Tag: physical sciences
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Blockchain Prototype Designed for Clinical Trial Data
A bioinformatics lab developed a prototype system for securely transmitting and storing clinical trial data with blockchain that protects against corrupting trial records.
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Prosthetic Hand Gives Better Sense of Position, Movement
22 Feb. 2019. An advance in prosthetics and robotics enables artificial hands to provide a more natural sense of position and reach in the dark or without looking at objects. Researchers from institutions in Switzerland and Italy describe this development in the 20 February issue of the journal Science Robotics. A team from École Polytechnique…
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High-Speed Screens, A.I., Boost Nanoscale Medicines
Biomedical engineers are using high-throughput screening techniques and machine learning to speed and improve the design of new drugs based on nanoscale particles.
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Smart Watch in Development for Respiratory Diseases
A watch-like device is being designed to monitor for early onset of respiratory diseases like the flu, well before noticeable symptoms develop.
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Institute Developing Phone-Linked Graphene Sensors
A research institute is developing sensors made with graphene, worn like a patch on the skin, and connect to a mobile phone to measure key health indicators.
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Genetic Engineering, Silencing Boost Plant Output
An agricultural research lab uses genetic engineering and gene silencing to produce crop plants that increase their yields by more than 40 percent.
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Scenes From the AAAS Meeting, Fun With Science
Here are a few images from the annual meeting of the American Association for Advancement of Science, held this weekend in Washington, D.C.
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MIT Spins-Off 32 Start-Ups in 2018
Research done at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2018 led to creation of 32 new start-up enterprises as well as hundreds of licenses and patents.
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Blockchain and Science, Not Ready for Prime Time
A panel of data and behavioral scientists envision great potential for blockchain in science, but show few cases of blockchain in use today among researchers.
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Asthma Drug Shown to Lower Airway Muscle Mass
An experimental drug is shown in a clinical trial and computer modeling to reduce the mass of smooth muscle tissue that builds up in airways of people with asthma.