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$1.2 million grant will help researchers to develop AI tools for improving adolescents' diets

With a $1.2 million grant from Fondation Botnar, an international team of researchers will assess the feasibility of creating and launching a global-scale artificial intelligence (AI) app for mobile devices that diagnoses diet-related problems and offers nutritional advice to adolescent girls living in urban settings in Ghana and Vietnam.

26 Aug 2020

Sandwich structured catalyst can efficiently generate hydrogen energy

Sandwich is the food concocted by the 18th-ceuntry nobles to play card games uninterrupted. Meat or vegetables were layered then tucked between bread to be eaten quickly while engaged in the game.

26 Aug 2020

Exosomes: The cancer cell communication mechanism

Professor Deborah Goberdhan speaks to News-Medical about her team's latest research into cancer cells, and the mechanisms they use to communicate.

26 Aug 2020

Exaggerated helplessness may lead to sedentary behavior in people with knee osteoarthritis

Chronic pain affects the majority of older adults in the U.S., and getting enough exercise plays a key role in pain management. New research suggests that how people think about their pain can have a significant effect on whether they get enough physical activity - or if they spend more time sedentary.

26 Aug 2020

Online health technology can close the gap on racial disparities

New research from Boston Medical Center highlights the benefits of using health technology to engage African American and Black women earlier in preconception care in an effort to close the gap on racial disparities in birth outcomes and maternal mortality.

26 Aug 2020

Synthetic gene fragments from SARS-CoV-2 can help produce accurate diagnostic tests

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have produced synthetic gene fragments from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. This material, which is non-infectious and safe to handle, can help manufacturers produce more accurate and reliable diagnostic tests for the disease.

26 Aug 2020

Forsyth Institute to provide research and development support for saliva-based COVID-19 tests

As a world leader in oral biology and salivary diagnostics, the Forsyth Institute is working with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative as an advisor and critical resource in the effort to develop and eventually deploy millions of accurate, rapid COVID-19 point-of-care tests used daily in schools, colleges, universities, and for testing underserved populations.

26 Aug 2020

Dartmouth receives $2.5 million to develop device for detecting tumor left behind during surgery

Dartmouth engineers have been awarded a $2.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to develop and test a device--a microendoscopic electrical impedance sensing probe-- that could be used by surgeons to detect prostate cancer still left in the body during surgery.

25 Aug 2020

Artificial intelligence method can rapidly and remotely detect fentanyl and derivatives

To help keep first responders safe, University of Central Florida researchers have developed an artificial intelligence method that not only rapidly and remotely detects the powerful drug fentanyl, but also teaches itself to detect any previously unknown derivatives made in clandestine batches.

25 Aug 2020

New biosensors detect disease-specific miRNA

University of Queensland researchers have developed biosensors that use nanoengineered porous gold which more effectively detect early signs of disease, potentially improving patient outcomes.

25 Aug 2020

Study: SARS-CoV-2 can infect human neural progenitor cells and brain organoids

SARS-CoV-2 can infect human neural progenitor cells and brain organoids, as shown by researchers from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators from The University of Hong Kong (HKU).

25 Aug 2020

Researchers develop new technique to improve cancer treatments

An innovative technique to improve cancer treatments using tumour biopsies less than 30 minutes after they're taken has been developed at The University of Queensland.

25 Aug 2020

Advances in Virus Epigenetics

Growing evidence shows viruses exploit epigenetic processes to control their life cycles but epigentic regulation of viral infections is not fully understood.

From Chromatrap® - Porvair Sciences Ltd 25 Aug 2020

Researchers seek to understand the causes of 'cybersickness' and ways to prevent it

‘Cybersickness’ might sound right out of a sci-fi novel, but it’s an illness impacting people across industries today. UNSW Sydney researchers are trying to understand what causes this sickness – and how to prevent it.

25 Aug 2020

Scientists unravel how nanomaterials inspired by insect wings destroy superbugs

Scientists have revealed how nanomaterials inspired by insect wings are able to destroy bacteria on contact.

25 Aug 2020

Study: COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on people with eating disorders

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound, negative impact on nine out of ten people with experience of eating disorders, a new study from Northumbria University, Newcastle, reveals.

25 Aug 2020

Italy starts human trials of potential COVID-19 vaccine

Rome's Lazzaro Spallanzani Institute, a hospital specializing in infectious diseases will conduct trials on 90 volunteers in the coming weeks, joining a global effort to develop an immune response to the virus.

25 Aug 2020

New aging biomarkers to be presented at 7th annual ARDD conference

Deep Longevity, a global science-driven longevity and performance management company utilizing the latest advances in artificial intelligence and aging research will present new research and tools for tracking human biological aging at the 7th annual Aging Research and Drug Discovery (ARDD) conference.

25 Aug 2020

New strategies automate the assessment of stored red blood cell quality

Each year, nearly 120 million units of donated blood flow from donor veins into storage bags at collection centres around the world. The fluid is packed, processed and reserved for later use. But once outside the body, stored red blood cells (RBCs) undergo continuous deterioration. By day 42 in most countries, the products are no longer usable.

25 Aug 2020

New, low-cost technology for subcutaneous injection of viscous formulations

MIT researchers have developed a simple, low-cost technology to administer powerful drug formulations that are too viscous to be injected using conventional medical syringes.

24 Aug 2020

Technology News and Research

$1.2 million grant will help researchers to develop AI tools for improving adolescents' diets

Sandwich structured catalyst can efficiently generate hydrogen energy

Exosomes: The cancer cell communication mechanism

Exaggerated helplessness may lead to sedentary behavior in people with knee osteoarthritis

Online health technology can close the gap on racial disparities

Synthetic gene fragments from SARS-CoV-2 can help produce accurate diagnostic tests

Forsyth Institute to provide research and development support for saliva-based COVID-19 tests

Dartmouth receives $2.5 million to develop device for detecting tumor left behind during surgery

Artificial intelligence method can rapidly and remotely detect fentanyl and derivatives

New biosensors detect disease-specific miRNA

Study: SARS-CoV-2 can infect human neural progenitor cells and brain organoids

Researchers develop new technique to improve cancer treatments

Advances in Virus Epigenetics

Researchers seek to understand the causes of 'cybersickness' and ways to prevent it

Scientists unravel how nanomaterials inspired by insect wings destroy superbugs

Study: COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on people with eating disorders

Italy starts human trials of potential COVID-19 vaccine

New aging biomarkers to be presented at 7th annual ARDD conference

New strategies automate the assessment of stored red blood cell quality

New, low-cost technology for subcutaneous injection of viscous formulations

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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