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Foam reactor is 10 times more energy efficient
Sep 26, 2008 |
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There is considerable worldwide demand for new types of reactors for the rapid and well- controlled production of high value chemicals. Charl Stemmet has developed the porous foam reactor, which has an energy efficiency ten ...
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Panasonic develops bed that turns into wheelchair
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Japan's Panasonic Corp. has developed a "Robotic Bed" that can transform into a wheelchair to make life easier for elderly and disabled people, it announced Friday.
Insecticide-treated bed nets reduce infant deaths in Democratic Republic of Congo
Sep 03, 2009 |
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Giving insecticide-treated bed nets to nearly 18,000 mothers at prenatal clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo prevented an estimated 414 infant deaths from malaria, a study by University of North Carolina at Chapel ...
Hospital infections cost $1 billion in lost bed days
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Infections caught in hospital are costing the Australian healthcare system more than 850,000 lost bed days, according to a new study by Queensland University of Technology.
Muscle weakness a common side effect of long stays in intensive care units
Oct 27, 2009 |
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After decades of focusing on the management of respiratory failure, circulatory shock and severe infections that lead to extended stays in hospital intensive care units, critical care researchers are increasingly turning ...
Rensselaer researchers to develop and test next-generation radar systems
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have received a grant for $792,000 from the U.S. Air Force to create a new laboratory for developing and testing next-generation radar systems that overcome ...
Australian woman dies after 60 years in iron lung
Oct 31, 2009 |
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An Australian woman who spent a record-breaking 60 years confined to an iron lung after contracting polio died Saturday in a Melbourne nursing home, aged 83.
Mild exercise while in the ICU reduces bad effects of prolonged bed rest
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Critical care experts at Johns Hopkins are reporting initial success in boosting recovery and combating muscle wasting among critically ill, mostly bed-bound patients using any one of a trio of mild physical therapy exercises ...
Plasma-in-a-bag for sterilizing devices
Nov 09, 2009 |
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The practice of sterilizing medical tools and devices helped revolutionize health care in the 19th century because it dramatically reduced infections associated with surgery. Through the years, numerous ways of sterilization ...
Emergency Departments Do Not Provide Timely Care for All Patients
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new study, Yale University researchers document a disturbing lack of consistency among U.S. hospitals in how quickly they treat patients in emergency rooms. Furthermore, some hospitals ...
Scientists bring MRI/NMR to microreactors
Jan 28, 2008 |
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In a significant step towards improving the design of future catalysts and catalytic reactors, especially for microfluidic “lab-on-a-chip” devices, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence ...
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