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A nasal brush test can rapidly and accurately diagnose Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), an incurable and ultimately fatal neurodegenerative disorder, according to a study by National Institutes of Health scientists and their Italian colleagues. Up to now, a definitive CJD diagnosis requires testing brain tissue obtained after death or by biopsy in living patients. The study

Very cool display technology . . . We present superior digital images on crystal-clear glass panels. Invented by experienced entrepreneurs and scientists in Silicon Valley, our proprietary emissive display screens and special projectors take displays where they have never been before, to create digital displays on crystal-clear glass windows or windshields. Enabled by the advanced

A new twist on an old solar cell design sends light ricocheting through layers of microscopic spheres, increasing its electricity-generating potential by 26 percent. By engineering alternating layers of nanometer and micrometer particles, a team of engineers from the University of Minnesota has improved the efficiency of a type of solar cell by as much

Imagine a bendable tablet computer or an electronic newspaper that could fold to fit in a pocket. The technology for these devices may not be so far off. Northwestern University researchers have recently developed a Northwestern University-based ink that is highly conductive and tolerant to bending, and they have used it to inkjet-print graphene patterns

Wouldn’t it be great if driving in thick fog, pounding rain or blizzard snow wasn’t a visibility nightmare and road markings or important signage remained clear whatever the conditions. General Motors may be on the verge of striking automotive safety gold if the augmented vision display system its R&D team recently demonstrated finds its way

In the creation of the film Avatar, director James Cameron invented a system called Simul-cam. It allowed him to see the video output of the cameras, in real time, but with the human actors digitally altered to look like the alien creatures whom they were playing. The system also negated the need for a huge amount

The automatic gas shutter prevents gas explosions from the kitchen   For millions of Nigerians, the fear of fire outbreaks is the beginning of wisdom. But very soon, those who use gas cookers in their homes, drive cars, use wooden electricity metre boards and traders in big markets in Lagos State will have no fear

Blood pressure monitoring might one day become as easy as taking a video selfie, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, an American Heart Association journal. Transdermal optical imaging measures blood pressure by detecting blood flow changes in smartphone-captured facial videos. Ambient light penetrates the skin’s outer layer allowing digital optical sensors in smartphones to visualize

Skin cells turned cancer-killing stem cells hunt down and destroy the deadly remnants inevitably left behind when a brain tumor is surgically removed In a first for medical science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill pharmacy researchers turn skin cells into cancer-hunting stem cells that destroy brain tumors known as glioblastoma – a discovery

The presence of just a few autonomous vehicles can eliminate the stop-and-go driving of the human drivers in traffic, along with the accident risk and fuel inefficiency it causes, according to new research. The finding indicates that self-driving cars and related technology may be even closer to revolutionizing traffic control than previously thought. “Our experiments