News tagged with nodes
Researchers boost efficiency of multi-hop wireless networks
Multi-hop wireless networks can provide data access for large and unconventional spaces, but they have long faced significant limits on the amount of data they can transmit. Now researchers from North Carolina State University ...
Apr 19, 2012 |
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New online energy harvesting data repository launched
Energy data from sources such as human motion, wind speeds and light irradiance that could be used to power wireless electronic devices is being made available to the world's scientific community, thanks to ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 09, 2012 |
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An electronic green thumb
If sensors are supposed to communicate with each other to compare the measured data and to secure them, then, in the future, a network of distributed sensor nodes will aid in that: the network ensures a problem-free communication ...
Feb 01, 2012 |
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Vaccines to boost immunity where it counts, not just near shot site
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have created synthetic nanoparticles that target lymph nodes and greatly boost vaccine responses, said lead author Ashley St. John, Ph.D., a researcher at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 22, 2012 |
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'Dirty' wild mice may be more relevant immunology model
Like humans, mice that live in their natural habitat encounter bacteria and other pathogens that exercise their immune system, yet the lab mice typically used in immunology studies are raised in isolation from most diseases. ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Trains’ vibrations could provide power for monitoring tunnels
(PhysOrg.com) -- Traffic tunnels are often built in some of the most rugged and remote areas, which subjects them to extreme environmental forces while making them difficult to access. Ideally, the structural ...
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Greener disaster alerts
New software allows wireless sensor networks to run at much lower energy, according to researchers writing in the International Journal of Sensor Networks. The technology could improve efficiency for hurricane and other ...
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Renesas creates a near-field wireless communication with no battery use
(PhysOrg.com) -- Renesas Electronics Corp has announced the development of a near-field wireless communication technology that can transmit data to Bluetooth- and wireless LAN-compatible devices without the use of a battery. ...
Jun 16, 2011 |
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A better imaging agent for heart disease and breast cancer
Scientists are reporting development of a process for producing large quantities of a much-needed new imaging agent for computed tomography (CT) scans in heart disease, breast cancer and other diseases, and the first evidence ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 27, 2011 |
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RxPONDER trial will evaluate whether gene expression test can drive chemotherapy choice
Cancer researchers at hundreds of sites nationwide are about to launch a SWOG-led clinical trial that could keep thousands of breast cancer patients from getting chemotherapy that is unlikely to do them any good.
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Laying bare the not-so-sweet tale of a sugar and its role in the spread of cancer
Cancer has a mighty big bag of tricks that it uses to evade the body's natural defense mechanisms and proliferate. Among those tricks is one that allows tumor cells to turn the intricate and extensive system of lymphatic ...
Apr 25, 2011 |
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More tests needed for oesophageal cancer patients
A University of Adelaide medical researcher says current treatment for people diagnosed with oesophageal cancer could be improved with additional pathology tests.
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Lymph node dissection is not essential in small screen-detected lung cancers, new research shows
Lymph node dissection, the current standard surgical treatment for localized non-small cell lung cancers, may be unnecessary in certain screen-detected early stage cases , according to a study published in the March issue ...
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Gene expression to distinguish metastasizing from non-metastasizing head and neck cancers
The validation of a test, based on gene expression and predicting the tumours that will metastasize in lymph nodes of head & neck cancers, was presented today at the 3rd International Conference on innovative approaches in ...
Feb 24, 2011 |
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Microbubbles to light the way to sentinel lymph nodes of breast cancer patients
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego are developing nonsurgical methods for identifying critical lymph nodes to help doctors determine courses of treatment for breast cancer patients. The ...
Feb 23, 2011 |
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