Dr. Leya is a professor in the Division of Cardiology of Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of medicine.
led by Lancaster University and Pisa University in Italy, 55 patients with atypical moles agreed to have monitored their skin by researchers at Pisa University Hospital using a laser Doppler system.
The laser Doppler was used to record the complex interactions taking place in the minute blood vessels beneath their suspicious mole for around 30 minutes.
The fluctuations in recorded signals were analysed then using methods developed by physicists at Lancaster University.
Professor Aneta Stefanovska of Lancaster University said:""We used our knowledge of blood flow dynamics to pick up on markers
"Professor Marco Rossi of Pisa University said:""Skin malignant melanoma is a particularly aggressive cancer associated with quick blood vessel growth
which transforms paralysis victims'breath into words--believed to be the first invention of its kind--has been developed by academics from Loughborough University.
and engineers at Monash University has led to the development of a new noninvasive image processing technique to visualise embryo formation.
Dr Melanie White, Research Fellow at the Plachta Lab at Australian Regenerative medicine Institute (ARMI), Dr Yanina Alvarez of University of Buenos aires and Rajeev Samarage, Phd candidate
supervised by Prof Andreas Fouras at the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace engineering at Monash University.
the Monash University researchers were able to demonstrate that this model of embryo formation was incorrect.
#New synthetic tumor environments make cancer research more realistic University of Illinois researchers have developed a new technique to create a cell habitat of squishy fluids, called hydrogels,
Researchers at the George washington University, working in collaboration with the Center for Nanophase Materials sciences at the Oak ridge National Laboratory,
After years of trying to find an efficient and affordable way to extract uranyl, researchers at the University of Chicago, Peking University,
Professor Mete Atature, a Fellow of St john's College at the University of Cambridge, who led the research,
#Scientists create designer proteins that control enzyme activity Scientists from the University of Chicago have developed a novel approach to control the activity of enzymes through the use of synthetic, antibody-like proteins known as monobodies.
In collaboration with neurobiologist Dr. Hélène Marie based at the IPMC-CNRS in Valbonne (France) and with the local colleagues from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in the Synergy Excellence Cluster (Professor Arthur Konnerth
#Magnetic fields provide a new way to communicate wirelessly Electrical engineers at the University of California, San diego demonstrated a new wireless communication technique that works by sending magnetic signals through the human body.
#Timing of sleep just as important as quantity Washington state University researchers have found that the timing of an animal's sleep can be
and the University of Strasbourg (France) have developed a new method for studying the function of ribonucleic acid (RNA) that provides more detailed results,
says a Texas A&m University biomedical engineer who has created the tool. The add-on device, which is similar in look
says a Texas A&m University biomedical engineering researcher who is developing the technology. The wearable technology combines motion sensors and the measurement of electrical activity generated by muscles to interpret hand gestures,
says Roozbeh Jafari, associate professor in the university's Department of Biomedical engineering and researcher at the Center for Remote Health Technologies and Systems.
who is now a postdoctoral fellow at Washington University in St louis."The variant that we found is related age,
and University of Buffalo research team built its experiments on previous research showing that children with upper viral respiratory tract infections who were exposed to the anesthetic halothane during minor surgical procedures had significantly less respiratory symptoms
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Georgia Institute of technology and the University of Tokyo have developed a new"zippered tube"configuration that makes paper structures that are stiff enough to hold weight yet can fold flat for easy shipping
Georgia Tech professor Glaucio Paulino and University of Tokyo professor Tomohiro Tachi published their work in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
They have reported their findings in the scientific journal Nature Communications together with colleagues from the University of Bochum.
Richard J. Warburton from the University of Basel have shown already in past publications that the indistinguishability of the photons is reduced by the fluctuating nuclear spin of the quantum dot atoms.
of which the University of Basel is the co-leading house e
#Study creates cell immunity to parasite that infects 50 million There are two common approaches to protecting humans from infectious disease:
"says Dan Theodorescu, MD, Phd, director of the University of Colorado Cancer Center.""Bill Petri and I had been social friends for years--Christmas parties, that kind of thing.
MD, Phd, chief of the Division of Infectious diseases & International Health at the University of Virginia led to the idea of applying an innovative cancer science technique to the study of infectious disease.
#Super-stretchable metallic conductors for flexible electronics Washington state University researchers have discovered how to stretch metal films used in flexible electronics to twice their size without breaking.
University of British columbia (UBC) physicists have been able to create the first ever superconducting graphene sample by coating it with lithium atoms.
