Archive for the ‘From the Wire’ Category
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
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From the Wire: The next wave of the electronics revolution will involve biomedical devices, say electrical engineers ...
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Monday, March 8th, 2010
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
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From the Wire: CSIRO scientist Dr Tara Sutherland and a research team have hand-drawn fine threads of honeybee silk from a ...
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
From the Wire: Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft have developed an acoustic biosensor that turns an arm into a crude touch screen, writes Kristina Grifantini on the Technology Review blog.
An armband, worn around the bicep, detects minute sound waves that travel through skin when it is tapped. The ...
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
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Researcher Nere Garmendia, based in the Basque city of Donostia-San Sebastián, has published a doctoral thesis that may pave the way for the development of implants with impressive lifespans. According to Garmendia, orthopaedic implants could be developed that would last more than 150 years by developing ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
From the Wire: Researchers at Glyndwr University have developed technology for producing a portable device for sterilising medical equipment using a £40 microwave oven. The everyday kitchen device has been used to deliver a low cost, chemical-free solution to killing harmful bacteria on medical tools used in surgeries. The research has been led by ...
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Technical die-cutting specialist Entrocomponent Solutions (ECS) has recently completed its expansion of its Class 100 cleanroom converting operations in Singapore, more than tripling the square footage of their Class 100 converting space. Additionally, the company has begun similar cleanroom converting expansion at their facilities in Azusa, CA, USA and Tijuana, ...
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
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From the Wire: Nanoparticles are part of a new family of materials being created in the laboratory of SUNY Distinguished Professor and Greatbatch ...
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Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010
From the Wire: Scientists have published the first report on a new way of preventing potentially harmful plasticisers — the source of long-standing human health concerns — from migrating from one of the most widely used groups of plastics. The advance could lead to a new generation of polyvinyl chloride ...
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
From the Wire: Researchers from CNRS and CEA have developed a transistor that can mimic the main functionalities of a synapse. This organic transistor, based on pentacene(4) and gold nanoparticles and known as a NOMFET (an acronym for "Nanoparticle Organic Memory Field-Effect Transistor"), has opened the way to new generations ...
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
From the Wire: Terahertz radiation (THz) has unique characteristics with the potential to provide the basis of new imaging techniques for detecting and diagnosing cancer and other medical conditions. Moreover, because the energy of the photons that carry THz radiation is approximately 100,000 times less than that of X-rays, it ...
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
On the wire: Plasma jets could one day be used to clean out bacteria from tooth cavities according to researchers from Saarland University in Homburg, Germany, reports BBC News.
Tests reported in the Journal of Medical Microbiology found that, the properties of the plasma are harmful to bacteria, without affecting the ...
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