News tagged with mr spectroscopy

Fat collections linked to decreased heart function

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have shown that fat collection in different body locations, such as around the heart and the aorta and within the liver, are associated with certain decreased heart ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gamma knife treatment for glioblastomas shows promising results

Researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center report promising results from a cutting-edge research study that treated the aggressive brain tumors glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) using a novel type of imaging called ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Physicists map spiraling light to harness untapped data capacity

Physicists with the Institute of Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Lasers (IUSL) at The City College of New York have presented a new way to map spiraling light that could help harness untapped data channels in optical fibers. Increased ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Miracle material: Graphene

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the 19th century novel, Flatland, by Edward A. Abbott, residents of that fictional country exist in only two dimensions. Women are born as line segments, while men come in a range of geometric ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Virtual biopsy may allow earlier diagnosis of brain disorder in athletes

In a study of ex-pro athletes, researchers found that a specialized imaging technique called magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) may help diagnose chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disorder caused by repetitive ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Belly fat puts women at risk for osteoporosis

For years, it was believed that obese women were at lower risk for developing osteoporosis, and that excess body fat actually protected against bone loss. However, a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Revealing the secrets of chemical bath deposition

X-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES) spectroscopy is well known as a versatile and powerful technique for examining the microstructure of everything from crystalline solids to amorphous materials, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cocaine stored in alcohol: Testing techniques from outside the bottle unveiled

In two landmark studies published today in the journal Drug Testing and Analysis (DTA), UK and Swiss research teams reveal two techniques proven to identify dissolved cocaine in bottles of wine or rum. These tools will a ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Spectrum of young extrasolar planet yields surprising results

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers at the University of Hawaii have measured the temperature of a young gas-giant planet around another star using the W. M. Keck Observatory, and the results are puzzling. They have ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 01, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research heralds potential for early diagnosis of degenerative brain disorders

A team of American scientists claim that a new method of testing for neurological diseases could provide doctors with a rapid and non-invasively method of diagnosing degenerative disorders. The research, published in The ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fat distribution plays a role in weight loss success in patients at risk of diabetes

Why is it that some people lose weight and body fat when they exercise and eat less and others don't? German researchers say MRI and magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy can provide the answer -- and help predict who will ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers assess severity of prostate cancers using magnetic resonance imaging

Rutgers researchers are developing methods that can accurately assess the severity of prostate cancer by analyzing magnetic resonance images and spectra of a patient's prostate gland. This may help physicians ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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