Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering

May 22, 2019

WASHINGTON, May 22,2019 -- Journalists may now apply for press credentials for the American Chemical Society (ACS) Fall 2019 National ...

TGen-Ethos underscore need for setting high standards in veterinary cancer diagnostics

May 22, 2019

Rapid, accurate cancer test is critical for dogs' treatment and survival PHOENIX, Ariz. -- May 22, 2019 -- Ethos Veterinary ...

World’s first wearable kidney goal of USask-led research team

$250,000 in Canadian federal funding for 'innovative' researchCredit: Daniel Hallen, University of Saskatchewan An artificial portable kidney that patients who ...

Developing biosecurity tool to detect genetically engineered organisms in the wild

With scientists from Raytheon and other universities, WPI chemical engineer Eric Young is helping develop a method for using DNA ...

Solving a scientific mystery and finding a solution for industry

Researchers determine why strontium-rich barite is found in oceanCredit: University of Houston In solving a scientific mystery, researchers from the ...

How to program materials

Predict the properties of composite materialsCredit: Empa Ali Gooneie simulates on his computer what holds the world together right at ...

Re-designing hydrogenases

Hydrogenases are enzymes that catalyze hydrogen activation. There are three types of hydrogenases in nature, all containing iron and some ...

New ultra-fast imaging technology with high frame rate and frame number

A new ultra-fast imaging technology with over 3.8 trillion frames per second and large frame numberCredit: Y. Lu et al., ...

Scientists use molecular tethers, chemical ‘light sabers’ for tissue engineering

Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington Tissue engineering could transform medicine. Instead of waiting for our bodies to regrow or repair ...

A better understanding of the von Willebrand Factor’s A2 domain

Credit: Professors Xiaohui (Frank) Zhang, Alparslan Oztekin, Xuanhong Cheng and Edmund Webb III of Lehigh University Under normal, healthy circulatory ...

McMaster researchers create a better way to transport life-saving vaccines

New method can get anti-viral vaccines safely and cheaply to previously inaccessible populationsCredit: JD Howell, McMaster University HAMILTON, May 21, ...

Study identifies our ‘inner pickpocket’

Researchers have identified how the human brain is able to determine the properties of a particular object using purely statistical ...

Penguins and their chicks’ responses to local fish numbers informs marine conservation

Credit: R. B. Sherley How adult penguins fish and the body condition of their chicks are directly linked to local ...

Feds fund creation of headset for high-speed brain link

Rice-led project aims to transfer visual perceptions from the sighted to the blindCredit: J. Robinson/Rice University A Rice University-led team ...

Researchers develop new lens manufacturing technique

Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - Researchers from Washington State University and Ohio State University have developed a low-cost, easy way ...

SLAS Discovery announces its June cover article

SLAS Discovery announces its June cover article, 'A Perspective on Extreme Open Science: Companies Sharing Compounds without Restriction'Credit: David James ...

Russian scientists make discovery that can help remove gypsy moths from forests

Credit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University The caterpillars of Lymantria dispar or Gypsy Moth are voracious eaters capable of defoliating ...

Computer program designed to calculate the economic impact of forest fires

Credit: Universidad de Córdoba High temperatures and low humidity. Summer is approaching and, with it, the fire danger fire season. ...

SABER tech gives DNA and RNA visualization a boost

New DNA-nanotechnology-based method enhances nucleic acid analysis in cells and tissues, enabling parallel detection of many targets with high sensitivity ...

Shedding light on cancer metabolism in real-time with bioluminescence