The modern medical lab is an amazing place. With just a few drops of blood, technicians can use state-of-the-art equipment to gather complex information about a person's nutrition, monitor cholesterol levels and screen for ...
Engineering
Dec 9, 2015
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In the developing world, allocating limited health care resources as effectively and equitably as possible is a top priority.
Engineering
Feb 23, 2012
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Toyota's new robot that glides around like R2-D2 is devoted to a single task: picking things up.
Robotics
Jul 30, 2015
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Train a computer to read medical records, and you could do a world of good. Doctors could use it to look for dangerous trends in their patients' health. Researchers could speed drugs to market by quickly finding appropriate ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 25, 2015
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Imagine your child requires a life-saving operation. You enter the hospital and are confronted with a stark choice.
Robotics
Feb 9, 2016
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In 2022, technology has the potential to both start relationships and keep them alive, even those crossing continents. Lifting a finger, literally, can land someone "face-to-face" with their partner or spouse.
Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are adding to their list of consumer products that contain PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a toxic class of fluorine compounds known as "forever chemicals."
Environment
Mar 8, 2023
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(Phys.org) —Harvard researchers have created an inexpensive detector that can be used by health care workers in the world's poorest areas to monitor diabetes, detect malaria, discover environmental pollutants, and perform ...
Analytical Chemistry
Aug 5, 2014
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Orangutans, mice, and horses are covered with it, but humans aren't. Why we have significantly less body hair than most other mammals has long remained a mystery. But a first-of-its-kind comparison of genetic codes from 62 ...
Evolution
Jan 4, 2023
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Glenys Oberg is a Ph.D. student and research assistant at the School of Education of the University of Queensland. A former teacher, she focuses in her research on trauma-informed pedagogy and practice.
Education
Apr 19, 2023
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