Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
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Oxford University researchers introduced a new approach to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in the March issue of the journal NeuroImage. The approach could make fMRI more useful in clinical settings. fMRI captures ...
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
A new kit developed by British and South African researchers enables people to record and analyse their heart sounds with a cell phone and send the recordings to their doctor, according to a University of Oxford press release.
Thomas Brennan of University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science and Bongani Mayosi ...
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Wednesday, July 6th, 2011
Oxford University scientists have developed a set of glasses that use an array of LED lights to help people with poor vision see better. The glasses will be displayed at this year's Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. They could be used by people with common visual impairment problems such as ...
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
A team of Oxford University biomedical engineers and cardiologists has developed a way of merging 3-D data from ultrasound transducers placed in different positions on a patient’s body. The researchers recently reported in the journal JACC Cardiovascular Imaging that, in a pilot study of 32 people, this boosted the quality ...
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
A fast, cheap and straightforward method to detect and identify pathogens (bacteria or fungi) present at even exceedingly low copy numbers in blood or tissue samples has been developed by scientists at the University of Oxford, UK. They expect the technology to enable correct diagnosis and same-day initiation of treatment ...
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Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
The surfaces of many insect wings have unique properties that have long interested materials scientists. Some insect wings, for example, are superhydrophobic, which is the combined result of their chemistry and the detailed nanoscale structures on their surface. Other insect wings have the unique ability to reduce the effects of ...
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