In addition to storing films, optical discs can be used to detect microorganisms, toxins, allergens and tumoral biomarkers. Blu-ray technology has allowed researchers at the Polytechnic University of Valencia to develop a ...
Engineering
Feb 19, 2014
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"Siri, will it rain today?", "Facebook, tag my friend in this photo." These are just two examples of the incredible things that we ask computers to do for us. But, have you ever asked yourself how computers know how to do ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 20, 2017
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Insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia are two well-known culprits behind diabetes, both of which are reflected in blood glucose concentrations. Now, researchers are working to create ultrasensitive lab-on-a-chip devices to ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 28, 2016
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Motor vehicle crashes are the most common cause of emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths related to traumatic brain injury among people aged 15 to 34, according to a 2013 report by the Centers for Disease Control ...
Engineering
Apr 23, 2019
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Perhaps the hardest part of owning a pet is making difficult decisions when a beloved companion becomes seriously ill.
Plants & Animals
Jun 13, 2013
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Fourier ptychographic microscopy (FPM) is a promising computational imaging technique to realize high-throughput pathological imaging in medical diagnosis. However, existing FPM colorization approaches suffer from a trade-off ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 19, 2022
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Infectious diseases and respiratory infections in particular are a leading cause of global mortality. As such, there is an urgent need for rapid, large-scale diagnostic tools that can detect these diseases early, something ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 12, 2023
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Biotechnology
Sep 17, 2023
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Down syndrome is the most common birth defect, occurring once in every 700 births. However, traditional non-invasive prenatal tests for the condition are unreliable ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 13, 2019
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A new power-free microfluidic chip developed by researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute (ASI) enables detection of microRNA from extremely small sample volume in only 20 minutes. By drastically reducing the time ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 7, 2012
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