Posts Tagged ‘biomedical engineering’
Top Stories - Aug 31, 2011 10:43 - 0 Comments
Digital chip analyzes blood from tiny drop
U. TORONTO (CAN) — The days of the blood sample routine—arm out, make a fist, find a vein, and tap in—may soon be over, thanks to a new analysis method that requires only a pinprick of blood. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 18, 2011 12:10 - 1 Comment
‘Bionic’ limb moves like natural leg
VANDERBILT U. (US) — A new prosthetic design is the first to include powered knee and ankle joints that move in unison, making it much easier for an amputee to walk, sit, stand, and climb. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 15, 2011 15:48 - 0 Comments
Surgery feels ‘hands on’ when it’s not
U. LEEDS (UK) — New technology will give surgeons performing keyhole surgery a sense of touch, important when checking where tumors are and whether they are malignant or benign. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 9, 2011 9:22 - 0 Comments
How to build a better clinical trial
WASHINGTON U.-ST. LOUIS (US) — A new study calls into question the reliance on using animal models, specifically mice, in human cardiovascular research. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 21, 2011 12:13 - 2 Comments
Smart wheelchair can switch gears
U. ILLINOIS (US) — New wheelchair technology does the work for the user, automatically switching gears depending on the terrain. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 6, 2011 14:57 - 0 Comments
To treat brain cancer, just add water
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Freeze-dried nanoparticles can deliver gene therapy into human brain cancer cells—and may one day offer an alternative to brain surgery. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 21, 2011 11:17 - 0 Comments
The glowing glands in your throat
VANDERBILT U. (US) — Four small organs—the size of grains of rice—located at the back of the throat glow with a natural fluorescence in the near infrared region of the spectrum. (more…)
Top Stories - May 31, 2011 12:06 - 0 Comments
Fast and cheap: Chip cranks out DNA
DUKE (US) — Bioengineers have designed a 1-by-3 inch chip that can produce custom-made segments of DNA in two days. Current methods take two weeks and require large equipment and significant human labor. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 20, 2011 16:40 - 1 Comment
Nanopatch may heal heart damage
BROWN U. (US) — When you suffer a heart attack, a part of your heart dies. In tests, a new nanopatch shows promise in helping bring dead regions of the heart back to life. (more…)
Top Stories - May 20, 2011 11:01 - 1 Comment
Electrodes help paralyzed man step
CALTECH (US) — A 25-year-old paraplegic man was able to stand and step on a treadmill voluntarily with assistance from a stimulating electrode array. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 4, 2011 14:08 - 0 Comments
Alzheimer’s may meet insulin’s match
U. BUFFALO (US) — Low doses of insulin may prove to be a powerful tool in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 29, 2011 8:44 - 0 Comments
Brain implant passes 1,000 day mark
BROWN (US) — A tetraplegia patient with an implanted brain-computer interface was able to control a computer cursor accurately through neural activity alone more than 1,000 days after receiving the implant. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 22, 2011 10:59 - 1 Comment
Touched by a robot. Creepy or cool?
GEORGIA TECH (US) — If a robot touched your arm, would you like it or would you feel a little uncomfortable? New research suggests your reaction depends on how you perceive the robot’s intentions. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 11, 2011 16:25 - 1 Comment
Cells get smart to suit environment
SYRACUSE U. (US) — Shape memory polymers are offering new insight into how cells sense and respond to their physical environment. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 11, 2011 9:41 - 0 Comments
Gems clear drug resistance hurdle
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Nanodiamonds may be the answer to chemotherapy drug resistance which contributes to treatment failure in more than 90 percent of metastatic cancers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 8, 2011 13:14 - 0 Comments
Tiny turnstile counts nanoparticles
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — A new device can detect nanoparticles, suspended in fluid, as they flow one by one at estimated rates as high as half a million particles per second. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 1, 2011 12:40 - 0 Comments
Nanotool mimics moth antenna
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Inspired by the structure of the silk moth’s antenna, researchers have built a better nanopore. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 22, 2011 17:39 - 1 Comment
Stretchy solar cells power ‘super skin’
STANFORD (US) — As if a super sensitive electronic skin that can detect chemicals and the lightest touch isn’t good enough—it’s also powered by a new stretchable solar cell. (more…)
