Can Avatars Help Close the Doctor-Patient Communication Gap?
HealthCorpus aims to enhance healthcare communication
Mapping the Human Brain
The U.S. BRAIN initiative will build the tools needed to model the human brain
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A Smartphone App That Takes Your Temperature
The Kinsa Smart Thermometer can also tell you what illnesses are going around your school or community
The Lab Beneath the Skin
Induction-powered, splinter-sized device wirelessly transmits data from seven biosensors to the Web
Weekly Tek-Wrap: Fukushima Tagging of Tuna, and More
A city goes carbon neutral, Goldie Blox takes on American Girl, and news from Innovation Day at Xerox Corp.’s Parc Inc.
'Theranostic' Nanoparticle Promises Improved Cancer Treatment
Nanoparticles' ability to perform both therapeutic and diagnostic functions could lead to a day of personalized medicine
Gold Nanoparticles Enable Simple and Sensitive Sensor for Early Disease Detection
New nanosensor could be made into powder form for over-the-counter sales of disease detection
Genome to Go
It’s already possible to have your own genome sequenced. But personalized medicine based on sequencing still has a way to go
The Gene Machine and Me
Ion Torrent’s chip-based genome sequencer is cheap, fast, and poised to revolutionize medicine
Surface Plasmon Resonance Spectrometer Crosses Scale Boundaries
Nanoholes have to be smaller than the wavelength; diffraction gratings have to be bigger. This spectrometer has it both ways.
Refuted: EEG Study Detecting Responsiveness In Vegetative Patients
More work necessary before EEG can be used as a bedside tool for end-of-life decisions.
Engineers Are Reinventing Drug Testing
A Techwise Conversation with Nina Tandon, EE and tissue engineer
Graphene Could Help Prevent Another Lance Armstrong
Emerging scientific fields in combination with graphene promise a next generation of drug testing
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Following DNA Down the Nanopore Rabbit Hole
If we ever want to make a DNA-read-head, we need to understand how DNA moves through tight spaces--new research is doing just that.
Graphene Takes Aim at Treating Alzheimer’s and Cancer
If graphene can’t find a home in electronics, disease diagnostics and treatment are beckoning
MRI Could Solve Cellphone Radiation Problems
Imaging technique can now map how cellphone radiation heats the brain
Carbon Nanotubes Show Promise in Neural Engineering
Carbon nanotubes regulate excessive levels of chloride in nerve cells that occurs in epilepsy and chronic pain
Should You Have Unfettered Access to Your Implanted Medical Device Data?
Device manufacturers say no, patients say why not?
Check Your Vitals on Your Smartphone
New device, the Scanadu Scout, will hit the market in late 2013
Medical Imaging Group Calls for Fewer CT Tests and More Research on Health Effects
The Radiation Dose Summit says that despite widespread public concern, the biologic effects from medical imaging tests are not entirely understood
How is a Pit Viper Like an iPhone?
Inventors of the infrared in-ear thermometer design a point-and-shoot temperature-taker for your phone
Jellyfish-Inspired Microchip Captures Cancer Cells
Researchers have developed a microfluidic chip coated in DNA to capture cancer cells
Membrane Mixes Materials to Measure Nanogram Masses, Temperature Simultaneously
Thin film bulk acoustic wave resonator (FBAR) uses ZnO-SiO2 sandwich to overcome temperature-induced error in weighing small masses
Using the Inner Ear's Biological Battery
Scientists power a radio transmitter with the electrochemical potential of the inner ear
Lung-on-a-Chip Used to Model Human Disease
Harvard researchers mimic pulmonary edema on a microchip
Brain-Computer Interface for Spinal Cord Injury
Sensors use the brain’s electrical signals to power a robotic arm
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Synapse Microarray Will Hold Neurons in Place
Treating Alzheimer’s with drugs that enhance synaptic strength
Nanoparticle Sensor Detects Mercury at Levels a Million Times Below Current Technology
Cheap, sensitive, accurate nanoparticle sensor could alter mercury and cadmium toxin testing
The FDA Takes On Mobile Health Apps
Regulation is coming soon to health apps. Here’s what to expect.
Re-Imagining Our Genes: ENCODE Project Reveals Genome as an Information Processing System
Ten year analysis of the human genome shows that DNA once dismissed as “junk” is actually almost all control logic.