Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering

March 25, 2019

Credit: Jin Lee, McMaster University, Faculty of Engineering Imagine being able to visit your physician, and instead of being given ...

UTSA chemist Banglin Chen receives prestigious Humboldt Research Award

March 25, 2019

Innovator of MOF sieve to reduce hydrocarbons in plastics wins recognitionCredit: Photo Courtesy of UTSA (San Antonio, March 25, 2019) ...

UBC researchers develop new heart valve aimed at high-risk patients

March 25, 2019

Nanocomposites replace animal tissue in new valve designCredit: UBCO Researchers at UBC have created the first-ever nanocomposite biomaterial heart-valve developed ...

Smart speaker technology harnessed for hospital medical treatments

March 24, 2019

Research demonstrates value of Amazon Echo and Google Home during medical procedures AUSTIN, TEXAS (March 24, 2019)--Smart speakers that are ...

Key evidence associating hydrophobicity with effective acid catalysis

March 23, 2019

Quantitative analysis of dense siloxane gels shows water can hinder catalytic activityCredit: Hiroki Miura Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo ...

Breakthrough in air purification with a catalyst that works at room temperature

March 23, 2019

Turning ammonia into harmless substances using gold nanoparticles on a metal oxide frameworkCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers ...

Danish biotech company announce the completion of a 5.5 million seed investment

The big Chinese fine chemical company Zhejiang NHU invest €5.5 million in the biotech start-up CysBio to develop new and ...

Montana State professor wins NSF CAREER award for biosensor diagnostics

Credit: MSU photo by Kelly Gorham BOZEMAN -- One day, a technician in a small, rural hospital may be able ...

Genetesis CardioFlux platform receives FDA 510(k) clearance

Next-generation magnetocardiography and cloud computing enable rapid, noninvasive cardiac imaging in the emergency departmentCredit: Genetesis (Mason, OH March 22, 2019 ...

4D-printed materials can be stiff as wood or soft as sponge

Rutgers engineers' unique smart materials change shape as temperatures changeCredit: Chen Yang/Rutgers University-New Brunswick. Imagine smart materials that can morph ...

Genetic test for cognitive performance developed by Air Force

Cognitive assessment supplements physical tests used by scouts and recruiters to find candidates with the right stuffCredit: Joshua Green/Air Force ...

‘Tremendous contributions’

Professor Otger Campàs receives 2019 Elizabeth D. Hay New Investigator Award from the Society for Developmental Biology How do we ...

Dynamic hydrogel used to make ‘soft robot’ components and LEGO-like building blocks

Credit: Wong Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Using a new type of dual polymer material capable of responding ...

Researchers create new way to power electric cars