Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Tech: Self-healing reverse filter opens the door for many novel applications — (Report)

A self-healing membrane that acts as a reverse filter, blocking small particles and letting large ones through, is the "straight out of science...

Tech: Safe’ UV light may prevent infections in catheters, cardiac drivelines — (Report)

A specific wavelength of ultraviolet light, now delivered through light-diffusing optical fibers, is highly effective at killing drug-resistant bacteria in cell cultures, according...

Tech: Keeping cancer out of breath blocks drug resistance — (Report)

A new combination of existing drugs shows promise that it could reduce the size of cancerous tumors much more effectively than current treatments. As...

Tech: An avatar uses your gait to predict how many calories you will burn...

Humans instinctively adopt the gait that requires the least amount of energy given the walking conditions. Without realizing it, we are constantly tweaking...

Tech: A new analysis reveals a heated source of potentially expensive errors — ...

A new study by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has uncovered a source of error in an industry-standard...

Tech: Engineers develop artificial intelligence system to detect often-missed cancer tumors — (Report)

Doctors may soon have help in the fight against cancer thanks to the University of Central Florida's Computer Vision Research Center. Engineers at the...

Tech: Biomimetic chemistry: Carbohydrate capture — (Report)

LMU chemist Professor Ivan Huc, who heads a research group devoted to the study of Biomimetic Supramolecular Chemistry, has designed and synthesized a...

Tech: Physicists show first proof of Dicke cooperativity in a matter-matter system — ...

After their recent pioneering experiments to couple light and matter to an extreme degree, Rice University scientists decided to look for a similar...

Tech: Nanophotonics lab creates iron-based TI contrast agent for MRI — (Report)

Rice University nanoscientists have demonstrated a method for loading iron inside nanoparticles to create MRI contrast agents that outperform gadolinium chelates, the mainstay...

Tech: Texas A&M team’s pic of crack in the act could prevent engineering failures...

In work that could help prevent the failure of everything from bridges to dental implants, a team led by a researcher at Texas...

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