Search results for cardiac engineering

Space Exploration Nov 19, 2018

With each rocket launch, 'I have three heart attacks'

Kurt Eberly has hardly any hair and keeps losing more. His job is to launch, two times per year, a metallic cylinder packed with several tons of supplies, at high speeds toward the International Space Station, 250 miles (400 ...

Environment Sep 10, 2018

Large trucks are biggest culprits of near-road air pollution

For the 30 per cent of Canadians who live within 500 metres of a major roadway, a new study reveals that the type of vehicles rolling past their homes can matter more than total traffic volume in determining the amount of ...

Optics & Photonics Aug 28, 2018

Researchers developing novel biomedical imaging system

Purdue University researchers are developing a novel biomedical imaging system that combines optical and ultrasound technology to improve diagnosis of life-threatening diseases.

Nanophysics Aug 13, 2018

New technology can detect hundreds of proteins in a single sample

New technology developed by a team of McGill University scientists shows potential to streamline the analysis of proteins, offering a quick, high volume and cost-effective tool to hospitals and research labs alike.

Biochemistry Nov 17, 2017

The future of cell culture: A new continuous bioprocess developed

A technique which revolutionises cell culture by allowing the continuous production and collection of cells, has been developed by scientists at Newcastle University.

Energy & Green Tech Aug 1, 2017

Diesel at cross-roads as Germany's car bosses, politicians meet

Bosses of Germany's powerful car industry and top politicians meet Wednesday on the fate of diesel engines, as the sector faces an existential threat after a colossal pollution cheating scandal and new allegations of collusion.

Engineering May 26, 2017

New technique could increase success rate, life span of implantable devices

A new technique being developed at Purdue University could provide patients who require implantable catheters in the treatment of neurological and other disorders with a reliable and self-clearing catheter that could eliminate ...

Energy & Green Tech May 11, 2017

Battery-free implantable medical device draws energy directly from human body

Researchers from UCLA and the University of Connecticut have designed a new biofriendly energy storage system called a biological supercapacitor, which operates using charged particles, or ions, from fluids in the human body. ...

Environment Apr 25, 2017

Toronto's subways expose passengers to more air pollution than Montreal, Vancouver systems

A new study co-authored by U of T Engineering professor Greg Evans shows that subways increase our personal exposure to certain pollutants, even as they decrease overall emissions—and that Toronto has the highest levels ...

General Physics Mar 21, 2017

Producing radioisotopes for medical imaging and disease treatment

The before and after images are stunning: A prostate cancer patient riddled with metastatic tumors that disappear after just three, potent treatments.

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