Friday, March 23rd, 2012
[caption id="attachment_27403" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="T-Haler, a training device for users of asthma inhalers"][/caption]
Asthma inhalers prevent and treat asthma attacks and can reduce emergency visits—but their impact is limited by incorrect usage. Studies show that most users don't use the devices correctly. A training device called T-Haler developed by Cambridge Consultants ...
Posted in Research | Add Comment »
Wednesday, March 21st, 2012
After two years of research, a group of Swedish scientists has been able to grow human nerve cells on nanocellulose. The study could result in 3-D artificial models of the brain for brain research and biocomputers.
Nanocellulose consists of nanosized cellulose fibres and its typical dimensions are widths of 5 to ...
Posted in Research | Add Comment »
Friday, March 16th, 2012
[caption id="attachment_27312" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Self-healing hydrogel (purple and yellow colours added)"][/caption]
A self-healing hydrogel developed by University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) bioengineers could have numerous potentials, including drug delivery, medical sutures and industrial sealants. The hydrogel "functions as Velcro on a molecular level" according to the UC San ...
Posted in Research | Add Comment »
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
[caption id="attachment_27270" align="alignleft" width="175" caption="Gold particles with rows of atoms, seen as ridges, across them"][/caption]
British researchers have created a new electron microscope method that could produce images with higher resolution than previously possible, according to a University of Sheffield press release. The lens-free method is called electron ptychography and forms ...
Posted in Research | Add Comment »
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
A blog post on the Guardian's website about funding for research at UK universities has stirred up quite a debate. It was written by science journalist Ananyo Bhattacharya and was provocatively titled "Scientists have sold their souls–and basic research–to business". Bhattacharya argued that recent suggestions that university research should be ...
Posted in Research | Add Comment »
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
[caption id="attachment_26869" align="alignleft" width="140" caption="An X-ray CT scan showing electrodes distributed over the brain’s temporal lobe. Credit: Adeen Flinker, UC Berkeley"][/caption]
Research at the University of California, Berkeley may one day help patients unable to speak due to stroke or paralysis. Neuroscientists have decoded electrical activity in the brain's temporal ...
Posted in Research | Add Comment »
Monday, January 30th, 2012
An article on the New York Times website this month discussed a new generation of research websites, where scientists can collaborate and share their studies. The article compares "open science" with traditional peer-reviewed journals, quoting researchers that consider the traditional process to be expensive (for the readers), slow and elitist. ...
Posted in Research | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
A study recently published in the peer-reviewed journal PloS ONE shows that a weak, electrical noise signal may help people with Parkinson's disease. The study was conducted by researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy of University of Gothenburg, Sweden. In experiments on rats, stimulating the balance organs with electrical noise improved ...
Posted in Research | Add Comment »
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
[caption id="attachment_26484" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The yellow nanosensor signal in the overlay image (right) shows that the cells are active. If they were unhealthy, they would appear much redder. Center: the indicator dye signal. Left: the reference dye signal."][/caption]
Animal research continues to be a controversial topic in medical research. In Germany ...
Posted in Nanotechnology and Microtechnology, Sensors, medtechinsider | Add Comment »
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
[caption id="attachment_26442" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Medicon Village, a centre for research in medtech and life science located in Lund, Sweden"][/caption]
Today AstraZeneca officially handed over its old research facility in Lund, Sweden to Medicon Village, a centre for research and innovation in medical technology and life science. The centre is designed to ...
Posted in Research | Add Comment »
Thursday, December 15th, 2011
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB) have published a study on a new method for analysing electrical activity in the brain. The study was published in the journal Neuron. The method may result in new developments in interpreting EEG measurement and diagnosing and treating brain illnesses, according ...
Posted in Research, medtechinsider | Add Comment »
Monday, November 14th, 2011
Today at Medtech Week Recap, we don't only look back at the past week, but also ahead into the future of medical technology, which is starting to look fascinatingly similar to a science fiction movie. In a concept similar to the technology illustrated in the Avatar movie, a Japanese researcher ...
Posted in Technology | 1 Comment »
