New technique uses household humidifier to create nanocomposite materials
...sity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are using the devices to make complex nanocomposite materials that could prove useful as catalysts in applications ranging from refining petroleum to making pharmaceuticals. The procedure is both simple and efficient. "Normally, the chemical effects of ultrasound (called...Making smart drugs that deliver the right kind of punch
...t that problem by developing "smart" drug delivery devices that will knock out cancer cells with lethal doses...work---zeroing in on characteristics that make the devices most effective---at a meeting of the American Physical Society in Montreal, Quebec, March 23. The U-...Human studies show feasibility of brain-machine interfaces
... research team is now working to develop prototype devices that may enable paralyzed people to operate "neuroprosthetic" and other external devices using only their brain signals. While the new studies provide an initial proof of principle that hum...Electronic device standards to yield choicer chops
...more. Increasingly, meat processors use electronic devices and equipment---such as optical probes, ultrasonic... to meat ratios. In 2003, for instance, electronic devices determined pricing for more than 80 percent of the almost $7.5 billion worth of swine processed in t...Awards & fellowships presented in Hawaii
...f innovative and novel compounds, biomaterials, or devices with a direct impact on the qualify of life of the public. The awards are in the form of unrestricted research grants, and the winning teams will share $360,000. The 2004 winners, and the titles of their projects, are: Marie-Claude Amoureux and c...Study shows 'gaming' in heart transplant system
...plant. Generally, patients who required artificial devices to keep their heart working or who were hospitalized in an intensive care unit were automatically classified as Status 1, the highest priority. Their status did not need to be clinically verified and doctors could leave their patients on the Status 1...Clip device accomplishes endovascular, non-surgical repair of faulty heart valve
...s new clip is one of the interventional cardiology devices in the pipeline that will change the face of cardi...Dr. Feldman. "We are beginning to see an array of devices that are intended to repair or replace malfunctioning structures of the heart without surgical inter...Implanted defibrillators not covered for half of patients who could benefit, study finds
... Medicare's decision to cover lifesaving implanted devices only for certain heart patients, and not for others. The analysis shows that more than half of the patients who would be good candidates to receive implanted cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) according to criteria from the MADIT II clinical trial w...St. Jude Medical announces CRT patients showed improvement in the RHYTHM ICD study
... and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of the devices used in the study. St. Jude Medical reaffirms its...idance that it expects FDA approval of the studied devices by the May 2004 NASPE/Heart Rhythm Society meeting. Heart failure is one of the most widespread ...St. Jude Medical announces PAVE and DINAMIT clinical trial results
...ences in non-arrhythmic deaths. ICDs are medical devices implanted under the skin that are designed to deliver a range of electrical therapies, from mild stimulation to more powerful shocks, to treat patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF). These potentially lethal hea...Cochlear implants are surgically implanted devices that stimulate the auditory nerve to enable profoundly deaf persons to sense and understand speech. Adults who have lost their hearing must somehow match the signals provided by the implants to the speech sounds they heard and stored in memory before...Sun exposure behaviors matched to dose of UV radiation received
...ersonal UVR dosimetry studies. Some UVR measuring devices (called dosimeters) can be affixed to the body or clothing and used to measure personal overall UVR exposure and cumulative UVR doses. To analyze individual sun exposure patterns, continuous UVR measurements need to be taken and matched to time of d...Demolition tests aim to improve emergency communications
...ta. They also used Global Positioning System (GPS) devices to determine the locations and distances of transmissions from within the building. After demolition, the team found that 10 of the 14 transmitters continued broadcasting. The researchers hope their work eventually leads to the development of technol...Researchers pinpoint brain areas that process reality, illusion
...erception will enhance efforts to build biomedical devices that can control artificial limbs, some day enabling the disabled to move a prosthetic arm or leg by thinking about it. Results were published in the Jan. 16, 2004 issue of Science . "Previous studies have explored when things are perceived during...U.S. push for diesel poses risk to public health, scientists say
...on control technologies such as particle traps and devices for controlling nitrogen oxide emissions. To examine the results of using cleaner diesel technology, Jacobson and his colleagues at the California Institute of Technology, University of Iowa and Argonne National Laboratory used mathematical models to...The physics of films, butterflies, banknotes and rainbows
...nd moths to see if they could lead to new security devices for banknotes and credit cards. As Pete Vukusic from Exeter University describes, the interaction of light with the structures produces microscopic arrays of colour that overlap to produce a third colour. This could provide a covert, additional secur...Robotic surgery for young heart patients shortens hospital stay and speeds recovery, study indicates
... heart made by sound wave echos or electromagnetic devices rather than cameras will allow them to perform minimally invasive versions of procedures that involve entering the heart itself. Right now, the imaging techniques are used to aid open-chest procedures. "In five or so years, perhaps we'll perform mos...Advice for designing reliable nanomaterials
...lenges for designers who choose to build minuscule devices and tiny systems with ceramics because of the ligh...strength and hardness. Lawn says contact points in devices with moving parts will require especially close attention. As the size of contacts decreases, he not...7-month-old is youngest recipient of artificial corneal transplant
...nts, Aquavella has been implanting plastic corneal devices since the 1960s. The first procedures were long and tedious, and results were not known for many months. Patients required careful follow-up for the rest of their lives in an attempt to reduce the ever-present danger of serious complications. But the...Mayo Clinic researches ways to better treat patients with heart defects
... size and observe the placement of newly developed devices to close the defects with catheter techniques," sa... current trials comparing the placement of closure devices to best medical treatment for patients with PFO....