Tag: engineering
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Chip Device Performs Detailed Cancer Cell Analysis
A lab-on-a-chip device shows in tests with cancer patient blood samples to detect and analyze circulating tumor cells providing precise therapy targets.
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Smartphone System Screens for Ear Infections
Computer scientists and medical researchers created a screening device for children’s ear infections with an app and algorithm on an ordinary smartphone.
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Next Generation Robotic Pets in Development
A research team at University of Cincinnati is studying ways robotic pet animals can provide more help to older and infirm individuals.
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Gut Organ Chip Developed for Realistic Conditions
A bio-engineering group created a chip device that simulates human intestine tissue in the lab, but under more realistic conditions than before.
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Infographic – Machine Learning Grabs Most A.I. Investments
So far this year, machine learning applications and platforms are gaining the most investment dollars worldwide for A.I., this weekend’s infographic.
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Techniques Tested for Salvaging Damaged Transplant Lungs
Researchers at Columbia and Vanderbilt universities demonstrated in pigs techniques for salvaging damaged lungs needed for transplants.
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Trial Testing MRI, Ultrasound as Alzheimer’s Therapy
A clinical trial is testing focused ultrasound waves guided by MRI scans to penetrate the blood-brain barrier and clear toxic proteins from the brain.
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Brain Scan Database Links Computer, Human Vision
A publicly-available database offers brain scan images to train machine learning programs for use with computer vision, a form of artificial intelligence.
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Infographic – 10% of Americans Still Offline
The chart draws from a Pew Research Center survey conducted in January and February, showing 1 in 10 people in the U.S. still do not use the Internet.
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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.