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Posted: May 13, 2014
A novel technique for stem-cell storage and preservation Description Cryopreservation is a core enabling technology for the transplantation of natural and engineered cells and tissues. Successful transplantation of human cells......
Posted: Apr 25, 2014
Description The semiconductor industry continually advances towards making more efficient devices. This entails making smaller and smaller devices, which leads to an increase in computing power and speed of computers......
Posted: Mar 16, 2014
Description Wafer bonding is widely used for packaging micro-fabricated devices such as microfluidic channels, microelectromechanical sensors (MEMS) and optical micro mirrors to ensure a mechanically stable and hermetically sealed encapsulation.......
Posted: Mar 15, 2014
Description The Limitation of Point of Care Strep A Test Kits Streptococcus A ("Strep A" or GAS) infections are associated with scarlet fever, necrotizing fasciitis, and "strep throat". There are......
Posted: Mar 2, 2014
Description As conventional sources of crude oil diminish, there is a need to exploit other fuel sources in a cost-effective, environmentally-friendly way. One relatively-untapped source is heavy oil/bitumen from fractured......
Posted: Feb 15, 2014
Description Approx. 350 million people are chronically infected by hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is a major cause of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinomas. Diagnostic tests for this virus are......
Posted: Feb 9, 2014
Description Ultra-wide bandwidth technology (UWB) is proving to be a promising solution for high capacity, wireless multiple access systems. Described as Bluetooth on steroids, UWB provides extremely high data rate......
Posted: Feb 2, 2014
Description The damage to materials caused by corrosive wear is a complicated surface failure process that involves both the wear-accelerated corrosion and corrosion-accelerated mechanical failure. This synergistic attack that plagues......
Posted: Feb 2, 2014
Description University of Alberta researchers have identified a predictive marker to screen patients that are being considered for taxane-based chemotherapy. Elevated levels of this protein marker correlate with increased breast......
Posted: Jan 20, 2014
Description Modern analytical techniques, including gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), infra red spectroscopy (IR) and two-dimensional gas chromatography (GCxGC), can provide an abundance of detailed data pertaining to the nature of......
Posted: Jan 17, 2014
Description In an effort to determine how “engineering types” learn, over 120 students of a University of Alberta materials engineering class were surveyed, and the majority classified themselves as visual......