UNH receives $1.8 million for biomolecular research in diabetes and cancer

DURHAM, N.H.– The University of New Hampshire will receive $1.8 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that will further molecular research to better understand drug interactions at the cellular level and help lead to the development of new targeted drugs to treat wide-spread metabolic, growth, neurological and visual disorders including diabetes and cancer.…

Navy lab develops long range fever detector

A federal research facility in Crane, Indiana, has developed a temperature scanning sensor system and software to help contain the coronavirus. The U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center’s “sensor agnostic thermal imaging system” was licensed to Greene County General Hospital, according to a news release Tuesday, allowing the staff to detect feverish persons up to 200…

Waste generation by hospital emergency departments is highlighted for first time

BOSTON – Emergency departments of hospitals generate significant amounts of environmentally harmful waste which could be reduced through basic changes to disposal policies and practices, while producing lower operating costs, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found. Efforts to optimize the daily waste stream through improvements such as switching from disposable to reusable items…