Artist's impression of a split beam with vitamin B12 in a liquid jet. Scientists have developed a new X-ray technique that can capture ultrafast molecular changes in extremely dilute liquid samples - a breakthrough that…
Regulating IV infusion with innovative blind cave fish-inspired…
Nurses’ workload reduced with the use of this low-cost sensor, while increasing their productivity by 30%; also significantly decreasing the complications of drug infusion via IV therapy [caption id="attachment_7446" align="alignright" width="300"] Close-up of blind cave…
Lab keeps cancer treatment radiation machines hones
[caption id="attachment_7439" align="alignnone" width="775"] Larry DeWerd, a professor of medical physics at UW–Madison, directs the University of Wisconsin Radiation Calibration Laboratory, which tests and calibrates radiation-measurement devices from around the nation and beyond. PHOTOS: DAVID…
Graphene composite may keep wings ice-free
HOUSTON – A thin coating of graphene nanoribbons in epoxy developed at Rice University has proven effective at melting ice on a helicopter blade. The coating by the Rice lab of chemist James Tour may…
Diabetes treatment without insulin injections
Encapsulated pancreatic cells offer possible new diabetes treatment. [caption id="attachment_7429" align="alignnone" width="639"] A stealth material surface, shown here, has been engineered to provide an “invisibility cloak” against the body’s immune system cells. In this electron…