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New technology can instantly provide in-field characterization of unknown liquids

A new company will commercialize sensing technology invented at Harvard University that can perform instant, in-field characterization of the chemical make-up and material properties of unknown liquids.

4 Aug 2016

New sonification system can help professional swimmers optimize swimming technique

Since 1896, swimming has been an event in the Olympic games. Back then it was the swimmer's physical condition that was decisive in securing a win, but today it is mostly technique that determines who takes home the title of world champion.

4 Aug 2016

Mount Sinai neurosurgeon first to use CaptiView image injection system during microscopic surgery

Joshua Bederson, MD, Professor and System Chair for the Department of Neurosurgery at Mount Sinai Health System, is the first neurosurgeon to use CaptiView - a microscope image injection system from Leica Microsystems that overlays critical virtual reality imaging directly onto the brain when viewed through the eyepiece, known as the ocular, during surgery.

4 Aug 2016

Reposa Synergy mattress system provides comfort and pressure relief to users

This ground breaking non-powered mattress merges air and foam so that its users benefit from the comfort of a static mattress whilst also benefitting from the advanced pressure relief that an alternating pressure mattress provides.

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Siemens Healthineers launches fully-automated coagulation analyzer with PSI technology in the U.S.

Today, Siemens Healthineers Laboratory Diagnostics business launched the Sysmex CS-2500 System—a mid-volume, fully-automated coagulation analyzer with smartly-designed PSI technology—in major markets including the U.S. Together with Lab Alliance of Central New York, the first U.S. customer to install the high-volume Sysmex CS-5100 System, the company celebrated the availability of its new Sysmex CS Hemostasis System portfolio in the U.S.

4 Aug 2016

Scientists develop interactive model to fast-track research and treatment of schizophrenia

It's called mental imbalance for a reason. Sanity hangs, in part, in the gentle balance of chemicals strung together within regions of the brain in an intricate matrix.

4 Aug 2016

New tool helps researchers make connections between proteins, genes, drugs and diseases

Every day, more than 3,000 new abstracts are uploaded to PubMed, the main biomedical literature reference database. Even in a researcher's narrowly-defined field, it is impossible to stay on top of the ever-evolving webs of interconnections between these papers.

4 Aug 2016

New app helps people with dementia stay connected to memories

People suffering from Alzheimer's and other forms of age-related dementia sometimes have trouble recognizing friends and family or knowing what to talk about when they visit.

4 Aug 2016

MIT scientists design new microfluidic device that mimics neuromuscular junction

MIT engineers have developed a microfluidic device that replicates the neuromuscular junction -- the vital connection where nerve meets muscle.

4 Aug 2016

Scientists fabricate smart second skin to protect soldiers from biological and chemical threats

In work that aims to protect soldiers from biological and chemical threats, a team of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists has created a material that is highly breathable yet protective from biological agents.

3 Aug 2016

Researchers develop new hybrid method to study HIV protein involved in disease progression

More than 36 million people worldwide, including 1.2 million in the U.S., are living with an HIV infection. Today's anti-retroviral cocktails block how HIV replicates, matures and gets into uninfected cells, but they can't eradicate the virus.

3 Aug 2016

New biochip test helps identify individuals at increased risk of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers today unveiled results from a new blood test to help identify which patients are at an elevated risk of Alzheimer's disease.

3 Aug 2016

Researchers develop wearable patch to monitor person's blood-alcohol levels in sweat

Overconsumption of alcohol can lead to errors in judgment, causing, for example, some people to get behind the wheel when they are impaired.

3 Aug 2016

Scientists use new non-invasive PET scanning method to monitor hippocampal neurogenesis

Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Life Science Technology in Japan have used a new non-invasive PET scanning technique to obtain images of neuron proliferation in the subventricular zone and subgranular zone of the hippocampal dentate gyrus. Neurogenesis in the hippocampal dentate gyrus is known to be particularly affected by depression.

3 Aug 2016

Study shows how cancer cells pursue path toward greater concentrations of oxygen

Cancer cells need oxygen to survive, as do most other life forms, but scientists had never tracked their search for oxygen in their early growth stages until now -- a step toward a deeper understanding of one way cancer spreads that could help treat the disease.

3 Aug 2016

New Valley Fever testing technology developed by TGen and NAU receives U.S. patent

Valley Fever, a potentially deadly dust-borne fungal disease, should be easier to diagnose and treat thanks to a testing technology developed by the Translational Genomics Research Institute and Northern Arizona University, and now protected by a patent issued today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

3 Aug 2016

Oxford researchers developing new automated system for easier, cheaper diagnosis of pneumonia

Oxford researchers are developing a tool to make it much easier and cheaper to diagnose pneumonia -- the number one killer of children under 5. Their latest research is published in Journal of the Royal Society Interface.

3 Aug 2016

Researchers use personalized simulations of the brain to uncover nature of internal processes

The brain is an adaptable and highly complex system. However, much remains to be known about the way in which individual components of the brain interact in order to produce cognitive performance.

3 Aug 2016

New research aims to understand, manage contact lens discomfort

Do you have dry eyes or other symptoms related to wearing contact lenses? If so you're not alone—up to 50 percent of contact lens wearers experience dryness or discomfort at least occasionally.

3 Aug 2016

Researchers receive $2 million PCORI funding to analyze use of decision aids in breast cancer treatment

A research team at The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice has received a $2 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to conduct a research project that is likely to change the way women and their doctors make decisions about breast cancer surgery.

2 Aug 2016

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New technology can instantly provide in-field characterization of unknown liquids

New sonification system can help professional swimmers optimize swimming technique

Mount Sinai neurosurgeon first to use CaptiView image injection system during microscopic surgery

Reposa Synergy mattress system provides comfort and pressure relief to users

Siemens Healthineers launches fully-automated coagulation analyzer with PSI technology in the U.S.

Scientists develop interactive model to fast-track research and treatment of schizophrenia

New tool helps researchers make connections between proteins, genes, drugs and diseases

New app helps people with dementia stay connected to memories

MIT scientists design new microfluidic device that mimics neuromuscular junction

Scientists fabricate smart second skin to protect soldiers from biological and chemical threats

Researchers develop new hybrid method to study HIV protein involved in disease progression

New biochip test helps identify individuals at increased risk of Alzheimer's disease

Researchers develop wearable patch to monitor person's blood-alcohol levels in sweat

Scientists use new non-invasive PET scanning method to monitor hippocampal neurogenesis

Study shows how cancer cells pursue path toward greater concentrations of oxygen

New Valley Fever testing technology developed by TGen and NAU receives U.S. patent

Oxford researchers developing new automated system for easier, cheaper diagnosis of pneumonia

Researchers use personalized simulations of the brain to uncover nature of internal processes

New research aims to understand, manage contact lens discomfort

Researchers receive $2 million PCORI funding to analyze use of decision aids in breast cancer treatment

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