Tag: physical sciences
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Exosuit Designed for Personalized Walking Help
A wearable robotic exoskeleton designed into textiles to provide personalized assistance is shown in lab and field tests to reduce the amount effort needed to walk long distances.
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Univ. Spin-Off Developing A.I.-Boosted Heart Monitor
A new enterprise in the U.K. is developing a wearable heart monitor that diagnoses irregular heart rhythms with artificial intelligence using cloud-based algorithms.
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Simple, Less Expensive Ultrasound Probe Developed
12 September 2018. Engineers designed a device that sends and receives ultrasound signals with polymer plastics instead of silicon-based circuits, which can lower the cost of medical images. A team at University of British Columbia in Vancouver describes its device in yesterday’s issue of the journal Microsystems and Nanoengineering. Researchers led Carlos Gerardo, a doctoral…
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A.I. to Identify Treatment Drivers for Colorectal Cancer
A study will soon get underway with artificial intelligence and simulation analyzing data from clinical trials to identify factors behind responses to a treatment for colorectal cancer.
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Robot Navigates New Spaces with Bat-Like Sonar
A terrestrial robot demonstrates an ability to map and move through new environments using an ultrasound system inspired by bats, as well as decision-making algorithms.
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Machine Learning Detects More Cancer Mutations
Medical researchers and data scientists developed a system for analyzing genomic data from cancer patients that accurately detects more cancer-causing mutations than other current techniques.
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Scientists, Investors Form $100M+ Tech Venture Fund
A group of entrepreneurs and leading scientists in the U.K. unveiled a venture investment fund that plans to back start-up companies developing a wide range of ground-breaking technologies.
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Nanoscale Sponges Deliver Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment
An engineering lab developed a technique to load molecules from white blood cells into tiny particles that act like sponges to reduce joint damage in lab mice from rheumatoid arthritis.
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Non-Invasive Imaging Technology Probes Deeper Into Tissue
An imaging process that combines ultrasound and lasers is shown in tests with lab samples and in animals to provide clearer and more detailed images of tissue deeper in the body.
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A.I., Imaging Shown to Predict Immunotherapy Success
Researchers in France developed a system for computing data from CT scans and genomic analysis to predict the success for therapies that invoke the immune system in patients with solid-tumor cancers.