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University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers have developed a groundbreaking new diagnostic technique that will allow for faster and more accurate detection of neurodegenerative diseases that affect humans, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, and similar diseases that affect animals, such as chronic wasting disease (CWD) and mad cow disease. CREDIT Sang-Hyun Oh Research Group, University of Minnesota
A new technique for rapid detection of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Chronic Wasting Disease
Could a breakthrough in the spintronics manufacturing process bring about an electronics revolution?
University of Minnesota researchers have invented new catalyst technology that improves the process and substantially reduces the cost of manufacturing renewable chemicals that can be used in a wide range of products including paints, coatings and diapers. Graphic credit: John Beumer, NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers, University of Minnesota
A catalyst to make renewable paints, coatings, and diapers from trees and corn
University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers have developed a plant-inspired extrusion process that allows soft robots to build their own solid bodies from liquid to navigate hard-to-reach places and complicated terrain.
Soft robots that grow like plants
University of Minnesota researchers developed a new microfluidic chip with broad applications for detecting viruses, pathogens, bacteria and other biomarkers in liquid samples. Credit: Laboratory of Nanostructures and Biosensing, University of Minnesota
A new microfluidic chip opens the door for faster and more affordable at-home medical testing
Smartphone-powered microchip for at-home medical diagnostic testing
Aegilops sharonensis in its natural habitat CREDIT Pablo Olivera Firpo
A promising way to give wheat immunity to the biggest pathogen threat that reduces yields by 21% world wide
The first fully 3D-printed flexible OLED display opens the possibility of printing OLED displays at home
The quest to develop living construction materials takes a step forward
A potential bio-renewable alternative to petroleum cracking: Bio-petroleum
Could a polymer wafer placed under the tongue deliver vaccines?
New material can collect moisture from cool fog as well as generating and collecting steam under sun
Using AI to empower environmental regulators
Strategies to reduce indoor transmission of COVID-19
Soon: 3D printing microfluidics directly on the skin for real-time sensing of bodily fluids and functions?