University of British columbia (UBC) physicists have been able to create the first ever superconducting graphene sample by coating it with lithium atoms.
researchers at CHU Sainte-Justine and University of Montreal discovered an agent that shows efficacy in inhibiting inflammation
and the lead author of the study who developed the molecule in collaboration with his research associate Christiane Quiniou, Ph d. and Dr William Lubell, professor of chemistry at University of Montreal)."
Now, by borrowing from kirigami, the ancient Japanese art of paper cutting, researchers at the University of Michigan have developed solar cells that can have it both ways."
To make the solar array, Kyusang Lee, a doctoral student in electrical engineering, built custom solar cells in the lab of Stephen Forrest, the Peter A. Franken Distinguished University Professor of Engineering and Paul G. Goebel
four undergraduates and their faculty advisors only four years--a blink of an eye in pharmaceutical terms--to scour a collection of 10,000 bacterial strains
said University of Illinois microbiology professor William Metcalf, who led the research with U. of I. chemistry professor Wilfred van der Donk."
researchers find Researchers at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, have discovered three new drug-like compounds that could ultimately offer better odds of survival to prostate cancer patients.
in digital form from the pharmacology database Zinc at the University of California, San francisco. Using SMU's Maneframe high performance computer,
researchers find Researchers at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, have discovered three new drug-like compounds that could ultimately offer better odds of survival to prostate cancer patients.
in digital form from the pharmacology database Zinc at the University of California, San francisco. Using SMU's Maneframe high performance computer,
By combining nanoscience and biology, researchers led by scientists at University of California, Berkeley, have taken a big step in that direction.
or literally,"said Ted Sargent, the vice-dean of research for the Faculty of Applied science and Engineering at University of Toronto.
By combining nanoscience and biology, researchers led by scientists at University of California, Berkeley, have taken a big step in that direction.
or literally,"said Ted Sargent, the vice-dean of research for the Faculty of Applied science and Engineering at University of Toronto.
#First realization of an electric circuit with a magnetic insulator using spin waves Researchers at the University of Groningen, Utrecht University,
FOM workgroup leader prof. dr. Bart van Wees and his Phd student Ludo Cornelissen, both from the University of Groningen and FOM workgroup leader dr. Rembert
Duine from Utrecht University have succeeded to use spin waves in an electric circuit by carefully designing the device geometry.
Researchers from Brown University have taken a major step toward addressing one of those challenges. They've developed
and Yasuaki Monnai from Keio University in Tokyo. One of the advantages to the approach, the researchers say,
A research group from Osaka University is collaborating with Mittleman's group to implement the device in a prototype terahertz network they're building."
#Lung'filtering'technique can reduce transplant rejection University of Manchester researchers have used a new technique to recondition poorly functioning lungs
The University researchers, in collaboration with a team from the University of Lund in Sweden, used a new technique called ex-vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) where the lung is kept alive, breathing outside the body and supported by a supply
Dr James Fildes, from the University's Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research and the Transplant Centre at the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, led the study.
cleaner with waste-recycling catalyst Researchers at Cardiff University have devised a way of increasing the yield of biodiesel by using the waste left over from its production process.
"Professor Matthew Rosseinsky, Professor of Inorganic chemistry at the University of Liverpool, who was not part of the study,
Dr Tim Somervaille, lead author from the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute at The University of Manchester,
#Microbiologists describe new insights into human neurodegenerative disease Microbiology researchers at the University of Georgia studying a soil bacterium have identified a potential mechanism for neurodegenerative diseases.
says University of Vermont physicist and materials scientist Madalina Furis. But the basic science of how to get electrons to move quickly
an Associate professor of Medicine at Mcgill University, says by way of explaining the importance of the discovery."
a biostatistician who is Senior Investigator at the Lady Davis Institute and Associate professor at Mcgill University,
but a new study from the Research Institute of the Mcgill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) and University of Alberta could be a game changer for patients, improving both quality of life and longevity.
''says lead author Dr. Simon Wing, MUHC endocrinologist and professor of Medicine at Mcgill University."
This challenge was tackled in the research group Quantum Nanophysics led by Markus Arndt at the University of Vienna.
photorealistic computer simulations allowing university and high-school students as well as the general public to virtually access unique instruments."
