New study seeks to establish mechanism between areas of the brain and continence
... contraction without the presence of a measurement device resulted in changes in cerebral cortical blood oxygenation level in four distinctive areas of the brain, similar to studies conducted with the presence of the manometric device. The cortical activity was detected in the sensory motor cortex in seven ...UC San Diego faculty receive funding from von Liebig Center to commercialize academic research
...ping data dynamically as a function of network and device conditions and constraints, resulting in a rich wireless surfing experience. Wireless network operators as well as content providers and aggregators already have expressed interest in this technology. This grant will enable Dey and his team to make...New systems biology center positions UT Southwestern in vanguard of scientific research
...nt from the National Institutes of Health, the NMR device allows scientists to produce three-dimensional images of proteins and other biological molecules in solution, which is similar to proteins' natural environment within cells. "Where the real power comes in studying complex systems is being able to see...Powerful machines are coming in small packages
...tore and transport than hydrogen. "Basically, the device would be a chemical engine that you could refuel, just like an engine," Patil said. "The whole idea is the size and shape would be like a battery. The goal is an energy density of 1,000 watt-hours per kilogram, which is 3-4 times [as efficient] as a ...A shocking surprise: High voltage + rats = ozone, reopens power-line debate
...ers placed rats in a Plexiglas cage hooked up to a device that produced 10 kilovolts, or roughly the power of air ionizers marketed as health aids. In an empty cage, the ozone level peaked at 22 parts per billion with or without a corona discharge. When the animals were present and a centimeter from the cor...Algorithms help diagnose cancer
...c purposes. Using data from a mass spectrometer, a device that generates a molecular fingerprint of biological samples, the Dartmouth team's calculations can distinguish healthy blood from diseased blood. This study by Ryan Lilien, a Dartmouth M.D./Ph.D. student, Hany Farid, Assistant Professor of Computer...Portable kidney dialysis machine developed
...at more than 600 jobs could be associated with the device when production begins. OSU researchers and Home D...velops, the possibility of an implantable dialysis device becomes very real." Jim Curtis, a certified hemodialysis technologist, works as area manager for Fre...New Georgia Tech Biosciences Center assists life-science startup companies
...h on hair transplantation. CardioMEMS, a medical device company using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology to create tiny wireless sensors that will enable doctors to monitor heart patient more easily. Focal Point Microsystems, which is creating three-dimensional microstructures with broad a...Researchers discover that a virus can naturally target and kill tumors
... the virus. The virus may also be a good tracking device for cancer. Dr. Meruelo and his colleagues attached to Sindbis a gene that makes fireflies glow, which was only activated in cells that the virus entered, making them glow enough to be detected by an external sensor. "We showed that we knew exactly w...Successful progress launch paves the way for further scientific utilisation of the ISS by Europe
...n physiology experiment which uses an eye-tracking device to determine eye movements in weightlessness and compare how they differ from eye movements on Earth and hence determine the effect the body's balance system has on eye movements. This has an important bearing on balance disorders on the ground as we...Space technology in new technique to fight breast cancer
...ystem with a quality imaging MRI-breast-coil - the device that actually generates the image - could be a major breakthrough." "The chosen imaging coil also allows for non-invasive MRI diagnostics or performance of magnetic resonance spectroscopy for chemical analysis and biopsies for pathology, which compl...New device can help defend against novel biological agents
... has been strengthened by the development of a new device that can monitor the metabolism of living cells in...unknown?" Part of the answer, Cliffel says, is the device he and his colleagues have developed, called a four-channel microphysiometer. It is a modification o...Purdue engineers develop quick, inexpensive method to prototype microchips
... minute quantities of liquids, typically in a chip device approximately the size of a postage stamp. The ini...s that can test any number of ideas. "This whole device can be developed and in operation in less than two hours," Ladisch said. "Tools like this that take ...'Mad cow' mechanism may be integral to storing memory
...we've had no clear concept of what the key storage device is," says Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Resea... University. "This study suggests what the storage device might be but it's such a surprising suggestion to find that a prion-like activity may be involved."...Separation day arrives for Mars Express and Beagle 2
...te from the orbiter. This would fire a pyrotechnic device that would slowly release a loaded spring and gently push Beagle 2 away from the mother spacecraft at around 1 ft/s (0.3 m/s). If all goes according to plan, the release mechanism will also cause Beagle 2 to rotate like a spinning top, stabilising i...Test method provides biocompatibility 'barometer'
... two-step process. The first step involves using a device called a polymerase chain reaction instrument to measure the levels of an organism's cytokines when exposed to a given material. Cytokines are signaling molecules released by white blood cells to protect the body from foreign materials. Higher levels...With nature's help, a better vision system for smart weapons
...The result would be a lightweight panoramic vision device with no moving parts, he said. Leonard J. Buckley, a program manager in materials chemistry at DARPA's Defense Science Office, said the technology is promising."This technology has the potential to change the way we think about optics and specificall...Beetles could prove a hit with the aircraft industry
...e, knowledge gained could aid the development of a device that helps relight aircraft engines at high altitude by squirting plasma into the engine's combustion chamber more accurately. The project will involve computer-based numerical and mathematical modelling. Initially it will focus on understanding t...Purdue researchers create templates on retinal tissues
...instrument called an atomic force microscope and a device called a cantilever to lay down lines of peptides in a process known as dip-pen nanolithography. The pattern was permanently attached to a dime-size piece of retina extracted from the eye of a pig, said Albena Ivanisevic, an assistant professor of bi...UC Riverside researchers publish paper on botulism detection system
...iversity of California, Riverside have developed a device that speeds the detection of a virulent strain of botulism neurotoxin from hours or days to minutes, making treatment or vaccination more effective. Botulinum neurotoxin B, one of five strains that are known to be toxic to humans, is targeted in the...