News tagged with diagnostic tool
Biochip-based device for cell analysis
(Phys.org) -- Inexpensive, portable devices that can rapidly screen cells for leukemia or HIV may soon be possible thanks to a chip that can produce three-dimensional focusing of a stream of cells, according ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
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New diagnostic tool for climate change research enables better understanding of global patterns
(Phys.org) -- Scientists have developed a new diagnostic tool that will enable better understanding of global climate patterns.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 14, 2012 |
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Microsponges from seaweed may save lives (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsponges derived from seaweed may help diagnose heart disease, cancers, HIV and other diseases quickly and at far lower cost than current clinical methods. The microsponges are an essential ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 09, 2011 |
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New views at the nanoscale
(PhysOrg.com) -- Magnetic resonance imaging, first developed in the early 1970s, has become a standard diagnostic tool for cancer, cardiovascular disease and neurological disorders, among others. MRI is ideally ...
Apr 27, 2010 |
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Screening for breast cancer without X-rays: Lasers and sound merge in promising diagnostic technique
X-ray mammography is an important diagnostic tool in the fight against breast cancer, but it has certain drawbacks that limit its effectiveness. For example, it can give in false positive and negative results; ...
May 07, 2012 |
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Grass to gas: Researchers' genome map speeds biofuel development
Researchers at the University of Georgia have taken a major step in the ongoing effort to find sources of cleaner, renewable energy by mapping the genomes of two originator cells of Miscanthus x giganteus, a large perenn ...
Feb 10, 2012 |
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Invisible ink? What Rorschach tests really tell us
One of the most well-known psychological tools is the Rorschach Inkblot Test. A viewer looks at ten inkblots, one at a time, and describes what they see. The rationale behind this test is the idea that certain aspects of ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Carbon nanotubes form ultrasensitive biosensor to detect proteins
A cluster of carbon nanotubes coated with a thin layer of protein-recognizing polymer form a biosensor capable of using electrochemical signals to detect minute amounts of proteins, which could provide a crucial new diagnostic ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 27, 2010 |
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FBI contacted phone monitoring firm about software
A senior executive at a technology company that makes monitoring software secretly installed on 141 million cellphones said Thursday that the FBI approached the company about using its technology but was reb ...
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Diagnosing advanced batteries for a longer life
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a battery that truly does keep on going and going -- and not for just a few years, but close to decades.
Jul 14, 2011 |
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UCF nanotechnology may speed up drug testing
Testing the effectiveness of new pharmaceuticals may get faster thanks to a new technique incorporating quantum dots developed at the University of Central Florida.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 19, 2011 |
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New strategy could lead to dose reduction in X-ray imaging
For more than a century, the use of X-rays has been a prime diagnostic tool when it comes to human health. As it turns out, X-rays also are a crucial component for studying and understanding molecules, and a new approach ...
Nov 22, 2011 |
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Special sugar, nanoparticles combine to detect cholera toxin
A complex sugar may someday become one of the most effective weapons to stop the spread of cholera, a disease that has claimed thousands of lives in Haiti since the devastating earthquake last year.
Jan 18, 2011 |
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New invention could revolutionize how diseases are diagnosed
(PhysOrg.com) -- An award-winning invention by Stanford doctoral students Richard Gaster and Drew Hall may change who diagnoses diseases ranging from flu to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The invention, ...
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Hyperspectral imaging: Shedding new light on wound healing
(Phys.org) -- Clinicians who treat severe wounds may soon have powerful new diagnostic tools in the form of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) devices, calibrated to new NIST standard reference spectra, which will ...
Apr 09, 2012 |
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