The engaging software was developed together with university and high-school students and was tuned fine by periodic didactic input.
research shows Researchers at the University of Birmingham have shown how the development of coated silica nanoparticles could be used in restorative treatment of sensitive teeth
Professor Damien Walmsley, from the School of dentistry at the University of Birmingham explained,"The dentine of our teeth have numerous microscopic holes,
Professor Zoe Pikramenou, from the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham, said, "These silica particles are available in a range of sizes, from nanometre to sub-micron,
#Using ultrasound to clean medical instruments Researchers from the University of Southampton have demonstrated how a pioneering ultrasonic device can significantly improve the cleaning of medical instruments
Starstream, invented and patented by the University of Southampton and in commercial production by Ultrawave Ltd.
Principal investigator Professor Tim Leighton, from the University's Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, said:"
"The other contributors to the multidisciplinary study were Dr Peter Birkin, Dr Doug Offin and Dr Chris Vian (Chemistry, Faculty of Natural and Environmental sciences), Dr Howlin and Dr Stoodley
Hervé and Professor Keevil (Centre for Biological sciences, Faculty of Natural and Environmental sciences. The team that conducted the study now forms the basis of the University's Network for Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention (NAMRIP) Strategic Research Group,
which hosts over 100 members under the chairmanship of Professor Leighton. Starstream's effectiveness was demonstrated further with the publication of two additional papers--further results on its effectiveness against dental biofilms were published in the Journal of Dental Research,
#Coordinating traffic down the neuronal highway An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS),
and the University of Michigan (U-M). They identified and characterised a protein that transports the enzyme ACL to the tips of neurons,
and Motoyuki Otsuka of the University of Tokyo o
#New light shed on infertility puzzle, could improve in vitro fertilization We don't know if a sperm actually experiences joy
Patricia A. Martin-Deleon, a reproductive biologist at the University of Delaware, has witnessed this behavior many times in her studies of fertility in mice, the closest genetic model to humans (and with a much faster reproductive cycle.
as a master's student at the University of the West indies in her native Jamaica.
continuing on for her doctorate at the University of Western Ontario. She joined the UD faculty in 1976 6
#3-D printed guide helps regrow complex nerves after injury A national team of researchers has developed a first-of-its-kind,
Collaborators on the project are from the University of Minnesota, Virginia Tech, University of Maryland, Princeton university, and Johns hopkins university.
"said University of Minnesota mechanical engineering professor Michael Mcalpine, the study's lead researcher.""Someday we hope that we could have a 3d scanner
Xiaofeng Jia, University of Maryland and Johns hopkins university; and Karen Z. Lancaster, Esteban Engel, and Lynn W. Enquist, Princeton university.
#Coordinating traffic down the neuronal highway An international team of researchers, led by scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS),
and the University of Michigan (U-M). They identified and characterised a protein that transports the enzyme ACL to the tips of neurons,
The research, led by Yinzhi Cao assistant professor of computer science and engineering at Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA) with coauthors Xiang Pan and Yan Chen from Northwestern University
and a university coffee shop. During the experiments, they used a bank application, cell phone application,
The project took place in collaboration with a research group headed by Stephen Lee from the University of St andrews, Scotland n
protect women against HIV Researchers at University Jean Monnet of Saint-Etienne, France have succeeded in developing a vaginal silicone ring that delivers molecules that act on both HIV and herpes virus.
author of the study and Phd candidate at University Jean Monnet of Saint-Etienne, France.
The work was performed at the University Jean Monnet of Saint-Etienne, France, in close collaboration between a team of virologists belonging to the GIMAP group under the supervision of Pr.
Zhifeng Ren, a physicist at the University of Houston and principal investigator at the Texas Center for Superconductivity,
For Swartz and his principal collaborator, Yuan Lu, now a pharmacology researcher at the University of Tokyo, the result is a vindication.
Macdonald, a Canada Research Chair in Islet Biology, associate professor in the University of Alberta's Faculty of medicine & Dentistry and member of the Alberta Diabetes Institute, is the senior author of a landmark study in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
#Permanent data storage with light The first all-optical permanent on-chip memory has been developed by scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of technology (KIT) and the universities of Münster, Oxford, and Exeter.
the University of Münster, Oxford university, and Exeter University have developed now the first all-optical, nonvolatile on-chip memory."
"Optical bits can be written at frequencies of up to a gigahertz. This allows for extremely quick data storage by our all-photonic memory,
and recently moved to the University of Münster.""The memory is compatible not only with conventional optical fiber data transmission,
#Highly flexible and wearable tactile sensor for robotics, electronics and healthcare applications A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of engineering has developed a wearable liquid-based microfluidic tactile
Researchers at Unit 1121"Biomaterials and Bioengineering"(Inserm/Strasbourg university) have succeeded in creating a biofilm with antimicrobial, antifungal and anti-inflammatory properties.
and Biomaterials"Unit 1121 (Inserm/Strasbourg University) with four laboratories1 have developed a biofilm with antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties.
