Here in the "lab" at his Minneapolis home, Collins is launching experiment No. 520—the latest installment in his 18-month quest to help people use masks for better protection against COVID-19.
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Athletes and sports fans know that a torn ACL knocks a player out of the game, requires surgical repair and involves a long recovery. But for many injured athletes, being temporarily sidelined is only the beginning of a lifelong ...
Jan 28, 2022
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Degenerative disc disease affects about 40 percent of people aged 40, increasing to about 80 percent among those aged 80 or older. The disease, which is the deterioration of one or more intervertebral discs of the spine, ...
Jan 19, 2022
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Sometimes cells can forget what type of cell they are and stop functioning correctly. This commonly happens in cancer, in which mature cells lose aspects of their identity and become more susceptible to begin dividing uncontrollably.
Dec 22, 2021
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Simultaneously achieving ultra-softness, ultrahigh sensitivity and mechanical resiliency is a major challenge for wearable electronics and soft machines. The soft yet wearable sensors with their mechanical properties well ...
Dec 20, 2021
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The strain of COVID-19 virus that was circulating in the United States and Europe during the first wave of the pandemic may have been particularly infectious because the most common first symptom was likely a cough, according ...
Dec 16, 2021
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A Michigan Tech-developed machine learning model uses probability to more accurately classify breast cancer shown in histopathology images and evaluate the uncertainty of its predictions.
Dec 1, 2021
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Daniel Wiznia, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Yale School of Medicine, is practicing a surgical technique designed to render 10% of hip replacements unnecessary. Regenerative properties from a patient's own stem cells are ...
Nov 17, 2021
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Imperial bioengineers have discovered a new mechanism driving the growth of heart valves in zebrafish embryos.
Nov 3, 2021
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Instead of an invasive nasal swab, researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are exploring the use of a unique breath test for the rapid screening of patients for COVID-19.
Oct 28, 2021
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