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Insights on Molecular Diodes
Molecular Electronics Charge Rectification
Miniaturization is a mantra for designing electronic biosensors and other devices, particularly implantable ones. Most of today’s [MORE]
DNA Nanoswitches
DNA Nanoswitches Wyss Institute
By attaching binding molecules to one strand of double stranded DNA, it is possible to see, using [MORE]
Graphene Dialysis Membrane
Patient Receiving Dialysis
A typical dialysis session lasts four hours and has to be repeated three times a week. The reason [MORE]
Mind-Reading Machine
Brain Activation Patterns Identify Thoughts
Here’s a conundrum to consider: does a comatose person have a privacy right to their thoughts? [MORE]
Long Read Sequencing
DNA Sequencing
Carney complex is a rare genetic disease that presents multiple benign tumors in the heart, skin and other tissues [MORE]
Europium-Doped Gadolinium Oxide Nanorods for Imaging and Therapy
Imaging Cancer
Reporting in the journal NANO, Indian chemists describe how they made silica-coated europium-doped gadolinium oxide nanorods for dual imaging [MORE]
Spinal Fluid Diagnostic for ALS
Spinal Tap
Researchers in Belgium and Germany have discovered specific biomarkers in lumbar fluid, known as phosphorylated neurofilament heavy and neurofilament [MORE]
Microcontact Printing with APTES
Microfluidics
Microfluidic devices are used to determine biomarker concentrations in fluids, such as blood—as in liquid assays for cancer. This piece [MORE]
A.I.’s Areas of Greatest Impact in Healthcare
Artificial Intelligence
Robot-assisted surgery, virtual nursing assistance, administrative workflow management, fraud detection, dosage error reduction, connected machines, clinical trial patient identification, [MORE]
Digestible Electronics
Marmite and Vegemite
More than three-fourths of people developing irritable bowel disease have their conditions go undiagnosed until it becomes most [MORE]
Honeywell’s View of Tele-Wellness
Genesis Touch Honeywell Life Care Solutions
If you remember Honeywell’s iconic “T-86 Round” home thermometer from the 1950s, where you simply [MORE]
Autonomous Iris from Light Sensitive Polymer
Artificial Iris
University researchers in Finland and Poland have used a light sensitive polymer to create a contact lens-like autonomous iris. [MORE]
Lab Automation in a Nutshell
Lab Automation
This piece is a masterpiece infographic—about the history, issues, costs and benefits of laboratory automation, leaving us wishing for [MORE]
MRI/PET Imaging Using Dual Agents with Time of Flight Capability
Dual Agent PET and MRI
Two injected radioagents– fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) and 18F-sodium fluoride (18F-NaF)—followed by quantitative MRI/PET scanning, produces better [MORE]