Bird 'breathalyzer' helps assess migratory diet
... police crack down on drunk driving, a similar new device is helping a University of Rhode Island graduate s...to verify that the measurements are accurate. The device was created recently by Kent Hatch at Brigham Young University for use with pigeons. The birds breat...Newborn screening for certain genetic disorders has benefits and some drawbacks
...required a separate test, but now with a measuring device called the tandem mass spectrometry, biochemical genetic screening of up to 20 disorders can be performed from only one blood sample from the newborn. To date 24 states have started this expanded newborn screening using tandem mass spectrometry. Fo...New pathway discovered at Stanford provides insight into heart disease
...heart to become available for transplant. When the device was implanted, a small section of heart tissue had to be removed, which provided the "before" sample for the study. Once a donor heart arrived, the patient's old heart became the "after" sample. "By comparing the two states, the genes we are seeing s...'Dog-on-a-chip' could replace drug-sniffing canines
...iety. "Our technology provides a hand-held sensing device capable of real-time detection, reducing the time ...micals to evade authorities," Stubbs says. The new device addresses all of these issues. Two key features of any vapor-sensing tool are sensitivity and specif...LabNotes -- Research highlights from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
...ency crews and troops about a toxic gas release. A device called a high resolution infrared spectrometer can be pointed at a suspect cloud to read light emitted and absorbed. Thanks to PNNL's highly precise catalog of chemical-agent spectral signatures, the instrument detects from the light the presence of ...Experimental hantavirus vaccine elicits strong antibody response in primates
...the cells of a vaccine recipient, using a harmless device called a "gene gun," the cloned gene is expressed and presented to the immune system. According to senior author Jay W. Hooper, Ph.D., the USAMRIID team constructed an expression plasmid containing the full-length M genome segment of Andes virus, a S...Saliva spits out information on chemical exposure
... suggests that it's possible to develop a portable device to yield immediate results from a small amount of saliva. Such a device might save lives in the event of a military or terrorist attack." Real-time diagnosis is the key, as...MIT's plasmatron cuts diesel bus emissions, promises better gas engine efficiency
... laboratory for MIT's plasmatron reformer, a small device its developers believe could significantly cut the...NE ENGINE EFFICIENCY The team is finding that the device could make vehicles cleaner and more efficient, with a potentially significant impact on oil consump...UCSB physicist devises way to observe protein folding
...ET, to study them. Using a microfabricated silicon device and a microfluidic mixing technique, they were able to observe single protein molecules at various times after folding was triggered. Two small molecules of fluorescent dye (red and green) were applied to amino acids in the protein. When the green dy...Research grants program closing
...e after surgery. Today the left ventricular assist device is widely used as a bridge to transplant surgery and has been federally approved as a permanent implant for some patients. "It has a significant usefulness and most every group in the world that has a heart transplant program has our pump, which has...Brookhaven Lab develops 'ThraxVac' to clean up anthrax
...rax and other bacterial spores. The patent-pending device has been licensed to Circle Group Holdings, Inc., ...onium source does not need heavy shielding, so the device is light-weight and easily portable. The use of polonium to produce alpha particles virtually elimin...NSF awards $68 million for new engineering centers
...Santa Cruz. The ERC will work with the medical device and information technology industries. The partner institutions will collaborate with the California State University at Los Angeles which serves a predominantly underrepresented-minority student body. Pre-college outreach will be built on an awar...USC awarded multi-million dollar engineering research center by National Science Foundation
...retinal prosthesis, which Humayun co-created. The device has already provided a semblance of sight to three... create a representation of the image. Humayun's device is loosely based on the cochlear implant, which has restored hearing to more than 100,000 people. As...Manual, low-tech method for 2nd trimester abortions found safe and effective
A hand-held vacuum aspiration device works as well as a more expensive electrical one f...gy & Obstetrics. "Now that we know the low-tech device is safe and effective, it can be taught to doctors in developing nations to help reduce the prevalen...Chronic pain: treatment, rehabilitation, and quality of life
...aveling at a speed of up to 1.2 m/s. This mobility device could be of benefit to aging veterans while reducing the need for supervision and the overall cost of care....ORNL earns top Southeastern laboratory technology transfer award
...micrometers thick and when fully integrated with a device have energy and power densities surpassing other b... for water. The lab on a chip is a microfabricated device that performs chemical and biochemical procedures under computer control, using miniscule quantities...Respiratory-pacing device found beneficial in heart failure
...d an investigator of one of the studies. "Having a device which delivers such a therapy in the comfort of the patients' home is very promising. With just 15-minutes session twice a day, we have seen in our pilot study that patients' ejection fraction (EF), pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) and performance at...Smallest whirlpools can pack stunningly strong force
...al samples. Some envision that a credit card-sized device with a microscopic needle could be applied painlessly to the body to obtain a particular sample, such as blood, and then microfluidic systems embedded in the card could profile the biochemical composition of the minute sample. That could mean a sick ...Fishing for photos of rare or unknown deep-sea creatures with an electronic jellyfish lure
...g the camera system along with a simple electronic device designed to mimic the various bioluminescent light patterns given off by jellyfish known as Atolla. Various Atolla species are common in the deep sea and look something like a tie-dye splotch when their round bodies are viewed from above. The artific......developed by biomedical engineers at UC Davis. The device is already being used for studies on prostate canc...proximately eight-fold improvement over an earlier device built by Cherry's laboratory at UCLA, before moving to UC Davis in 2001. PET works by detecting shor...