Tag: physical sciences
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Trial Testing Ultrasound, Chemo for Brain Tumors
A clinical trial is underway assessing an implanted ultrasound device with chemotherapy to treat glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.
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Financial Asset Managers Supporting Net Zero Emissions
Thirty asset managers, directing investments worth some $9 trillion, agreed to encourage their clients to achieve global net zero greenhouse gas emission goals.
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Google Releases Health Studies Phone App
Google began offering a smartphone app yesterday that enables individuals to take part in medical studies.
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Sensor Designed for A.I. Mimics Eye Functions
A computer science lab designed an optical sensor to function more like a human eye and better process visual data for systems based on artificial intelligence.
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Start-Up Company Creating Wearable Brain Scanner
A new enterprise, spun-off from a neuroscience lab in the U.K., is advancing a wearable scanner to detect and diagnose various brain disorders.
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Challenge Seeks Sustainable Chicken, Fish Alternatives
A new challenge competition from XPrize is looking for alternatives to chicken and fish that look and taste like the real thing, but are friendlier to the planet.
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Small Biz Grant Funds AI Repro Health Technology
A company developing health metrics with artificial intelligence received a grant to better understand polycystic ovary syndrome, an endocrine disorder affecting women.
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Start-Up Creating Digital Therapies for Alzheimer’s
A new enterprise is developing personalized digital therapeutics for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.
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Inexpensive Chip Detects Covid-19, Other Pathogens
A small silicon lab-on-a-chip device costing about $0.35 to make is shown in lab tests to quickly detect SARS-CoV-2 viruses and infectious bacteria.
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Industry, Univ Labs Partner on Cannabinoid Pain Drug
A Canadian medical school lab is helping evaluate and develop a pain relief drug made by a company developing therapies from cannabis.