-Off Developing Chemical ID Devices
A start-up company is licensing research from labs at Harvard University to make portable devices that quickly identify the chemistry of liquids.
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GMOs, 3D-Printed Chocolate, And The Rapid Development Of Food Technology
New, emerging technology is assisting us to analyze, track and organize the way we produce and consume food.
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Electronic Tattoo Measures Blood Alcohol Level
A flexible electronic device worn on the skin like a tattoo can assess blood alcohol level and transmit the results to a nearby mobile phone.
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Nanoparticles, Peroxide Boost Tooth Decay Prevention
Adding iron oxide nanoparticles to hydrogen peroxide is shown to reduce the build-up of bacterial films on teeth, preventing cavities from forming in lab rats.
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High-Volume, More Efficient Stem Cell Production Developed
An academic-industry team in Europe designed and tested new processes that can simplify and streamline production of human stem cells in large quantities.
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Radiation Enhances Nanoparticle Cancer Treatments
Targeting tumors with chemotherapy delivered in nanoparticles, preceded with radiation, was shown in lab mice to boost treatments in a range of cancers.
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Start-Up Developing Nanomedicines for Transplants
A spin-off enterprise from Medical University of South Carolina is creating drug delivery techniques that make it safer for patients needing organ transplants.
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Breath Diagnostic Device Built on Common Computer Chip
A device acting like an electronic nose to analyze exhaled breath to diagnose disease is being developed at an engineering lab at University of Texas in Dallas.
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St. Jude Hospital to Test Nanotech Flu Virus Drugs
31 May 2016. A company developing anti-viral drugs delivered in nanoscale particles is partnering with scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to test drug candidates to treat influenza. Financial details of the agreement between NanoViricides Inc. in Shelton, Connecticut and St. Jude hospital in Memphis were not disclosed. NanoViricides makes drugs that fight dangerous…
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Graphene Adds Stretch to Natural Rubber, Plastic Films
20 May 2016. A team in the U.K. discovered that adding a small amount of the material graphene creates more stretchable thin films made from natural rubber and plastic. Researchers from the lab of materials science professor Aravind Vijayaraghavan at University of Manchester describe their findings in a recent advance publication of the journal Carbon.…