Tag: physical sciences
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Economical, Sustainable Biochemical Process Devised
A chemical engineering lab designed a cost-effective process for a basic raw material to produce chemicals and plastics from plants.
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Synthetic Soft Tissue Developed for Surgery
Researchers developed a synthetic soft tissue for plastic and reconstructive surgery that in animal tests looks and performs more like real tissue.
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Kidney Diagnostics Receive FDA Breakthrough Tag
An algorithm-driven diagnostic test for chronic kidney disease is receiving a breakthrough device designation from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Smartphone System Detects Diabetic Eye Disease
An ophthalmology lab at University of Michigan developed a smartphone-based system that speeds screening for an eye disease resulting from diabetes.
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DNA Nanoscale Capsules Designed for Drug Delivery
Researchers in Finland developed tiny drug-delivery capsules made of folded pieces of DNA, with the capsules opening and closing in specified chemical environments.
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Microrobot Swarm Breaks Up Bacterial Biofilms
A medical-engineering team designed tiny robots that in lab tests remove large patches of bacterial communities called biofilms found growing on medical devices and human teeth.
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A.I. Speeds Infant Genetic Disease Diagnostics
Hospital, academic, and industry researchers devised automated techniques including artificial intelligence to sharply reduce the time for diagnosing genetic diseases in infants.
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Natural-Sounding Speech Produced from Brain Signals
A neuroscience lab created a virtual speech-generating vocal system that produces natural sounding human speech by interpreting activity in the brain.
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Simple Process Devised for Synthetic Mother-of-Pearl
Researchers in the U.S. and Europe developed a simple, inexpensive, and sustainable process to grow synthetic nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl.
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Tissue Chip Experiments Set for Space Station
A collection of 4 new tissue chip experiments are among the payloads to be sent next week to the International Space Station or ISS.