Other authors are MIT research scientist Sebastien Lemire and Diana Pires, a research fellow at the University of Minho in Portugal.
"Yang, who also holds appointments with the University of California (UC) Berkeley and is a co-director of the Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute (Kavli-ENSI),
and John van der Oost at Wageningen University, describe the unexpected biological features of this new system
#Novel prosthetic heart valve developed for treatment of severe heart disorder A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel prosthetic heart valve, known as Velox,
"Dr Hon is also a Senior Consultant at the Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, National University Heart Centre, Singapore.
by a team at the University of New south wales (UNSW) in Sydney appears in the international journal Nature."
But the UNSW team--working with Professor Kohei M. Itoh of Japan's Keio University--has done just that for the first time.
Employing a scanning tunneling microscope researchers of the University of Hamburg were now able to demonstrate that the resistance changes also
In collaboration with theoretical physicists from the University of Kiel the researchers were able to identify the origin of the resistance change in the magnetic whirl:
Stefan Heinze from the University of Kiel. When the electrons are travelling through a magnetic whirl,
CFEL is a cooperation between DESY, the University of Hamburg and the Max Planck Society.
who is also a professor at the University of Hamburg and at MIT, as well as being a member of the Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI), one of Germany's Clusters of Excellence.
can now be predicted for adolescents thanks to a new diagnostic test developed by a University of Virginia Children's Hospital pediatrician and his collaborators.
The Role of Metabolic syndrome The new diagnostic test has been developed by a team that included Mark Deboer, MD, of the University of Virginia Children's Hospital's Department of Pediatrics,
and Matthew Gurka, Phd, of West virginia University's School of Public health. The test relies on an evaluation of metabolic syndrome,
an aggressive leukemia of mature T cells, is complicated more at a molecular level than ever suspected, according to investigators from the Perelman School of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
#Scientists pave way for diamonds to trace early cancers Physicists from the University of Sydney have devised a way to use diamonds to identify cancerous tumours before they become life threatening.
researchers from the University investigated how nanoscale diamonds could help identify cancers in their earliest stages."
Institute researchers Dr James Murphy and Dr Isabelle Lucet, in collaboration with Dr Peter Mace from the University of Otago, New zealand, characterised the human Tribbles protein Trib1.
Developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge in collaboration with Cambridge-based technology company Novalia,
"Hasan's method, developed at the University's Nanoscience Centre, works by suspending tiny particles of graphene in a'carrier'solvent mixture,
but mostly for graphics printing and packaging,"said Hasan, a Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellow and a University Lecturer in the Engineering Department."
The technology is being commercialised by Cambridge Enterprise, the University's commercialisation arm r
#Bacterium capable of aquifer decontamination characterized, cultivated for first time in Europe UAB researchers have identified in the Besòs river estuary (Barcelona, Spain) a bacterium of the genus Dehalogenimonas,
& Technology, was conducted at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Department of Chemical engineering and Department of Genetics and Microbiology) in collaboration with the University of Barcelona (Research Group in Applied Mineralogy and Fluid Geochemistry) and the Helmholtz Centre
Scientists at the University of Nebraska Medical center designed a new delivery system for these drugs that,
when coupled with a drug developed at the University of Rochester School of medicine and Dentistry, rid immune cells of HIV and kept the virus in check for long periods.
Now, a team of researchers from Oxford and Stony Brook universities has found a way to precisely control these waves--using light.
Dr Emilia Entcheva, from Stony Brook University, said:''The level of precision is reminiscent of what one can do in a computer model,
from the University of Birmingham, explained, "A number of patients who appear to be in a vegetative state are actually aware of themselves and their surroundings,
was observed in a case study at the imaging centre at the Brain and Mind Institute, at Western University, Canada.
Shiladitya Dassarma's laboratory at the University of Maryland School of medicine, Baltimore, USA, who has developed Archaeal gas vesicle nanoparticles (GVNPS.
