Brain Imaging Technology for studying Parkinsonian Syndromes
Using a portable device developed at Drexel University, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have identified differences in brain activation patterns associated with postural stability in...
View ArticleFar-Infrared Technique Non-invasively Measures Blood Glucose
A light-based method for measuring blood glucose may give diabetes patients the daily monitoring they need without the pain and infection risk of conventional metering. Researchers from Tohoku...
View ArticleAnalyzing Energy Conversion in Nanoscale Optoelectronics
The 1970s witnessed both the initial miniaturization of devices (i.e., toward the nanoscale) and the simultaneous birth of heterostructures. In nanoscale materials, radical changes in the...
View ArticleSilicon Metamaterials Hold Promise for Photonic Circuits, Chips
Transparent metamaterials under development could enable computer chips and interconnecting circuits that use light instead of electrons to process and transmit data, representing a potential leap in...
View ArticleDiffractive Imaging with Imperfect Crystals
Researchers from Germany, Greece and the United States have found a way to use the “noise” from X-ray crystallography of imperfect crystals to produce sharp, 3-D images of large protein complexes...
View ArticleDigital Detection of Biomarkers for Low-cost, High-sensitivity Diagnostics
Until about a hundred years ago, clinical diagnosis relied mostly on medical history and physical examination. However, there are many diseases that exhibit similar symptoms, making it difficult to...
View ArticleSpeeding Up Hyperspectral Imaging
Hyperspectral imaging benefits many fields of research, from medical imaging to environmental monitoring, but acquiring and transmitting the large amounts of raw data generated by the imaging technique...
View ArticleNanoscale Device Adapts Filtering Properties When Stretched
A stretchable nanoscale device that can filter specific colors while remaining transparent may one day be used in smart contact lenses to filter harmful optical radiation, transmit data and gather...
View ArticleLaser Treatment Opens Passage Through Blood-Brain Barrier
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents harmful substances and bacteria from leaving blood vessels and entering the brain—but it also prevents potentially helpful drugs, like cancer therapeutics, from...
View ArticleMicrofluidics Technique Mass-Produces Platinum Nanoparticles
A technique for producing nanoparticles that relies on microfluidics — the manipulation of tiny fluid droplets in narrow channels — shows promise for transforming expensive, batch-by-batch nanoparticle...
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