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Online airborne fluid modelling tool may help laboratories implement effective COVID health and safety precautions

April 14, 2021
A new research project aims to develop an online tool to predict the spread of airborne fluid droplets across internal spaces - such as laboratories. The tool should help laboratory...

Meta analysis confirms comorbidity increases risk for COVID patients

March 31, 2021
New research shows how comorbidities increase risks for COVID patients following a review of more than fifty studies involving over 100,000 patients. Comorbidities such as heart disease, respiratory disease, renal...

Machine learning plus vital signs provides objective patient pain levels

March 18, 2021
Describing pain from zero to ten is currently as good as it gets on the hospital floor when it comes to understanding a patient's pain levels and is very subjective....

Bringing DNA sequencing to the frontlines in the fight against anti-microbial resistance

March 10, 2021
The future may see DNA sequencing as a routine bacterial diagnostic technique in hospitals and clinical care settings. An interdisciplinary network of academics and industry experts aim to bring the...

Towards ‘Zero Leprosy’ – model shows 40 million people need preventive treatment

March 5, 2021
As the world considers strategies towards 'Zero COVID', research specialists also continue to work on eliminating the many other infectious diseases we have learned to 'live with'. Now, new research...

Ultra-high definition predictive brain tool to guide surgery in drug-resistant epilepsy patients

February 25, 2021
A third of epilepsy cases are drug resistant and removal of the area of the brain where seizures emerge is the only treatment option. Now, a new tool offering high...

Scent detection dogs can smell COVID-19

February 12, 2021
A promising approach using cleverly trained pooches might bring big, public events back into play! A research review has suggested scent detection dogs might well be able to successsfully screen...

Robotic system outSTRIPs all previous COVID testing systems

February 9, 2021
A live laboratory setup in the Netherlands demonstrates that five robots could accurately process and track 100,000 SARS-CoV-2 PCR tests a day, relieving the burden on overloaded laboratory personnel and...

NHS staff targeted by nearly 140,000 malicious emails last year

February 8, 2021
I suspect we can all testify to a rise in confusing calls claiming our National Insurance is about to implode if we dont' send money immediately, terrifyingly targeted fraudulant messages...

Robotic exoskeleton training expands options for stroke rehabilitation

February 2, 2021
It must be hard enough to recover from an acute stroke, but many find the physical taxation of rehabilitation exercises incredibly challenging. Retraining the brain to drive the complex processes...

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