Nanofiber filter captures almost 100% of coronavirus aerosols
The filter could help curb airborne spread of COVID-19 virusCredit: Yun Shen A filter made from polymer nanothreads blew three ...
Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering
Diamonds engage both optical microscopy and MRI for better imaging
Nitrogen vacancy centers in microdiamond tracers enable dual imaging to probe deeper in tissueCredit: Ashok Ajoy, UC Berkeley When doctors ...
Four Maryland engineers receive CAREER awards
Credit: University of Maryland Four faculty members of the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering -- Shelby ...
Skoltech researchers developed an enriched method for increasing the capacity of next-generation metal-ion battery cathode materials
Credit: Skoltech Scientists at Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology have developed an enriched and scalable approach for increasing ...
Gut hormone triggers craving for more proteins
Revelations from a fly study could improve our understanding of protein malnutrition in humans. -Credit: Professor Greg Seong-Bae Suh, KAIST ...
Engineered organism could diagnose Crohn’s disease flareups
Bioengineers create pH-sensing gut bacteria to diagnose inflammatory bowel diseaseCredit: Image courtesy of Jeff Tabor/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 17, ...
Compound may prevent risk of a form of arrhythmia from common medications
Multi-institutional team combined expertise to make discoveryCredit: University of Missouri Dozens of commonly used drugs, including antibiotics, antinausea and anticancer ...
Sensors developed at URI can identify threats at the molecular level
More sensitive than a dog's nose and the sensors don't get tiredCredit: (Photo courtesy of Otto Gregory.) KINGSTON, R.I. - ...
Above the noise
Researchers at Osaka University use deep learning to reduce noise in the electrical current data collected from nanopores, which may ...
The first frost is the deepest
Credit: John Innes Centre The first frost of autumn may be grim for gardeners but the latest evidence reveals it ...
To prevent next pandemic, scientists say we must regulate air like food and water
Credit: Martin Visser, Unsplash Humans in the 21st century spend most of their time indoors, but the air we breathe ...
Ventilation in buildings: where water sanitation was in the 1800s
Credit: Jude Palmer/Royal Academy of Engineering A group of the world's leading experts in the transmission of airborne pathogens is ...
Songbird neurons for advanced cognition mirror the physiology of mammalian counterparts
UMass Amherst research advances understanding of brain circuitsCredit: UMass Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst neuroscientists examining genetically identified neurons in ...
Rice engineers set sights on implantable ‘living pharmacy’
Five Rice labs join DARPA-funded effort to make an implant to counter jet lagCredit: Image courtesy of Northwestern University HOUSTON ...
Implantable ‘living pharmacy’ could control body’s sleep/wake cycles
Project receives DARPA contract worth up to $33 million over 4 1/2 yearsCredit: Northwestern University A Northwestern University-led team of ...
Evaluation of the diagnostic criteria for anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in children
Credit: TMIMS Anti-NMDA receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis was first reported to develop in female young adults with ovarian teratoma. However, another ...
Measuring brain blood flow and activity with light
Credit: Wenjun Zhou, UC Davis A new, noninvasive method for measuring brain blood flow with light has been developed by ...
Composing thoughts: Mental handwriting produces brain activity turned into text
NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded project could help people with paralysis to communicateCredit: Image courtesy of Shenoy lab & Erika Woodrum (artist) ...
CNIO researchers discover the cause of neuronal death in a large proportion of familial ALS patients
Credit: CNIO In Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), the progressive death of neurons that control body movement leads to paralysis of ...
Gold leaf could help diagnose viral infections in low-resource settings
Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00186 Gold leaf -- gold metal hammered into thin sheets -- is ...
