Smart insulin patch could replace painful injections for diabetes

The "smart insulin patch," developed by researchers in the joint UNC/NC State Biomedical Engineering Department. Credit: The lab of Zhen Gu, Ph.D.

"Painful insulin injections could become a thing of the past for the millions of Americans who suffer from diabetes, thanks to a new invention from researchers at the University of North Carolina and NC State, who have created the first "smart insulin patch" that can detect increases in blood sugar levels and secrete doses of insulin into the bloodstream whenever needed."

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Renewable energy from evaporating water (w/ Video)

The "moisture mill" is a new kind of turbine engine that turns
continuously as water evaporates from the wet paper lining the walls of
the engine. Credit: Joe Turner Lin

"An immensely powerful yet invisible force pulls water from the earth to the top of the tallest redwood and delivers snow to the tops of the Himalayas. Yet despite the power of evaporating water, its potential to propel self-sufficient devices or produce electricity has remained largely untapped—until now."

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-06-renewable-energy-evaporating-video.html#jCp

Breath test for detecting head and neck cancer

 Source: Alain Herzog/EPFL

" A portable device can detect the presence of certain types of cancer in people's breath. Tested on patients, the new device was developed in part by EPFL researchers as part of an international collaboration."

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Engineers develop state-by-state plan to convert US to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2050

Stanford Professor Mark
Z. Jacobson and other researchers have calculated how to meet each
state's new power demands using only the renewable energies – wind,
solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and tiny amounts of tidal and wave –
available to each state. Credit: Vaclav Volrab/Shutterstock


Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-06-state-by-state-renewable-energy.html#jCp

Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson and other researchers have calculated how to meet each state's new power demands using only the renewable energies – wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and tiny amounts of tidal and wave – available to each state. Credit: Vaclav Volrab/Shutterstock

"One potential way to combat ongoing climate change, eliminate air pollution mortality, create jobs and stabilize energy prices involves converting the world's entire energy infrastructure to run on clean, renewable energy."

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Ocean plastic cleanup team plan 2016 system launch

Throw-away package
wraps, bottles, sandwich wrappings, carrier bags—they all contribute to a
sense of hopelessness when one sees the mess of plastic in the ocean
thanks to shocking pictures confirming the mess we're in. Thinkers who
care and refuse to give up are working out a plan that is not only
feasible but now ready to launch.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-06-ocean-plastic-cleanup-team.html#jCp

Throw-away package
wraps, bottles, sandwich wrappings, carrier bags—they all contribute to a
sense of hopelessness when one sees the mess of plastic in the ocean
thanks to shocking pictures confirming the mess we're in. Thinkers who
care and refuse to give up are working out a plan that is not only
feasible but now ready to launch.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-06-ocean-plastic-cleanup-team.html#jCp

Throw-away package
wraps, bottles, sandwich wrappings, carrier bags—they all contribute to a
sense of hopelessness when one sees the mess of plastic in the ocean
thanks to shocking pictures confirming the mess we're in. Thinkers who
care and refuse to give up are working out a plan that is not only
feasible but now ready to launch.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-06-ocean-plastic-cleanup-team.html#jCp

Throw-away package wraps, bottles, sandwich wrappings, carrier bags—they all contribute to a sense of hopelessness when one sees the mess of plastic in the ocean thanks to shocking pictures confirming the mess we're in. Thinkers who care and refuse to give up are working out a plan that is not only feasible but now ready to launch.

Read more

Researchers developing ground-breaking therapeutic cancer vaccine

Dr Gavin Painter (left) and Professor Richard Furneaux at the Ferrier Research Institute.

"A novel way of treating cancer using immunotherapy has been discovered in a joint research venture between Victoria University and the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, and is on track to being tested on cancer patients."

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Portable MRI could aid wounded soldiers and children in the Third World

 Scientists are developing an ultra-low-field Magnetic Resonance Imaging
system that could be low-power and lightweight enough for forward
deployment on the battlefield and to field hospitals in the World's
poorest regions

Second generation "portable" MRI device uses low-power magnetic fields to image the brain and other soft-tissue anatomy.  

"Standard MRI machines just can't go everywhere," said Espy. "Soldiers wounded in battle usually have to be flown to a large hospital and people in emerging nations just don't have access to MRI at all.  We've been in contact with doctors who routinely work in the Third World and report that MRI would be extremely valuable in treating pediatric encephalopathy, and other serious diseases in children."

Scientists turn blood into nerve cells in pursuit of better pain relief

Canadian researchers have discovered a way to turn blood cells into nerve cells

 (Credit: Shutterstock)

"As it stands, there's not a whole lot we know about pain. Where a tissue or blood sample can be drawn and studied, our nervous system comprising different kinds of cells running signals through complex piping around the body presents a difficult task for scientific research. But a new study details a technique that turns blood cells into different nerve cells, promising to improve our understanding of why things itch or burn. By extension, it is hoped that it could lead to new forms of pain relief that do away with unwanted side effects such as sleepiness or loss of concentration."

 Read more.

The research was published in the journal Cell Reports.

Source: McMaster University (PDF)

NASA Technologist Advances CubeSat Concept for Planetary Exploration - SpaceRef

CubeSat Application for Planetary Entry Missions ©NASA

Although scientists are increasingly using pint-size satellites sometimes no larger than a loaf of bread to gather data from low-Eartho rbit, they have yet to apply the less-expensive small-satellite technology to observe physical phenomena far from terra firma. Jaime Esper, a technologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, however, is advancing a CubeSat concept that would give scientists that capability.

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 WEAR - SOMETHING NEW IN ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES

 

"Wear was developed to provide a low-cost assistive listening device (ALD) for individuals who suffer from hearing loss. Wear is not a replacement for a hearing aid. Wear is designed to be used when a hearing impaired individual is interested in having a quality conversation in very noisy environments like family gatherings, restaurants or meetings."

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