News articles tagged with 'device'
Early cooling in cardiac arrest may improve survival
— 16 Nov 2009 11:55 | HealthRapidly cooling a person in cardiac arrest may improve their chance of survival without brain damage, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific... — full story
Texas Children's discharges first paediatric patient with implanted mechanical heart device
— 12 Nov 2009 09:38 | HealthTexas Children's Hospital is the nation's first paediatric hospital to discharge a child while on an intracorporeal ventricular assist device (VAD), a feat previously accomplished only... — full story
Understanding mechanical properties of silicon nanowires paves way for nanodevices
— 12 Nov 2009 08:24 | TechnologySilicon nanowires are attracting significant attention from the electronics industry due to the drive for ever-smaller electronic devices, from cell phones to computers. The operation... — full story
New 'finFETS' promising for smaller transistors, more powerful chips
— 11 Nov 2009 13:58 | TechnologyPurdue University researchers are making progress in developing a new type of transistor that uses a finlike structure instead of the conventional flat design, possibly enabling engineers... — full story
Caltech scientists develop DNA origami nanoscale breadboards for carbon nanotube circuits
— 11 Nov 2009 12:48 | TechnologyIn work that someday may lead to the development of novel types of nanoscale electronic devices, an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)... — full story
Sculptured materials allow multiple channel plasmonic sensors
— 11 Nov 2009 12:38 | TechnologySensors, communications devices and imaging equipment that use a prism and a special form of light - a surface plasmon-polariton - may incorporate multiple channels or redundant applications... — full story
Plasma-in-a-bag for sterilising devices
— 10 Nov 2009 14:30 | TechnologyThe practice of sterilising medical tools and devices helped revolutionise health care in the 19th century because it dramatically reduced infections associated with surgery. Through... — full story
NHLBI stops enrolment in study on resuscitation methods for cardiac arrest
— 8 Nov 2009 12:43 | HealthEnrolment has ended early in a large, multicentre clinical trial comparing two distinct resuscitation strategies delivered by emergency medical service (EMS) providers to increase blood... — full story
Keeping hearts pumping with 'LifeFlow'
— 6 Nov 2009 10:05 | HealthWhen paramedics rush to the scene of a multi-car pileup or a terror attack, their first task is to assess who needs immediate care. But blood haemorrhaging can obscure damage, and the... — full story
Queen's research could help protect frontline troops
— 5 Nov 2009 12:29 | TechnologyA team of researchers at Queen's University Belfast's Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT) is working to develop futuristic communications systems that could help protect... — full story