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Robo-picker grasps and packs

New robotic system could lend a hand with warehouse sorting and other picking or clearing tasks. [caption id="attachment_14539" align="alignnone" width="691"] The “pick-and-place” system consists of a standard industrial robotic arm that the researchers outfitted with…

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Reshaping drug tests

Researchers have improved on the currently available methods for screening drugs for heart-related side effects. [caption id="attachment_14530" align="alignright" width="273"] Cell-free ion channels embedded in bilayer lipid membranes formed in silicon chips Credit : Ayumi Hirano-Iwata[/caption]…

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Forecasting antibiotic resistance with a ‘weather map’ of…

[caption id="attachment_14523" align="alignnone" width="775"] The researchers, including Comparative Health Systems Global Pharmacy Fellow Laurel Legenza, are developing a visual display of antibiotic resistance data across Wisconsin. PHOTO: ALL WAYS FORWARD/UW–MADISON[/caption] The resistance that infectious microbes…