Brain Quickly Detects Happiness in Others
Study finds people perceive positive expressions more accurately than sad ones MONDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to picking up emotional signals from others, the brain responds to happiness faster than sadness, a new study has found. Researchers at the University of B...Brain detects happiness more quickly than sadness
People make value judgements about others based on their facial expressions. A new study, carried out be Spanish and Brazilian researchers, shows that after looking at a face for only 100 milliseconds we can detect expressions of happiness and surprise faster than those of sadness or fear. O...New Product Detects Early Bed Bug Infestations
NightWatch Bedbug Monitor for pest control operators helps control bed bug outbreak worldwide PUTNAM, Conn., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- BioSensory, Inc., manufacturer of environmentally-sensitive pest management products to monitor bed bugs and control mosquitoes and biting insects, announces the...Breast MRI detects additional 'unsuspected' cancers not seen on mammography or ultrasound
Nearly 20% of patients with recently diagnosed breast cancer had additional malignant tumors found only by MRI, according to a study performed at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center. A total of 199 patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer underwent breast MRI. "We found additional, unsuspect...InDevR's FluChip detects and distinguishes swine-origin H1N1 from human influenza viruses
InDevR, a small biotech company in Boulder, CO, and the Influenza Division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta confirmed today that the M gene version of InDevR's FluChip can detect swine-origin H1N1 influenza A viruses and clearly distinguish them from seasonal infl...MRI Detects Cancers in the Opposite Breast of Women Newly Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
PHILADELPHIA, March 28, 2007 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans of women who were diagnosed with cancer in one breast detected over 90 percent of cancers in the other breast that were missed by mammography and clinical breast exam at initial diagnosis, according to a...ARUP Laboratories Applauds FDA's Decision on the Value of KRAS-Mutation Testing in Colorectal Cancer
...ies in the United States offer this test, ARUP Laboratories' KRAS assay detects all 12 mutations at codons 12 and 13; another highly publicized assay on the market detects only seven. KRAS mutation-detection testing is just one example of...FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Approval of the SEDASYS(R) System
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Baltimore, MD, and Christchurch, NZ June 25, 2009 Veritide Ltd., a developer of innovative biological identification and detection solutions, today reported that new independent data to be presented at the Biodetection Technologies 2009 conference confirm the exceptional accuracy of its Ceeker (...Autonomous robot detects shrapnel
DURHAM, N.C. Bioengineers at Duke University have developed a laboratory robot that can successfully locate tiny pieces of metal within flesh and guide a needle to its exact location - all without the need for human assistance. The successful proof-of-feasibility experiments lead the researche...Test detects molecular marker of aging in humans
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. In 2004, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center announced a crucial discovery in the understanding of cellular aging. They found that as cells and tissues age, the expression of a key protein, called p16INK4a, drama...New device detects heart disease using less than one drop of blood
Testing people for heart disease might be just a finger prick away thanks to a new credit card-sized device created by a team of researchers from Harvard and Northeastern universities in Boston. In a research report published online in The FASEB Journal ( http://www.fasebj.org ), they describe h...NASA satellite detects red glow to map global ocean plant health
Researchers have conducted the first global analysis of the health and productivity of ocean plants, as revealed by a unique signal detected by a NASA satellite. Ocean scientists can now remotely measure the amount of fluorescent red light emitted by ocean phytoplankton and assess how efficiently ...Scattered light rapidly detects tumor response to chemotherapy
DURHAM, N.C. -- New technology developed by Duke University bioengineers can help clinicians more precisely detect whether specific cancer drugs are working, and should give basic researchers a powerful new tool to better understand the underlying mechanisms of cancer development. By interpreti...Novel handheld device detects anthrax with outstanding accuracy and reliability
Baltimore, MD, and Christchurch, NZ June 25, 2009 Veritide Ltd., a developer of innovative biological identification and detection solutions, today reported that new independent data to be presented at the Biodetection Technologies 2009 conference confirm the exceptional accuracy of its Ceeker (...Tiny 'lab-on-a-chip' detects pollutants, disease and biological weapons
For centuries, animals have been our first line of defense against toxins. A canary in a coalmine served as a living monitor for poisonous gases. Scientists used fish to test for contaminants in our water. Even with modern advances, though, it can take days to detect a fatal chemical or organis...Naviscan's PEM Flex(TM) Detects Smallest Cancers Better Compared to MRI in an Independent Study
NEW ORLEANS, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Naviscan PET Systems(R), a company specializing in organ-specific high resolution PET scanners, announced today at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's Annual Meeting, new clinical data using the PEM Flex scanner in breast cancer management. The PEM Flex(TM) S...MIT's PANTHER sensor quickly detects pathogens
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory have developed a powerful sensor that can detect airborne pathogens such as anthrax and smallpox in less than three minutes. The new device, called PANTHER (for PAthogen Notification for THreatening Environmental Releases), represents a si...Tiny avalanche photodiode detects single UV photons
In a significant breakthrough, researchers at Northwestern Universitys Center for Quantum Devices (CQD) have demonstrated visible-blind avalanche photodiodes (APDs) capable of detecting single photons in the ultraviolet region (360-200 nm). Previously, photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) were the only...Rabbit Anti-cdc42 / Rac Polyclonal Antibody, Unconjugated from Assay Designs/Stressgen Bioreagents
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