Scientists from the University of Colorado are developing a new type of system to efficiently capture some of that lost heat.
similar to the alternating current (AC) that powers homes and businesses, said Won Park, an electrical engineer at the University of Colorado Boulder.
and Ear/Harvard Medical school and Boston University have shown successfully neuroprotection in a Parkinson's mouse model using new techniques to deliver drugs across the naturally impenetrable blood-brain barrier.
and a former NFL athlete crippled by end-stage heart failure were treated all successfully with a surgical approach pioneered by cardiac experts at University of California, San diego School of medicine.
University of London has been able to predict participants'movements just by analysing their brain activity. The research,
. Since there are no effective treatments for the deadly disease, University of California, San diego researchers developed a new computational strategy to search for molecules that could be developed into glioblastoma drugs.
University of Wisconsin-Madison electrical engineers have created the fastest, most responsive flexible silicon phototransistor ever made.
#Super sensitive magnetic sensor created Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new hybrid magnetic sensor that is more sensitive than most commercially available sensors.
Professor Andre K. Geim of the University of Manchester; and Professor Antonio H. Castro Neto of the NUS Department of physics and Director of CA2DM.
#World first lab-in-a-briefcase Academics at Loughborough University hope to boost early detection rates of cancer in developing countries with their portable lab-in-a-briefcase that can operate even at high temperatures.
A device that detects in saliva a biological indicator of a possible risk of TYPE II DIABETES is the development of a technological and scientific team of the Tec de Monterrey (Mexican University) in collaboration with the University of Houston.
#Researchers develop 3-D printing method for creating patient-specific medical devices A team of researchers at Northeastern University has developed an innovative 3-D printing technology that uses magnetic fields to shape composite materials
"The researchers, based at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA, used extrusion-based 3-D printing to produce a grid-like 3-D structure to grow embryoid body that demonstrated cell viability
and rapid self-renewal for 7 days while maintaining high pluripotentcy.""Two other common methods of printing these cells are either two-dimensional (in a petri dish)
Over three years, researchers at the University of Cambridge took surgical tumour samples (biopsies) and blood samples from a patient with breast cancer that had already spread to other parts of her body.
#Sound waves levitate cells to detect stiffness changes that could signal disease Utah Valley University physicists are literally applying rocket science to the field of medical diagnostics.
Brian Patchett, a research assistant and instructor within the Department of physics at Utah Valley University, will describe the group's method,
"pointed out Timothy Doyle, lead scientist on the project and an assistant professor of physics at Utah Valley University.
"We're collaborating with the Huntsman Cancer Institute--part of the University of Utah healthcare system--to explore various types of breast tissues under levitation to refine our pathology detection methods,
A team of microbiologists based at the University of California, Berkeley, recently figured out one such new way of detecting life.
and co-workers at Nanjing University in China to design a single fluorescent probe capable of detecting
Ben Zhong Tang from the Hong kong University of Science and Technology particularly likes the design
Theresa Dankovich from Carnegie mellon University used the idea to launch the concept of a book that could both encourage proper sanitation practices
During her Phd at Mcgill University, Dankovich successfully created a page made from cellulose, impregnated with silver nanoparticles.
Following a postdoctoral stint at the University of Virginia (UVA), she was also able to dope the paper with relatively inexpensive copper nanoparticles. he paper is really thick and sturdy,
Stuart Kahn from the University of New south wales, Australia, who was involved not in the research, says that the team efforts have been admirable,
who is developing electronic skin at the University of California, Berkeley. t could have important implications for the development of smarter prosthetics. his is just the beginning of the path toward building fully integrated artificial skin,
says biological engineer Theodore Berger at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los angeles. That is because repeated seizures can destroy the brain tissue needed for long-term-memory formation.
says neuro biologist Howard Eichenbaum at Boston University in Massachusetts. But he cautions that mimicking it could be difficult
A team at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) in Philadelphia is taking a different approach to enhancing memory that requires an even less detailed understanding of how the process works.
of the University of Western australia, said in a statement. The astronomers created a video explaining the slow death of the universe to illustrate the discovery.
Developed by a team of government and university researchers, including physicists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
which included researchers from Rutgers, the University of Colorado at Colorado springs, and Argonne National Laboratory, fabricated their device using commercial nanofabrication equipment at the NIST Nanofab.
#Study finds cystic fibrosis decreases muscle strength Patients with cystic fibrosis have a muscle deficiency that gets worse with age, according to the findings of a joint study by researchers at the University of Georgia and Georgia Regents University.
and Georgia Regents University, measured the oxygen capacity of muscles in patients age 7-42.
Mccully and other UGA researchers will continue to work with Georgia Regents University to determine what is keeping cystic fibrosis patients#muscles from properly functioning,
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