Technology

Do Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery Systems Improve Blood Glucose Control In Type 1 Diabetes?

In a closed-loop control approach to managing type 1 diabetes, glucose sensors placed under the skin continuously monitor blood sugar levels, triggering the release of insulin from an implantable insulin pump as needed. The aim of this closed-loop insulin ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2014 - 8:01am

X-Rays Only Detect 20 Percent Of Lung Cancer Cases

Current x-ray examinations capture only 20 percent of cases but there is a better way, according to Norwegian researchers. With modern ultra low-dose CT, that number climbs to 90 percent. In lung cancer, the prognosis is poor. In Norway, 85 percent of lung ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2014 - 8:31am

NMR Technique Could Spot Organic Food Fraud

A growing number of consumers are willing to pay a premium for fruits, vegetables and other foods labeled "organic", but whether they're getting what the label claims is another matter.  For over a decade it has been known that since there ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 1 2019 - 12:07pm

New Synthesized Fungus-Derived Antibiotic

Researchers at Rice University have synthesized a recently discovered natural fungus-derived  antibiotic, viridicatumtoxin B, which may shelp bolster the fight against bacteria that evolve resistance to treatments in hospitals and clinics around the world ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2014 - 11:13am

New Solutions To Recycle Fracking Water

Rice University scientists have produced a detailed analysis of water produced by hydraulic fracturing of three gas reservoirs and suggest environmentally friendly remedies- advanced recycling rather than disposal of "produced" water pumped back ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2014 - 2:01pm

Is That A Real Patient Or A Junkie? Now There's An App For That

A middle aged, male, investment banker arrives at the emergency department with complaints of nausea, vomiting, anxiety and tremor. At business lunches and then at home every evening, he was drinking too much so, worried about his health, he decided to qu ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 29 2014 - 3:44pm

Raloxifene: X-Ray Scattering Reveals A New Mode Of Action For Osteoporosis Drug

Raloxifene is a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatment for decreasing fracture risk in osteoporosis and it is effective at reducing fracture risk, but only partially by suppressing bone loss. With the use of wide- and small-angle x-ray ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2014 - 3:31am

Your Insurer Could Soon Know A Lot More Than How Fast You Drive

Image credit:  Peter Blanchard via flickr | http://bit.ly/1q1sNlt. Rights information: http://bit.ly/c34Awz By:  Benjamin Plackett,   Inside Science (Inside Science)-- It may be unintentional, but it’s possible that your car insurer may know a lot more ab ...

Article - Inside Science - Sep 1 2014 - 9:53am

Happy Birthday, Mary Shelley

One evening, during the drearily sodden summer of 1816, Lord Byron and his friends read  Fantasmagoriana, a French translation of a German book of ghost stories (they were intellectuals after all) in his Villa Diodati in Switzerland (they were rich intell ...

Blog Post - Norm Benson - Aug 31 2014 - 8:27am

Tiny Implanted Sensor And Your Smartphone Could Help Prevent Blindness

Checking for glaucoma. Image credit: communityeyehealth,  CC BY-NC By David Crabb, City University London Scientists have proposed a way to monitor glaucoma using a tiny device implanted in the eye. Readings from the device could be monitored by a smartph ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 1 2014 - 9:17am