Tag: physical sciences
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New Processes Devised to Boost Antibiotics
Researchers in chemistry at two institutions report new techniques that lab tests show modify current antibiotics to make them more effective against infections that resist today’s antibiotics.
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Munich Airport, MIT Lab Partner on Smart City
An engineering lab at MIT and the R&D hub at Munich, Germany’s international airport are studying the use of digital technologies to improve urban life, using the hub’s campus as a laboratory.
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Rapid Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostics System Advances
Developers of a system that uses high-speed genomic analysis with standard semiconductor chips say they demonstrated an ability to sequence bacterial DNA directly from raw blood samples.
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NASA Boosts 3-D Printing, Lasers in Space Manufacturing
The federal government’s space agency is supporting two projects for improving the capabilities of astronauts to create and repair their equipment during space travel.
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Bio-Friendly Film Material Devised from Silk, Carbon Nanotubes
Materials scientists and engineers developed a new material with the natural mechanical and degradable properties of silk, but configured as a film better suited for flexible biomedical devices.
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Multiple Sensors, A.I. Power Digital Stethoscope
Researchers in Rochester, New York are developing a system combining functions of a conventional stethoscope and an electrocardiogram or ECG to better check on implanted heart pumps.
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Infographic – Top U.S. Cyber Crimes
Our friends at Statista reported on a study by the Internet Crime Complaint Center or IC3 that tracks cyber crimes in the U.S., our infographic for this weekend.
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BASF Licensing Precise Crispr Editing from Broad Institute
The global chemical company BASF is licensing a more precise form of genome editing from the Broad Institute, a genetics research center affiliated with Harvard University and MIT.
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Genome Editing, Informatics Lead to New Antibiotic
Researchers in the U.K. created an antibiotic acid from a natural microbe found in soil, using a combination of the genome editing technique Crispr and bioinformatics.
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Licensing Deal for Bioinks in 3-D Printed Transplant Lungs
A company in Maryland developing alternatives to human organ transplants is licensing a technology to help create 3-D printed lungs for transplantation with bioinks derived from tobacco plants.