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“Alpha Emitters” in Gold Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy

Radiation therapy for cancer can be a tradeoff between beneficial damage to tumors and harmful damage to healthy tissue.  [MORE]

Pocket X-Ray Scanner

Compact Radiation Source
Described as “an accelerator about the size of a stick of gum,” engineers at the University [MORE]

Interstate Medical Monitoring

wearable monitors
The University of Missouri-Columbia is now testing a remote vital signs monitoring system at assisted living facilities in [MORE]

Near Infrared Non-Invasive Glucose Monitor

Professor Xu Zhi and non-invasive glucose monitor
The solution is as dumbfounding as the problem it addresses, diabetes.  Millions of [MORE]

A Radioisotope Battery

Dr. Jae Kwon
Electrical and computer engineering professor, Jae Kwon, at the University of Missouri, has developed a radioisotope battery about [MORE]