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4-Nov-2024

Key to the invisible world found. ICTER scientists decipher two-photon vision

Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Two-photon vision is a novel method with great potential for the future of ophthalmic diagnostics. Although it has many advantages, it requires improvement in key areas. ICTER scientists have taken a step forward by improving this technology and opening up new perspectives in ocular medicine.

Journal: Biomedical Optics Express

4-Nov-2024

Taylor & Francis unveils free digital hub for the medical devices community

Taylor & Francis Group
Business Announcement

Taylor & Francis has announced the launch of a free digital hub, providing the medical devices community with news, research developments and insights, all in one place. Medical Devices Zone brings together a diverse range of eBooks, reports, interviews and journal articles to help streamline the clinical implementation of innovative medical devices.

4-Nov-2024

Childhood overweight is associated with socio-economic vulnerability

Uppsala University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

More children have overweight in regions with high rates of single parenthood, low education levels, low income and high child poverty. The pandemic may also have reinforced this trend. This is shown by a study conducted by researchers at Uppsala University and Region Sörmland in collaboration with Region Skåne.

Journal: Acta Paediatrica

4-Nov-2024

Fossil of huge terror bird offers new information about wildlife in South America 12 million years ago

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers including a Johns Hopkins University evolutionary biologist report they have analyzed a fossil of an extinct giant meat-eating bird — which they say could be the largest known member of its kind — providing new information about animal life in northern South America millions of years ago.

Journal: Palaeontology

4-Nov-2024

Oh buoy! Curtin and NASA unlock ocean secrets from space

Curtin University
Business Announcement

Curtin University has joined forces with NASA, University of Miami, San José State University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology on a new-generation satellite mission to study the colour of the ocean from space, providing vital information about ocean health and its role in climate regulation.

4-Nov-2024

One-third of patients with cancer visit EDs in months before diagnosis

Canadian Medical Association Journal
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About 1 in 3 patients diagnosed with cancer in Ontario visited an emergency department (ED) in the 90 days before diagnosis, found a new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.240952.

Journal: Canadian Medical Association Journal

3-Nov-2024

Clinical Research Imaging Center opens at UT Arlington

University of Texas at Arlington
Business Announcement

The University of Texas at Arlington today opened a new $6.2 million Clinical Research Imaging Center (CIRC). Featuring a 3-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging machine (MRI), the new 3,500-square-foot research center will advance research aimed at unlocking the body’s greatest mysteries.