Search results for cardiac engineering

Aug 23, 2004

Energy Technology researchers solve energy and medical problems

Argonne's Energy Technology Division (ET) provides innovative materials and engineering solutions to national energy challenges that range from energy production and conservation to transportation. Researchers also find creative ...

Jun 13, 2005

$13 million awarded to mount nano-attack on plaque

A partnership of 25 scientists from the College of Engineering at UC Santa Barbara, and The Burnham Institute and The Scripps Research Institute -- both of La Jolla -- have been awarded $13 million to use nanotechnologies ...

Biotechnology Aug 28, 2019

Organ-on-a-chip: 3-D self-rolled biosensor array to electrically interrogate electrogenic cells

Cell to cell communication plays an important role in coordinating the function of biological systems. Three-dimensional (3-D) spheroids (cell aggregates) allow biologists to explore cellular communication during tissue development ...

Computer Sciences Jun 20, 2013

Seeing the human pulse: Algorithm can accurately gauge heart rate by measuring tiny head movements in video data

Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed a new algorithm that can accurately measure the heart rates of people depicted in ordinary digital video by analyzing imperceptibly ...

Engineering Jun 7, 2010

Wireless sensor startup wins UC San Diego $80K Entrepreneur Challenge

Wireless sensors that monitor your heart even though they do not actually touch your skin are at the center of UC San Diego electrical engineering PhD student Yu Mike Chi's dissertation. This technology - and the plan for ...

Cell & Microbiology Nov 30, 2023

Study finds order in which different RNA molecules are added determines condensates' composition

Biomolecular condensates transport RNA molecules inside of cells for functions such as cell signaling and regulating cell processes, but little is known about how they form distinct compositional identities, similar to how ...

General Physics Sep 28, 2022

Physicists find way to control detonation wave in promising new type of engine

Skoltech researchers have theoretically predicted synchronization—a kind of self-regulation—in detonation waves. The discovery could help tame this inherently chaotic process so as to stabilize combustion in a rotating ...

Bio & Medicine Aug 24, 2022

A nanotransistor sensor that simultaneously measures electrical and mechanical activity in heart cells

Using a suspended nanowire, a University of Massachusetts research team has, for the first time, created a tiny sensor that can simultaneously measure electrical and mechanical cellular responses in cardiac tissue, work promising ...

Engineering May 16, 2017

Bathroom scales will inform about life threatening conditions

Weighing oneself has become one of the most common morning rituals. However, your weight is not the only message that can be delivered by your bathroom scales: the team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 31, 2013

Nanomaterials key to developing stronger artificial hearts

On January 30, 2013 ACS Nano published a study by Ali Khademhosseini, PhD, MASc, Brigham and Women's Hospital Division of Biomedical Engineering, detailing the creation of innovative cardiac patches that utilize nanotechnology ...

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