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Medical research goes small for big results
Rosemary Sparacio Science & TechnologyHardware and its accompanying software continues to make headlines in the news every day. Medicine is certainly no exception. The area of medical devices and related technologies profits greatly from the strides made possible by smaller chips, nanoparticles and nanoelectronics.
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Automotive lightweighting — Flash-forward material highlights
Don Rosato ManufacturingAutomotive lightweighting with alternative plastic materials will remain an important technology trend into the foreseeable 2020-2025 time period. The lightweighting potential of every vehicle component is under investigation, and advanced plastics and plastic composites offer significant lightweighting potential.
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Application of nanoproteomics in neuroscience
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Medical & Allied HealthcareAdvances in proteomics and metabolomics have recently received attention due to their novel applications in biomedicine. This has led to further advances in nanoproteomics with multiple potentials in biological systems.
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Programs across the nation boosting interest in STEM fields
Bambi Majumdar EducationThere seems to a dichotomy between the STEM crisis and STEM demand in recent years. Conflicting reports claim that there are more STEM graduates than jobs available, while others claim that a lack of STEM graduates is a major factor in a surge of foreign students and more H1-B visas. Which one is true and which one should we believe?
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Mobile health market poised for growth, despite obstacles
Pamela Lewis Dolan Healthcare AdministrationThe biggest challenges to widespread mobile health adoption in the U.S. are reimbursement and lack of regulatory clarification. But despite these challenges, the mobile health industry is expected to experience tremendous growth over the next few years and address many of the disparities plaguing healthcare in the U.S.
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TV’s cold war conflict: Cable vs. Netflix
Mitch Weinraub CommunicationsIt seems that U.S. cable is now mirroring geopolitics and having its own superpower conflict. The Netflix vs. cable cold war conflict started as threats of arming cord-cutters with the weapons of mass defection and escalated to bidding wars.
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Bioprinting of body parts inching closer to reality
Donna Balancia Medical & Allied HealthcareNew 3-D printing technology is giving hope to medical patients who need to replace and repair body parts and organs. Creating organs through the use of a patient's own cells in many cases, this 3-D printing technology — known as "bioprinting" — is a promising new industry in the scientific community.
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Can computer viruses be helpful?
Victor Blake Science & TechnologyAs counterintuitive as it may seem, computer viruses may be a good thing. Sure, getting a virus on your computer right when you need to do some critical task isn't good. But computer viruses may have an important role to play in the long-term quality and reliability — the "health" — of computers, communications systems and eventually all technology-enabled "things."
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Innovative solar energy applications point the way forward
Don Rosato EngineeringMost people no longer ask whether solar energy will be a success, the question is rather which forms of photovoltaic (PV) technology and system types will be successful.
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Technology and Internet: The world’s largest slot machine
Jessica Taylor Mental HealthcareWe've seen numerous reports on drug addiction and how to stop America from becoming a part of the so-called "trend." But have you ever thought about another addiction right in front of you? It's the addiction to the Internet and technology.
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