Tag: engineering
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Technologies That Deepen Insight and Help Control Your Life
There are ways digital technologies can deepen our insight and increase control over our lives.
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Eye Drops Reverse Infected Eye Scarring
Eye drops containing a therapeutic protein and applied as a gel, are shown in lab mice to remove scar tissue from the surface of infected or damaged corneas.
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Nanoscale Bacteria Particles Deliver Cancer Drugs
An engineering lab developed techniques for delivering cancer drugs into tumors in lab cultures and mice with nanoscale polymer particles, aided by a strain of salmonella bacteria.
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Micro Robots Made to Climb in Curved, Inverted Spaces
A robotics lab at Harvard University created a tiny, 4-legged robot that travels through tight spots, climbing on vertical surfaces and even upside down.
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Smartphone App Measures Wounds, Tracks Healing
The need for better ways of tracking the size and healing of wounds led a medical resident in Canada to help develop a smartphone app and start a company for these tasks.
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Chip Device to Test Gut Infections on Space Station
A device with human intestine tissue and cells will be launched into space to test effects of weightlessness on immune functions and bacterial infections in the gastrointestinal tract.
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IT Glitches In Business – Dos and Don’ts
IT glitches can and do happen, causing relative chaos from the moment the problem is discovered.
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Virtual Reality Illness Fix in Development
A computer science and engineering team in Texas is developing a technical solution for virtual reality experiences that can make some users physically ill, with symptoms like seasickness.
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Infographic – Countries with Fastest Mobile Internet
As the chart above indicates, those networks vary considerably in speed from one country to the next.
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A.I.-Aided Processes Reduce Chemical Reaction Time, Waste
A chemical engineering lab designed processes with artificial intelligence to screen chemical reactions in small quantities that can reduce the time and waste in current methods.