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Blood testing, mosquito style

Medicine & Health / Research

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A skin patch could one day provide a less-invasive alternative for diabetics who need to take regular samples of their own blood to keep glucose levels in check. The common method of drawing blood from fingertips and using ...





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Researchers develop an intelligent chip which regulates diabetes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jun 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists of the Electronic Technology group of the University of Seville (Spain), led by Professor José Manuel Quero, have completed the first phase of Mireia, a research project financed by the Plan Nacional del ...


An easy way to find a needle in a haystack by removing the haystack

An easy way to find a needle in a haystack by removing the haystack

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena and their colleagues from the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague have developed a new method to quickly and reliably detect metabolites, ...


Painless 'microneedle' patch may take the sting out of shots

Painless 'microneedle' patch may take the sting out of shots

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Good news for people fearful of needles and squeamish of shots: Scientists at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society report the design of a painless patch that may someday render hypodermic ...


Tiny injector to speed development of new, safer, cheaper drugs

Tiny injector to speed development of new, safer, cheaper drugs

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

It's no bigger than a stamp packet but it has the potential to allow rapid development of a new generation of drugs and genetic engineering organisms, and to better control in-vitro fertilization.


Christmas Tree

Scientists works to develop Christmas tree that doesn't shed needles

Biology / Biotechnology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After chasing the perfect Christmas tree for three decades, Gary Chastagner could be getting close.


Tweeting, more than just self expression: study

Technology / Internet

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- From CNN to Ashton Kutcher everyone is tweeting. In ads, many companies now display the logo of an animated blue bird holding a sign that says "follow me."


Micro-spacecraft

Key advance toward 'micro-spacecraft'

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (20) | comments 3

Fleets of inexpensive, pint-sized spacecraft are one giant leap closer to lift off. Researchers here at the 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society describe a new, razor thin temperature-regulating ...


Researchers discover protein that contributes to cancer spread

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

In an important finding published online in Developmental Cell, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, along with collaborators at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have identified a prot ...


Organic weed control options for highbush blueberry

Organic weed control options for highbush blueberry

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research scientists at Nova Scotia Agricultural College have been working steadily to find effective organic methods to control weeds in cultivated blueberry crops. One resulting study, published in a recent ...


Micro Sparky: Engineering the tiniest Sun Devil

Micro Sparky: Engineering the tiniest Sun Devil

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An Arizona State University engineering student may have found the tiniest - yet most cleverly inventive - way to show school spirit.



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