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A low-power artificial synapse could one day interface with the brain
28/02/2017
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A team based at Stanford University and at Sandia National Laboratories, in Livermore, Calif., have created a new form of “artificial synapse” that may one day be used to create flexible circuitry that could directly interface with the brain.The new ...
Flexible sensor might one day be a heart monitor for decades
28/02/2017
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During surgery, a heartbeat doesn’t just tell whether a person is dead or alive— it can warn of big problems that come up quite suddenly. Keeping watch for subtle irregularities in the heart’s electric activity can help save a patient’s life but toda...
Engineered intrinsically disordered proteins provide biomedical insights
12/02/2017
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Biomedical researchers have engineered the first examples of biomimetic structures composed from a mysterious class of proteins that lack any sort of internal structure. Researchers reveal the ability to control the self-assembly and disassembly of t...
A new class of materials could revolutionize biomedical, alternative energy industries
29/01/2017
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Polyhedral boranes, or clusters of boron atoms bound to hydrogen atoms, are transforming the biomedical industry. These humanmade materials have become the basis for the creation of cancer therapies, enhanced drug delivery and new contrast agents ne...
Within Half-an-hour USB stick calculates HIV Levels
12/12/2016
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In Sub-Sharan Africa, 39 million individuals are polluted with HIV-1 and to cure this problem there is having a limited infrastructure for health care delivery. To decrease the emergence of drug-resistant virus, regular monitoring is required to ensu...
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