News tagged with lab
Not all tests are created equal: Identifying C. diff in hospital labs
A study from the microbiology lab at the Lifespan hospitals has found that some lab tests are much more accurate in identifying Clostridium difficile Toxin (C. diff) infection (CDI), which causes diarrhea. The findings indi ...
Jul 05, 2011 |
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Researchers invent new drug delivery device to treat diabetes-related vision loss
A team of engineers and scientists at the University of British Columbia has developed a device that can be implanted behind the eye for controlled and on-demand release of drugs to treat retinal damage caused ...
Jun 30, 2011 |
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Study says 1 in 13 US children have food allergy
(AP) -- Food allergies affect about one in 13 U.S. children, double the latest government estimate, a new study suggests.
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Mammary gland development of blueberry-fed lab animals studied
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded studies of mammary gland development in laboratory rats fed blueberries or other foods of interest may aid breast cancer research.
Jun 07, 2011 |
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Exposure to BPA has been underestimated, new research says
A new University of Missouri study shows that the exposure to the controversial chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) through diet has been underestimated by previous lab tests. In the study, researchers compared BPA concentrations ...
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Droplets for detecting tumoral DNA
It will perhaps be possible, in the near future, to detect cancer by a simple blood or urine test. In fact, biologists from CNRS, Inserm, Paris Descartes and Strasbourg universities have developed a technique ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 23, 2011 |
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Lab in a can: New robotic labs are now going mobile to collect ocean samples
It looks a lot like a garbage can-–but it's actually a fully functioning laboratory, thrown overboard, to analyze water samples in the open ocean. One day, a machine like it might tell us whether a beach is safe for ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 23, 2011 |
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Dinner with the in-laws: Why does knowing how long a bad experience will last make it worse?
Knowing how long a good experience will last makes it better, but being aware of the duration of an unpleasant event makes it worse, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. But people usually predic ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 09, 2011 |
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Webcam technology used to measure medications' effects on the heart
A common component in webcams may help drug makers and prescribers address a common side-effect of drugs called cardiotoxicity, an unhealthy change in the way the heart beats. Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 03, 2011 |
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Through a Sensor, Holographically
(PhysOrg.com) -- The power and resolution of lens-based optical microscopes have improved by orders of magnitude since their invention around 1595. Nevertheless, relying on a high-magnification lens for image ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Google replants its garage roots in tech workshops
Amid all the free food and other goodies that come with a job at Google Inc., there's one benefit a lot of employees don't even know about: a cluster of high-tech workshops that have become a tinkerer's paradise.
Apr 26, 2011 |
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Workshop offers geeks industrial-strength toys
(AP) -- In the tech-obsessed South of Market neighborhood that digital sensations like Twitter and Zynga call home, a newfangled workshop for would-be inventors blends a startup sensibility with the area's ...
Mar 28, 2011 |
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Researchers must be wary of contracting infections
The death of a scientist who caught the plague in a laboratory in 2009 shook the disease research community. It was the first such death of a researcher, and 50 years since the last known lab-acquired case of plague.
Mar 18, 2011 |
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New blood analysis chip could lead to disease diagnosis in minutes
(PhysOrg.com) -- A major milestone in microfluidics could soon lead to stand-alone, self-powered chips that can diagnose diseases within minutes. The device, developed by an international team of researchers ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Handheld nanoLAB detects disease proteins in minutes
In 2009, Stanford University faculty member Shan Wang and doctoral students Richard Gaster and Drew Hall demonstrated that they could use the same ultrasensitive magnetic sensors that form the basis of today's compact, high-capacity ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 23, 2011 |
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