Device could automatically deliver drug to reverse opioid overdose

Device could automatically deliver drug to reverse opioid overdose

By   July 24, 2019   No comments:

(Purdue University) Purdue University researchers are developing a device that would automatically detect opioid overdose and deliver naloxone, a drug known to reverse deadly effects.

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Bacteria-killing gel heals itself while healing you

Bacteria-killing gel heals itself while healing you

By   July 24, 2019   No comments:

(McMaster University) McMaster researchers have developed a novel new gel made entirely from bacteria-killing viruses. The anti-bacterial gel, which can be targeted to attack specific forms of bacteria, holds promise for numerous beneficial applications in medicine and environmental protection.

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The geoengineering of consent: How conspiracists dominate YouTube climate science content

The geoengineering of consent: How conspiracists dominate YouTube climate science content

By   July 24, 2019   No comments:

(Frontiers) Using YouTube to learn about climate-change-related topics will expose you to video content that mostly opposes worldwide scientific consensus. That's the finding of a new study, which also reveals that conspiracy theorists have 'hijacked' some scientific terms, such as 'geoengineering,' so that searches provide entirely non-scientific content. Scientists could counteract this by forming alliances with influential YouTubers, politicians and those in popular culture, to ensure scientifically accurate video content reaches the widest-possible audience.

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Active pharmaceutical ingredients can persist in the environment

Active pharmaceutical ingredients can persist in the environment

By   July 23, 2019   No comments:

(American Society of Agronomy) A study finds trace levels of medicines in drinking water from private wells.

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KIST-Stanford team develops new material for wearable devices able to restore conductivity

KIST-Stanford team develops new material for wearable devices able to restore conductivity

By   July 23, 2019   No comments:

(National Research Council of Science & Technology) Development of nanocomposite material simultaneously possessing high stretchability, high conductivity, and self-healability. Investigation of self-boosting phenomenon that enables spontaneous increase in electrical conductivity (over 60 times greater than the initial value) when external tensile strain is applied.

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Facebook can help college students with lower confidence build relationships

Facebook can help college students with lower confidence build relationships

By   July 22, 2019   No comments:

(Binghamton University) Facebook can help first-semester college students maintain relationships with high school friends and assist them in creating new friendships, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

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Succeed in sensitivity increase and noise reduction of accelerometer

Succeed in sensitivity increase and noise reduction of accelerometer

By   July 22, 2019   No comments:

(Tokyo Institute of Technology) Tokyo Institute of Technology President Kazuya Masu and NTT Advanced Technology Corporation succeed in the development of high-sensitivity and low-noise MEMS (1) accelerometer by using multi-layer metal structures that are composed of multiple metal layers. The developed accelerometer achieves 1 μG level resolution that has been a challenging task with conventional MEMS technology. (G: gravitational acceleration, G = 9.8 m/s2) The proposed technology is an innovative solution to increase the resolution of miniaturized accelerometers for general purpose use.

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Emotion-detection applications built on outdated science, report warns

Emotion-detection applications built on outdated science, report warns

By   July 17, 2019   No comments:

(Association for Psychological Science) Software that purportedly reads emotions in faces is being deployed or tested for a variety of purposes, including surveillance, hiring, clinical diagnosis, and market research. But a new scientific report finds that facial movements are an inexact gauge of a person's feelings, behaviors or intentions.

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Giving a chip about masa

Giving a chip about masa

By   July 16, 2019   No comments:

(American Society of Agronomy) Scientists call for more research into food grade corn breeding, production

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New safer, inexpensive way to propel small satellites

New safer, inexpensive way to propel small satellites

By   July 15, 2019   No comments:

(Purdue University) A team at Purdue University has developed a new safer and inexpensive way to propel small satellites.

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UCI electrical engineering team develops 'beyond 5G' wireless transceiver

UCI electrical engineering team develops 'beyond 5G' wireless transceiver

By   July 15, 2019   No comments:

(University of California - Irvine) An end-to-end transmitter-receiver created by engineers in UCI's Nanoscale Communication Integrated Circuits Labs, is a 4.4-millimeter-square silicon chip that is capable of processing digital signals with significantly greater speed and energy efficiency because of its unique digital-analog architecture.

