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Improving imaging resolution of the brain
Nowadays, characterisation of biological processes necessitates investigation at the single molecule level, and hence sensitive imaging techniques. To achieve this, a European team used nanoparticles as imaging probes for receptors in the brain. In the nervous system, neurons communicate with each other or with other cell types through specialised structures known as synapses.
Putting health at the top of the agenda
Emma Segelov, Marketing Manager for MK Electric (a Honeywell company), explains the growing importance of specifying anti-bacterial devices in hospitals to prevent the growing risk of infection.
Train control and rail signalling system accelerates time-to-market
Safety Integrity Level 4 (SIL4) certification for the Artesyn Embedded Computing ControlSafe Platform (CSP) with ControlSafe Computer (CSC) and ControlSafe Software, is one of the first embedded computing systems to use Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) components to create a fail-safe and fault-tolerant computing platform.
Computers excel at predicting lung cancer
Computers can be trained to be more accurate than pathologists in assessing slides of lung cancer tissues, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The researchers found that a machine-learning approach to identifying critical disease-related features accurately differentiated between two types of lung cancers and predicted patient survival times better than the standard approach of pathologists clas...
NASA approves plans to design & develop gravity tractor
Following a key programme review, NASA approved the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) to proceed to the next phase of design and development for the mission's robotic segment. ARM is a two-part mission that will integrate robotic and crewed spacecraft operations in the proving ground of deep space to demonstrate key capabilities needed for NASA's journey to Mars.
MRI technique enables consistent diagnoses
A technology harnesses imperfections that typically compromise MRI exams to create images resolved enough to enable consistent diagnoses across populations for the first time. These are findings of a study led by NYU Langone Medical Center and published in Nature Communications. Since its emergence in the 1970s, MRI has given physicians a better look inside tissues, helping to diagnose maladies from brain tumors to internal bleeding to ...
NFV C-RAN Solution developed from wireless base station functions
Development of a ‘Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) Cloud-Radio Access Network (C-RAN) Solution’ which will be built on Intel processors and enabled by software-based wireless base station functions has been announced by NEC Corporation.
Helping the 2020 Mars rover to find signs of life
In 2020, NASA plans to launch a new Mars rover that will be tasked with probing a region of the planet scientists believe could hold remnants of ancient microbial life. The rover will collect samples of rocks and soil, and store them on the Martian surface; the samples would be returned to Earth sometime in the distant future so that scientists can meticulously analyse the samples for signs of present or former extraterrestrial life.
Gaming camera could improve MS treatment
A team of researchers led by McGill University postdoctoral fellow Farnood Gholami, supervised by Jozsef Kövecses from the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Centre for Intelligent Machines, collaborated with Daria Trojan, a physiatrist in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery working at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, to test whether the Kinect could detect the differences in gait of MS patients compared to he...
Nanorobots target cancerous tumors with precision
Researchers from Polytechnique Montréal, Université de Montréal and McGill University have just achieved a breakthrough in cancer research. They have developed nanorobotic agents capable of navigating through the bloodstream to administer a drug with precision by specifically targeting the active cancerous cells of tumours. This way of injecting medication ensures the optimal targeting of a tumour and avoids jeopardising the ...