By David SzondyMay 30, 2024 Cryogenic cooling down to temperatures approaching absolute zero, here illustrated using AI tools, has just become much faster and cheaper Researchers have found a surprisingly simple way to build cryogenic coolers that reach near-absolute zero up to 3.5 times faster, or using about 71% less energy, than current gear. That’s...
10 May 2024 By Shiona McCallum,Technology reporter A new device to help reduce the time cancer patients spend in hospital has been given regulatory approval. The Liberty allows patients to take blood tests – and upload the results – at home, and without supervision. Its users say it allows them to cut down on draining...
MAY 16, 2024 by Acoustical Society of America Researchers augmented noise-canceling headphones with a smartphone-based neural network to identify ambient sounds and preserve them while filtering out everything else. Credit: Shyam GollakotaNoise-canceling headphones are a godsend for living and working in loud environments. They automatically identify background sounds and cancel them out for much-needed peace...
16 May 2024 By Gillian Dohrn Scientists know there is a link between obesity and some cancers. A study in mice and people suggests why that might be. A Desulfovibrio bacterium. This group of gut bacteria has been linked to a suppressed immune system, which can allow breast-cancer tumours to flourish. Credit: PNWL/Alamy Researchers have...
STANFORD UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS FROM THE STANFORD CENTER FOR AEROSPACE AUTONOMY RESEARCH (CAESAR) IN THE ROBOTIC TESTBED, WHICH CAN SIMULATE THE MOVEMENTS OF AUTONOMOUS SPACECRAFT. view moreCREDIT: ANDREW BRODHEAD Small wearable or implantable electronics could help monitor our health, diagnose diseases, and provide opportunities for improved, autonomous treatments. But to do this without aggravating or damaging...
by University of Cincinnati Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAn international, multisite Phase III trial, co-led by a University of Cincinnati researcher, has found that a Parkinson’s disease medication delivered through an infusion pump is safe and effective at reducing symptoms for longer periods of time. These results, published March 15 in the Lancet Neurology journal, could...
FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY IMAGE: THE SUGGESTED APPROACH FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS WITH COMPENSATED ADVANCED CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE. ABBREVIATIONS: CACLD, COMPENSATED ADVANCED CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; CSPH, CLINICALLY SIGNIFICANT PORTAL HYPERTENSION; EGDS, ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPIES; HVPG, HEPATIC VENOUS PRESSURE GRADIENT; LSM, LIVER STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT; NSBB, NONSELECTIVE BETA- BLOCKERS; SSM, SPLEEN STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT; TIPS, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC...
by National Research Council of Science and Technology Collagen microgels—The concept of self-assembling stem cell therapy. Credit: Korea Institute of Science and TechnologyCritical limb ischemia is a condition in which the main blood vessels supplying blood to the legs are blocked, causing blood flow to gradually decrease as atherosclerosis progresses in the peripheral arteries. It...
A new adhesive patch could one day help people with voice disorders speak again by using artificial intelligence to read the movements of their throat muscles and turn them into speech, researchers said Tuesday. The small, stretchy patch is powered solely by muscle movements, the US-based researchers revealed in a study in Nature Communications. Attached...
by Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Credit: Karolina Grabowska from PexelsGlobally, more than half of patients die after infection with the neglected tropical disease, melioidosis, often before they are diagnosed. A new rapid test could save lives by diagnosing patients in hours rather than several days taken by current bacterial culture methods, meaning they receive the...
