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Innovation Partners Institute and MavenSphere launch personal engagement app for organizations

Amid rapidly rising cases of COVID-19 in Indiana, the Innovation Partners Institute (IPI) at Purdue University and MavenSphere today launched a personal engagement app designed to give organizations a simple tool to help people monitor their COVID symptoms, track test results, and connect to important support tools and resources.

16 Dec 2020

SwRI is developing machine vision tool to improve military medical training

Southwest Research Institute is developing a machine vision tool to help the U.S. Department of Defense assess the biomechanical movements of military medical personnel during training exercises.

16 Dec 2020

New screening platform can be used to discover more effective drugs for type 1 diabetes

With nearly 2 million Americans battling type 1 diabetes, it is no surprise that clinical therapies for the disease are constantly evolving and improving.

16 Dec 2020

$3.7 million NIH grant supports development of biosensor technology for diagnosing viral diseases

For over ten years, Ali Yanik has been working to develop novel biosensor technology to provide rapid, low-cost testing for disease diagnostics and precision medicine.

16 Dec 2020

FDA issues new emergency use authorization for BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card Home Test

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a new emergency use authorization (EUA) for the BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card Home Test which is authorized for use by patients at home with a prescription.

16 Dec 2020

FDA grants marketing authorization for new ACL implant

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted marketing authorization—under the De Novo premarket review pathway—for an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) implant, intended to serve as an alternative to ACL reconstruction to treat ACL tears.

16 Dec 2020

Analysis of timestamp data from EHRs provides useful insights on doctors' use of time

How much time do primary care physicians actually spend one-on-one with patients? Analysis of timestamp data from electronic health records (EHRs) provides useful insights on exam length and other factors related to doctors' use of time, reports a study in the January issue of Medical Care.

16 Dec 2020

Neuroscientists investigate the relationship between language and cognitive functions

In some ways, learning to program a computer is similar to learning a new language. It requires learning new symbols and terms, which must be organized correctly to instruct the computer what to do. The computer code must also be clear enough that other programmers can read and understand it.

16 Dec 2020

Researchers design new chemical tool with high configurational stability, catalytic activity

Researchers have designed and built a new chemical tool inspired by natural metal-containing enzymes in living organisms. The product, a tetrahedral "chiral zinc", maintains its shape for years, providing a new structure with exciting possibilities for manufacturing pharmaceuticals and optical electronics.

15 Dec 2020

New gaming app helps understand human strategic thinking, may improve reasoning of AI

Fans of Candy Crush Saga, Flow Free or Minesweeper should check out a challenging new mobile game app, hexxed, that will stretch your brain as it helps brain researchers understand human strategic thinking and perhaps improve the reasoning of artificial intelligence.

15 Dec 2020

AI-based study of social media maps SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy across the US

Researchers from the University of Rochester, USA, has produced an AI-based study that analyzes the social media platform Twitter to gauge public opinions in the US surrounding SARS-CoV-2 vaccines to shed greater light on this issue.

15 Dec 2020

Non-contact IR thermometers fail for COVID-19 temperature screening, say physicians

While a fever is one of the most common symptoms for people who get sick with COVID-19, taking one's temperature is a poor means of screening who is infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes the disease, and more importantly, who might be contagious.

15 Dec 2020

Digital dipstick is more accurate to test urinary tract infections at home

Soon you will be able to perform a bacterial culture at home to test for urinary tract infection (UTI), with clinical-level results.

15 Dec 2020

SIMON – The Machine Learning Platform Paving the Future of Vaccine Development

A machine learning algorithm developed by the Oxford Vaccine Group promises more effective vaccine development for several diseases, including COVID-19.

15 Dec 2020

Scientists empower wireless sensors with vision abilities to fight viruses

Current and former early-career scientists share their stories and tell how Europe has bet on them, making their high-risk research possible: from intelligent wireless sensors with vision abilities to RNA-based techniques to fight viruses, from the mathematical formulas of the MRI waves to optoceutics, the new technique that uses light to repair the heart after a stroke.

15 Dec 2020

New measurement technique can provide information about brain activity

Is it possible to read a person's mind by analyzing the electric signals from the brain? The answer may be much more complex than most people think.

15 Dec 2020

New AI tool may soon offer the right treatment for stroke survivors

An AI developed by Japanese researchers might soon help stroke survivors get the right treatment by detecting a patient's post-stroke depression (PSD) type, a frequently seen but often overlooked neuropsychiatric manifestation after a stroke that could impair functional recovery.

15 Dec 2020

Device / Technology News

Innovation Partners Institute and MavenSphere launch personal engagement app for organizations

SwRI is developing machine vision tool to improve military medical training

New screening platform can be used to discover more effective drugs for type 1 diabetes

$3.7 million NIH grant supports development of biosensor technology for diagnosing viral diseases

FDA issues new emergency use authorization for BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card Home Test

FDA grants marketing authorization for new ACL implant

Analysis of timestamp data from EHRs provides useful insights on doctors' use of time

Neuroscientists investigate the relationship between language and cognitive functions

Researchers design new chemical tool with high configurational stability, catalytic activity

New gaming app helps understand human strategic thinking, may improve reasoning of AI

AI-based study of social media maps SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy across the US

Non-contact IR thermometers fail for COVID-19 temperature screening, say physicians

Digital dipstick is more accurate to test urinary tract infections at home

SIMON – The Machine Learning Platform Paving the Future of Vaccine Development

Scientists empower wireless sensors with vision abilities to fight viruses

New measurement technique can provide information about brain activity

New AI tool may soon offer the right treatment for stroke survivors

Researchers develop new model to determine quarantine measures for COVID-19

Robotic exoskeletons improve motor function in adolescents with acquired brain injury

World Health Organization issues notice for in vitro diagnostics users

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

AI in Healthcare: How generative tools are transforming clinical practice

The future of automation: Machine learning–driven hepatocyte and organoid counting

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