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Light at the end of the nanotunnel
15.11.2019
Using a new type of nanoreactor, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in mapping catalytic reactions on individual metallic nanoparticles.
How artificial intelligence can transform psychiatry
14.11.2019
New technologies could help psychiatrists better diagnose and monitor patients, but distrust abounds.
Synapses in 3D: new method to map brain structures
13.11.2019
Our brain consists of countless nerve cells that transmit signals from one cell to the next. The connections between these cells, the synapses, provide a key to understanding how our memory works. An American research team has now succeeded in identifying these switching points in millimeter-sized tissue with a light microscope on the basis of their structure.
Smart watch: a stretchable stopwatch lights up human skin
01.11.2019
Imagine a runner who doesn't need to carry a stopwatch or cell phone to check her time: She could just gaze at the glowing stopwatch display on the back of her hand. Such human-machine interfaces are no longer science fiction, but they still have a way to go before becoming mainstream.
Imaging: improves diagnosis and treatment of dry eye disease
08.10.2019
Researchers have developed a new non-invasive optical imaging system that promises to improve diagnosis and treatments for dry eye disease. Dry eye, which often causes irritation and blurred vision, occurs when there is instability in the inner layer of the tear film that protects the outside of the eye.
Smart clothes: shirt could be used to monitor lung disease
04.10.2019
A smart shirt that measures lung function by sensing movements in the chest and abdomen has proved to be accurate when compared to traditional testing equipment, according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress. Researchers have used the smart shirts to reliably measure breathing in healthy people while carrying out a range of everyday activities.
X-rays: safer, more effective cancer radiation therapy using nanoparticles
02.10.2019
An element called gadolinium delivered into cancer cells releases killer electrons when hit by specially tuned X-rays. The approach, published in the journal Scientific Reports, could pave the way towards a new cancer radiation therapy.
Real-time MRI for early detection of stroke
27.09.2019
An international research group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics developed a brain imaging method for improved and early assessment of stroke. Now published in PNAS, their study presents a methodology which monitors calcium ion fluctuations in the brain using a molecular functional MRI approach.
HD microscopy in milliseconds
24.09.2019
They can make tiny cell structures visible: cutting-edge light microscopes offer resolutions of a few tenths of a nanometre--in other words, a millionth of a millimetre.
Advanced AI boosts clinical analysis of eye images
20.09.2019
A fast and reliable machine learning tool, developed by the ARTORG Center, University of Bern and the Department of Ophthalmology, Inselspital brings Artificial Intelligence (AI) closer to clinical use in Ophthalmology. The novel method published in Nature Scientific Reports on September 19, 2019 presents a tool that reliably extracts meaning from extensive image data.
Model of health
11.09.2019
Lehigh University researchers have developed a novel approach to determine when patients with tibial fractures can bear weight.
A swifter way towards 3D-printed organs
10.09.2019
Sacrificial ink-writing technique allows 3D printing of large, vascularized human organ building blocks.
Micro-robot to fight cancer
05.09.2019
Professor Hongsoo Choi's research team in Department of Robotics Engineering & DGIST-ETH Microrobot Research Center (DEMRC) at DGIST (President Young Kuk) succeeded in developing a biodegradable microrobot that can perform hyperthermia treatment and control drug release.