News tagged with medical applications

Newly modified nanoparticle opens window on future gene editing technologies

The scientific and technological literature is abuzz with nanotechnology and its manufacturing and medical applications. But it is in an area with a less glitzy aura—plant sciences—where nanotechnology ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Miniature pressure sensors for medical touch

A new kind of flexible, transparent pressure sensor, developed at the University of California, Davis, for use in medical applications, relies on a drop of liquid.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers discover how different nanomaterial surfaces affect proteins

A new study led by nanotechnology and biotechnology experts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is providing important details on how proteins in our bodies interact with nanomaterials. In their new study, published in the ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

NFC aid for the visually and hearing impaired

As the proportion of senior citizens grows, their special needs are gaining momentum. Human eyesight, for example, weakens with age. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has been developing new NFC-based applications ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Silkworms spinning spider webs

(PhysOrg.com) -- A spiders silk is strong and more elastic and has a large range of possible medical applications. However, spiders have a history of being territorial and prone to cannibalism, so the idea ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (15) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Researchers build transparent, super-stretchy skin-like sensor (w/ video)

Imagine having skin so supple you could stretch it out to more than twice its normal length in any direction - repeatedly - yet it would always snap back completely wrinkle-free when you let go of it. You ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Imec unveils innovative technology for an ECG patch

Imec and Holst Centre announce an innovative body patch that integrates an ultra-low power electrocardiogram (ECG) chip and a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) radio. This unique combination fuses power-efficient ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Manipulating nanoparticles' surface chemistry holds medical promise

(PhysOrg.com) -- Swapping the chemical groups that originally coat iron oxide nanoparticles and making the particles soluble in biological solvents shows great promise for medical applications, such as drug delivery and contrast ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New method for making human-based gelatin

Scientists are reporting development of a new approach for producing large quantities of human-derived gelatin that could become a substitute for some of the 300,000 tons of animal-based gelatin produced annually for gelatin-type ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Medical apps ease burden on hospitals

When Dr. Jose Soler got a late-night call about a critically ill patient, he grabbed his iPad and checked the results of the electrocardiogram test that just had been administered. Thanks to an app that zooms within half ...

Technology / Software

created May 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lyfish-inspired pumps: Researchers investigate next generation medical and robotic devices

To the causal aquarium visitor, the jellyfish doesn't seem to be a particularly powerful swimmer; compared to a fish, it glides slowly and peacefully.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biodegradable synthetic resin replaces vital body parts

Researchers at the University of Twente (UT) have developed a new type of resin that can be broken down by the body. This new resin makes it possible to replicate important body parts exactly and make them ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 6