Tag: physical sciences
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Mobile App Screens for Sleep Apnea
A medical software team designed a mobile app that records and analyzes a person’s sounds and sleep positions to detect signs of sleep apnea.
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Polymer Boosts Insulin Speed, Stability
Researchers discovered a polymer compound added to insulin that in tests with pigs cuts insulin’s acting time in half and more than doubles its usable life.
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Glove-App System Translates Sign Language to Speech
University engineers designed a glove with electronic sensors that sends signals to a smartphone app to translate American Sign Language into audible speech.
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Single Sensor to Detect Covid-19, Flu in Works
A university engineering team is developing an electronic sensor to quickly detect and distinguish between Covid-19 and influenza viruses.
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Ultrasound Boosts Cancer Gene Therapy
Ultrasound waves are shown in tests with lab mice to increase the uptake of a gene therapy that invokes the immune system in treating solid tumor cancers.
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Fast Covid-19 Antibody Test Gets BARDA Funds
A company developing point-of-care diagnostics is receiving a federal government contract for a one-drop blood test that detects Covid-19 virus antibodies in five minutes.
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Open-Source N95 Respirator Mask in the Works
An engineering partnership is designing a 3-D printed medical face mask needed by front-line health care workers, with its specifications soon to be made freely available.
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Non-Invasive Fetal Oxygen Monitor Designed
A university engineering lab created a device that safely monitors a fetus’s blood oxygen levels from outside the mother’s abdomen, which could reduce the rate of cesarean sections.
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FDA Clears Video Game ADHD Therapy
A video game designed to help children improve their inattention and other symptoms of ADHD received authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Economic Model IDs Pandemic Business Opening Risks
As communities try to manage their economies during the Covid-19 pandemic, three economists offer a model to help decide which businesses to open after shutting down.