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Medical Engineering

Space technology to refine cancer treatment

Space scientists at the University of Leicester are to describe how equipment developed for studying distant stars and far-off galaxies can now effectively be applied to detecting cancer tumours. In a public lecture to be delivered at the University of Leicester on Tuesday 26 January, Dr John Lees, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leicester’s Space Research Centre will discuss ‘Biomedical Imaging Using Space Instrumentation’. The lecture is taking place at 6.30pm in Lecture Theatre 2 of the Ken…

Awards Funding

GISMA Student Shines at IFLA Competition During INFOCOM Event

IFLA, under the aegis of the main event (INFOCOM conference & exhibition), is an endeavor to identify and groom the young global leaders of the future. It is…

Business and Finance

Exploring Trust and Competence in Flexible Innovation Projects

Karstadt, Quelle & Co.: the balancing act between the necessary flexibility and long-term stability all too often turns into a walk on eggshells for the…

Physics & Astronomy

Astrophysicists Tackle Cold Dark Matter Conundrum

Cold Dark Matter – present day science is still in pursuit of a proof of its existence. Numerous astrophysical phenomena are only explainable by assuming its…

Life & Chemistry

Bone Loss Around Dental Implants: A New Study’s Insights

The study analysed X-rays of over 600 patients. The more implants a patient had in the jaw, the more common it was to find loss of supporting bone. Just over a…

Health & Medicine

Virtual Reality Tele-Rehab: Games Boost Hand Function Recovery

“It's alarming that young Swedish men are consuming so much salt, and something needs to be done about it. We can really only speculate on the consequences of…

Life & Chemistry

Shipworm Threatens Maritime Archaeological Treasures

The shipworm is capable of completely destroying large maritime archaeological finds in only 10 years, and while it has avoided the Baltic Sea in the past,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

No-Sweat Pressure Sensors Transform Drilling Efficiency

The drill bit gradually burrows deeper into the earth, working its way through the rock. Meanwhile, dozens of sensors are busily engaged in tasks such as…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into Ribosome Function from Key Puzzle Piece

It was previously known how the chemical reaction goes about adding amino acids to the growing protein. Both computer simulations and x-ray crystallographic…

Transportation and Logistics

'Greenroads' rates sustainable road projects

University of Washington researchers and global engineering firm CH2M Hill today unveiled Greenroads, a rating system for sustainable road design and…

Health & Medicine

New Stroke Therapy Restores Limb Function in Rats

People with impaired mobility after a stroke soon may have a therapy that restores limb function long after the injury, if a supplemental protein works as well…

Studies and Analyses

Work-Life Balance: Insights from 1,800 American Workers

Researchers measured the extent to which work was interfering with personal time using data from a national survey of 1,800 American workers. Sociology…

Life & Chemistry

UW-Madison Scientists Develop Ultra-Stable Collagen

“It's by far the most stable collagen ever made,” says Ron Raines, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of chemistry and biochemistry who led the study,…

Health & Medicine

Virtual Reality Tele-Rehab Enhances Hand Function Through Gaming

“While these initial encouraging results were in teens with limited hand and arm function due to perinatal brain injury, we suspect using these games could…

Environmental Conservation

Tilapia feed on Fiji's native fish

Scientists suspect that tilapia introduced to the waterways of the Fiji Islands may be gobbling up the larvae and juvenile fish of several native species of…

Life & Chemistry

Melanoma stem cells' evasive talents

Melanoma, if not detected in its early stages, transforms into a highly deadly, treatment-resistant cancer. Although the immune system initially responds to…

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