Bioengineering and Bioscience

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Metagenomics Unlocks Unknowns of Diarrheal Disease Cases in Children

Posted: November 18, 2019

Researchers have found that conventional culture-based lab tests may misdiagnose as many as half of the microbial causes of diarrheal diseases in children.

3D-Printed Device Finds ‘Needle in a Haystack’ Cancer Cells by Removing the Hay

Posted: October 29, 2019

A new approach enabled by 3D printing could help isolate tumor cells circulating in the bloodstream.

Records from 4.9 million patients guide drug therapies

Study Provides New Guidance on Use of First-Line Antihypertensive Drugs

Posted: October 24, 2019

A new study provides guidance for the use of drug therapies to fight hypertension.

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Warming Impedes a Coral Defense, but Hungry Fish Enhance It

Posted: October 2, 2019

Corals exude defenses against bacteria associated with bleaching, but warming disadvantages the defense. Conservation offers limited hope.

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Test for Life-Threatening Nutrient Deficit Made From Bacteria Entrails

Posted: September 25, 2019

Thousands die of zinc deficiency, but this test could detect it easily.

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Native American Ancestors Found in the Genes of Many in the U.S.

Posted: September 24, 2019

A new population genetics study shows that Americans with early European or early African ancestry can also have Native American gene groups.

Wearable Brain-Machine Interface Could Control a Wheelchair, Vehicle or Computer

Posted: September 20, 2019

Combining new classes of nanomembrane electrodes with flexible electronics and a deep learning algorithm could help disabled people wirelessly control devices.

Bathroom Scale Could Monitor Millions with Heart Failure

Posted: September 20, 2019

This scale could help keep heart failure patients out of the hospital.

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Periodontitis culprit Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans by CC

Periodontitis Bacteria Love Colon and Dirt Microbes

Posted: September 9, 2019

Mythbuster: Ideas that bacterial collaborations within microbiomes are generous and exclusive appear to be quite wrong.

Georgia Tech Researcher Named to Health Task Force

Posted: September 6, 2019

A Georgia Tech specialist in health informatics has been named to Georgia’s new Task Force on Healthcare Access and Cost.

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Researchers Receive NIH Funds for Adjuvant Research to Boost Coronavirus Vaccines

Posted: May 20, 2020

Researchers have received funding to screen and evaluate adjuvants that may improve the ability of coronavirus vaccines to simulate the immune system.

People Think Robots Are Pretty Incompetent and Not Funny, New Study Says

Posted: May 19, 2020

Good thing humanoid robots don't have feelings because people think they are pretty incompetent.

Volcanic Activity Does Not Contribute to El Ninos, Hard Evidence Says

Posted: May 19, 2020

Physical evidence has spoken, and it clearly says that volcanic activity does not push El Nino and La Nina events.

Emory and Georgia Tech Create Barrier Protection Devices for Use During COVID-19

Posted: May 13, 2020

Two Atlanta universities have created barrier protection devices designed to contain the droplet spray and aerosol produced during certain medical procedures.

Robotics

Planetary Exploration Rover Avoids Sand Traps with “Rear Rotator Pedaling”

Posted: May 13, 2020

Using the Mini Rover, researchers have studied locomotion techniques that could help future rovers work on granular lunar and planetary surfaces.

Manufacturing, Trade, and Logistics

Why Restarting the Global Economy Won't be Easy

Posted: May 10, 2020

Supply chain disruptions and other operational factors will affect the ability to restart the world's economy.

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