Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering

Researchers' device tracks biomarkers in sweat, may indicate flare-upsCredit: University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at Dallas researchers ...

MarrowQuant: A new digital-pathology tool

Credit: Olaia Naveiras (EPFL) The bone marrow is the soft tissue inside our bones. Its main role is to produce ...

Recording thousands of nerve cell impulses at high resolution

Credit: ETH Zurich / Xinyue Yuan For over 15 years, ETH Professor Andreas Hierlemann and his group have been developing ...

Cement-free concrete beats corrosion and gives fatbergs the flush

Researchers from RMIT University have developed an eco-friendly zero-cement concrete, which all but eliminates corrosionCredit: Copyright Museums Victoria, Photographer: Rob ...

Last-resort life support option helped majority of critically ill COVID-19 patients survive

ECMO outcomes study at experienced centers suggests key role for treating worst-hit patients as pandemic continuesCredit: University of Michigan It ...

FSU researchers help develop sustainable polymers

Credit: Mark Wallheiser/FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering have made new discoveries on the effects ...

Reusing tableware can reduce waste from online food deliveries

Credit: Zhou et al Lifestyles in China are changing rapidly, and ordering food online is an example. However, those billions ...

Secure nano-carrier delivers medications directly to cells

Nanoparticles with synthetic DNA can control release of active agentsCredit: Uli Benz / TUM Medications often have unwanted side-effects. One ...

3D printed nasal swabs work as well as commercial swabs for COVID-19 diagnostic testing

A multisite clinical trial, led by USF Health and Tampa General Hospital, provides the first evidence that both devices are ...

Ultrapotent compound may help treat C. diff, reduce recurrence

Credit: Herman O. Sintim/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, is the leading cause of health ...

Color-coded biosensor illuminates in real time how viruses attack hosts

Understanding how viruses invade host cell protein-making machineryCredit: Stasevich Lab/Colorado State University Infectious viruses come in many shapes and sizes ...

Navy lab develops long range fever detector

Available via royalty-free license agreementCredit: Courtesy NSWC-Crane A federal research facility in Crane, Indiana, has developed a temperature scanning sensor ...

Opening an autophagy window as the apoptosis door starts to close

Credit: Department of Organic Biomaterials,TMDU Tokyo - Many people across the globe are working hard to get the better of ...

Bioelectronic device achieves unprecedented control of cell membrane voltage

Driven by a machine learning algorithm, the closed-loop biohybrid device maintained a set membrane voltage in human stem cells for ...

Gruthan Bioscience receives funding to develop a novel class of cholesterol-lowering drugs

Gruthan Bioscience was recently awarded funding to develop a novel class of cholesterol-lowering drugs to treat a rare form of ...

Alcohol, nicotine mix during pregnancy increases health risk in newborns

Report: Combination increases brain damage and development riskCredit: Houston University of Houston researchers have found that during early pregnancy, the ...

URI grad student finds PFAS in seabirds from Narragansett Bay, Massachusetts Bay, Cape Fear

Credit: (Photo courtesy of Anna Robuck) KINGSTON, R.I. - Sept.23, 2020 - Evidence continues to accumulate about human and wildlife ...

Meditation for mind-control

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering A BCI is an apparatus that allows an individual to control a machine ...

Parylene photonics enable future optical biointerfaces

September 22, 2020

Carnegie Mellon's Maysam Chamanzar has developed a new class of materials for optical biointerfacesCredit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering ...

NIST scientists get soft on 3D printing