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Cancer tissue-freezing approach may help more breast cancer patients in lower income countries

Cancer tissue-freezing approach may help more breast cancer patients in lower income countries

By   July 14, 2019   No comments:

(Johns Hopkins University) A new reusable device created by the Johns Hopkins University can help women with breast cancer in lower income countries by using carbon dioxide, a widely available and affordable gas, to power a cancer tissue-freezing probe instead of industry-standard argon.

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Hope for restoring sight in acid attack victims

Hope for restoring sight in acid attack victims

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(Newcastle University) The first clinical trial in humans of a revolutionary approach to treating chemical burns in the eye begins. It uses a tissue-softening enzyme to soften the wounded areas and promote the patient's own stem cells into repairing the damage.

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Nitrogen from biosolids can help urban soils and plant growth

Nitrogen from biosolids can help urban soils and plant growth

By   July 09, 2019   No comments:

(American Society of Agronomy) Research determines bioavailable nitrogen content of different biosolid products.

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The folds in our grey cells

The folds in our grey cells

By   July 08, 2019   No comments:

(University of Erlangen-Nuremberg) We all know that deep grooves and folds are characteristic of the human brain. But why are our grey cells in folds like this? And what can the grooves tell us? These are questions Dr. Silvia Budday from the Chair of Applied Mechanics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is researching.

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Blue light at night increases the consumption of sweets in rats

Blue light at night increases the consumption of sweets in rats

By   July 08, 2019   No comments:

(Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior) A new study demonstrates that just one hour of exposure to blue light at night -- the kind of light produced by the screens of our many devices -- raises blood sugar levels and increases sugar consumption in male rats. This study, led by Anayanci Masís-Vargas and colleagues from the University of Strasbourg and University of Amsterdam, was presented this week at the annual conference of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB) in Utrecht, Netherlands.

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Call for green burial corridors alongside roads, railways and country footpaths

Call for green burial corridors alongside roads, railways and country footpaths

By   July 04, 2019   No comments:

(SAGE) A leading public health expert is calling for a strategic initiative to develop green burial corridors alongside major transport routes because British graveyards and cemeteries are rapidly running out of room. With 500,000 deaths annually in England and Wales, it is likely that there will be no burial space left within five years.

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Collision course: Amateur astronomers play a part in efforts to keep space safe

Collision course: Amateur astronomers play a part in efforts to keep space safe

By   July 03, 2019   No comments:

(Royal Astronomical Society) Heavy traffic is commonplace on Earth but now congestion is becoming an increasing problem in space. With over 22,000 artificial satellites in orbit it is essential to keep track of their positions in order to avoid unexpected collisions. Amateur astronomers from the Basingstoke Astronomical Society have been helping the Ministry of Defence explore what is possible using high-end consumer equipment to track objects in space.

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Deep-CEE: The AI deep learning tool helping astronomers explore deep space

Deep-CEE: The AI deep learning tool helping astronomers explore deep space

By   July 03, 2019   No comments:

(Royal Astronomical Society) Galaxy clusters are some of the most massive structures in the cosmos, but despite being millions of lightyears across, they can still be hard to spot. Researchers at Lancaster University have turned to artificial intelligence for assistance in finding galaxy clusters, developing 'Deep-CEE' (Deep Learning for Galaxy Cluster Extraction and Evaluation), a novel deep learning technique to speed up the process of finding them. The work will be presented at the Royal Astronomical Society's National Astronomy meeting on July 4, 2019.

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Atomic 'patchwork' using heteroepitaxy for next generation semiconductor devices

Atomic 'patchwork' using heteroepitaxy for next generation semiconductor devices

By   June 28, 2019   No comments:

(Tokyo Metropolitan University) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have grown atomically thin crystalline layers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) with varying composition over space, continuously feeding in different types of TMDC to a growth chamber to tailor changes in properties. Examples include 20nm strips surrounded by different TMDCs with atomically straight interfaces, and layered structures. They also directly probed the electronic properties of these heterostructures; potential applications include electronics with unparalleled power efficiency.

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