It's important to know one's new cells are getting nourishment. Rice University scientists are working on a way to tell for sure.
Materials Science
Jul 25, 2019
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When someone has a deadly disease or sustains a life-threatening injury, a transplant or graft of new tissue may be the best—or only—treatment option. Transplanted organs, skin grafts and other parts need blood vessels ...
Biotechnology
Nov 30, 2018
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A small, wireless patch developed by EPFL spin-off Smartcardia can measure emergency-room patients' vital signs with the same reliability as existing systems involving cumbersome cables. After extensive testing at several ...
Engineering
Mar 9, 2018
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Every once in a while, I review products in what I call the "guilt" category. You know, those products that aren't really fun—they're good for you. Such is the case this week as I'm reviewing a pair of health-related gadgets ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 21, 2018
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Researchers at Utah State University don't need an Apple Watch or stethoscope to measure your heartbeat. They only need a video camera.
Engineering
Jan 29, 2018
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A study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, the University of Manchester and Chalmers University of Technology published in CHEM shows that our immune system handles graphene oxide in a manner similar to pathogens, paving ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 26, 2018
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Could tumours help us explain the explosion of life of Earth? Scientists have typically explained the period of history when large animal species became much more diverse very quickly as the result of the planet's rising ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 23, 2018
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Political apathy over the poisonous smog choking India's capital has led many like businessman Kamal Meattle to take matters into their own hands, with an office building he says pumps air as fresh as from the Swiss Alps.
Environment
Jan 9, 2018
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Two oxygen-producing compounds - including one that boosts performance in some laundry detergents - might one day play a key role in helping scientists successfully build a bioartificial pancreas in the lab to cure type 1 ...
Biochemistry
Nov 16, 2017
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Researchers at MIT and several other institutions have developed a method for making photonic devices—similar to electronic devices but based on light rather than electricity—that can bend and stretch without damage. ...
Optics & Photonics
Nov 8, 2017
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