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Beyond prototyping: Scaling up to additive manufacturing for production
Charlie Wood ManufacturingMost are well-acquainted with additive manufacturing (AM) — as a rapid prototyping tool, at least. And while many companies believe and perpetuate the myth that AM is only a prototyping tool, innovators in a range of markets (e.g., aerospace, healthcare, consumer goods and more) are already using AM for production-grade manufacturing when design, performance and cost factors align. This article will help organizations considering switching to additive manufacturing for a part or product.
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A single blood test could diagnose 8 different types of cancer
Tammy Hinojos Medical & Allied HealthcareCancer is such a mysterious disease. For many different types of cancer, diagnosis can be a long and challenging process. A new blood test, however, might offer a much-needed simpler and more effective diagnostic technique. Called CancerSEEK, this new blood test has the potential to identify eight cancer types using just one blood sample. In the study, researchers show how the test shows high levels of sensitivity and specificity for cancer detection in more than 1,000 participants with the disease.
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The future of grocery shopping
Connie Ulman RetailThe future of grocery shopping has arrived. Technology has come a long way, and now many grocery chains and some e-retailers are blazing the path to a futuristic way of grocery shopping. In this article, we take a look at the grocery pickup and delivery services offered by Kroger, Amazon, H-E-B, Walmart, Hello Fresh and Schwan's.
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Research provides new insight into transplant rejection
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareSurgeons now perform more than 30,000 organ transplants a year, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and each of the recipients of those organs face the possibility of organ rejection. Not all organ transplant rejection is the same. Recipients of liver transplants rarely experience organ rejection, for example, while skin graft rejection rates are high. In a new study, published in Nature Communications, researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital reveal insights that may help explain the mechanisms behind skin graft failure.
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Do smaller classes reduce performance gaps?
Bambi Majumdar EducationNew research from the University of Minnesota's College of Biological Sciences (CBS) produced some interesting insights for class sizes. The new study points to the impact of class sizes on students' performance. Researchers found that smaller classes can help reduce performance gaps, especially in science or STEM. Data collected from four institutions, which included exam grades and non-exam assessments, show that class sizes not only affect performance, but also have an influence on student attrition.
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Mosquitoes are eating people and plastic, bringing materials up the food…
Scott E. Rupp Waste Management & EnvironmentalAs humans, we often think of mosquitos as blood-sucking parasites that do nothing but buffet lunch on us, cause us pain and irritant to our skins, and leave us itching and sometimes bloody when we squash them between our hands. But, the little flying blood buzzards are more than that, including plastic-ingesting insects that are polluting their own bodies while they gnaw on the man-made material and bring it up the food chain. Authors of a paper — published in The Royal Society journal Biology Letters — found that when a mosquito larva eats microplastic, that plastic can remain in the insect's body into adulthood. So, the microplastic can then be transferred to whatever might eat that mosquito, including birds.
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The advent of mobile forensics
Bambi Majumdar Law Enforcement, Defense & SecurityMobile usage has outpaced all other platforms. Therefore, it is only natural that mobile forensics has become an integral part of criminal investigations. The recovery of digital evidence or data from a mobile device under forensically sound conditions needs more than sophisticated technology. It also requires advanced mobile forensics training for law enforcement officers. In many cases, mobile digital evidence is critical to a conviction. But the lack of trained officers in this area thwarts that process.
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Maximizing learning time while riding the big yellow bus
Brian Stack EducationMy seventh-grade son Brady informed me the other day that with the change to bus routes this year, he is now on the bus for nearly 45 minutes each way to school. At first, I was surprised. We live in a small town of about 10 square miles, and it would take less than 10 minutes to drive from our house to the school. Yet, he was right. He is one of the first students picked up in the morning, and one of the last to be dropped off in the afternoon. Each day, Brady, like millions of other children from coast to coast, deals with one of the great inefficiencies of our education system — bus transportation routes.
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What you need to know about Instagram’s newest shopping options
Emma Fitzpatrick MarketingInstagram is the ultimate inspiration board. People use it to collect places they want to go, people they wish they could meet and products they hope to buy. In fact, Instagram is the social network that people say influences their purchases the most, according to a 2017 Dana Rebecca Designs survey. The latest research, which was just released by Facebook, details exactly what people are buying and what their shopping journey looks like. Conveniently, this research debuted a day after Instagram rolled out new shopping features. Read on to learn how your business can take hold of this trend.
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Vending machines poised to take retail to a new dimension
Katherine Radin RetailAs long-standing merchants such as Sears and Toys R Us shutter, retailers continue to feel the pressure to perform "in person." When we discussed this topic more than a year ago, commercial landlords were turning to restaurants and food markets to help fill the void. Now, it seems that a more technological approach could be seen in the future — with the use of vending machines. A beloved vendor of chips, chocolate bars, and carbonated beverages, the humble vending machine has dished out a more diverse lineup of products for sale over the years, from makeup, to books, to electronics.
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