There will soon be no leatherback turtles left in the Pacific Ocean, according to a Drexel University environmental science professor and his colleagues whose findings appear in the June Nature Magazine.
Drexel will operate as a fully wireless CyberCampus as of fall 2000, University President Constantine Papadakis recently announced.
Physicians in MCP Hahnemann University's cardiology and pulmonary clinical practices are participating in a three-month beta test program using the Palm VII Connected Organizer (Palm Pilot) in an effort to streamline patient care.
As a service to the news media, faculty from Drexel University and MCP Hahnemann University will be available for comment on their area of expertise.
"I chose the name Langdon for a combination of reasons," said Dan Brown, DaVinci Code author. "The name first occurred to me as a tribute to one of my favorite artists, John Langdon, who not entirely coincidentally is a passionate art-lover and a teacher like Robert Langdon."
Drexel University has deployed next-generation wireless security technology developed by Drexel researchers. The technology is designed to enhance communications and response times for campus public safety personnel. Among its features, the technology allows GPS tracking of officers' locations and the transmission of map directions.
Food historian William Woys Weaver, who has devoted more than 30 years of research into the origins of the traditional kitchen garden, has joined Drexel University and is teaching culinary arts students how to plant an heirloom garden in a very nontraditional setting"”on Drexel's urban campus.
Realizing the importance of finding hematoma as soon as possible after the injury, a team of Drexel University biomedical engineers has created the InfraScanner(tm), the first handheld device that medical professionals can use to detect brain hematoma at the accident scene.
Why do "Aha!" moments sometimes come easily and sometimes not at all? A new study reveals that patterns of brain activity before people even see a problem predict whether they will solve it with or without a sudden insight.
Imagine having computer memory so dense that a cubic centimeter contains 12.8 million gigabytes (GB) of information. Imagine an iPodTM playing music for 100 millennia without repeating a single song or a USB thumb-drive with room for 32.6 million full-length DVD movies.
As the Food and Drug Administration takes days to track down the source of the E. coli outbreak, Dr. Raj Mutharasan is optimizing a sensor that can enable growers to do the job themselves in a few minutes.
At the nanometer scale, composition and characterization of materials leads to new discoveries for researchers around the world. To springboard this research, Drexel University will officially open its doors to a new state-of-the-art facility available to worldwide researchers on October 25, 2006.
Researchers from Drexel University and the University of Brighton in the U.K. have achieved groundbreaking results, which may significantly improve the treatment of sepsis. Their article has been published in the December issue of Biomaterials.
From lymphedema to LympheDIVA: three friends and young breast cancer survivors have made it their mission to help breast cancer survivors manage their lymphedema in a fashionable way, and inspire them to feel attractive, strong, and confident.
Drexel University and Boca Raton, Fla.-based NanoBlox Inc. researchers have shown that the mechanical characteristics of electroless nickel-boride coatings deposited on steel can be significantly improved upon the addition of small amounts of nanosized diamond particles into deposition baths.
In partially solving a mystery that has baffled archeologists for centuries, a Drexel University professor has determined that the Great Pyramids of Giza are constructed with a combination of not only carved stones but the first blocks of limestone-based concrete cast by any civilization.
Drexel University College of Engineering researchers have successfully developed carbon nanotube-tipped pipettes that could become key to cell biology in-situ DNA sequencing and organelle-targeted drug delivery.
A Drexel University engineering professor has developed a millimeter-size cantilever biosensor that can detect cells and proteins in trace samples and in only minutes. The sensor could have wide applications in medical diagnostic testing (prostate cancer), detecting contamination in food products (E. coli bacteria) and monitoring for biothreat agents (anthrax).
In a study of more than 1,000 void galaxies, using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, astronomers from Drexel and Widener Universities found that the growth of monster black holes "“ with masses millions to hundreds of millions times that of our sun "“are found where galaxies are sparse and interact very little with each other.
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to Drexel University chemistry professor Dr. Alan Bandy to conduct research on Earth's cooling system and how it affects climate change.
Drexel University engineers are researching methods to establish the safe load capacity of aging concrete bridges in West Virginia.
Why do some people solve problems more creatively than others? Are people who think creatively different from those who tend to think in a more methodical fashion? A study led by John Kounios of Drexel University and Mark Jung-Beeman of Northwestern University answers these questions by comparing the brain activity of creative and noncreative thinkers.
The behavior of children with autism may improve during a fever, according to a first-of-kind study. Researchers hypothesize that fever may restore nerve cell communications in regions of the autistic brain. The restoration may help children improve socialization skills during a fever.
The Drexel University School of Public Health was awarded an Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) grant from the National Institutes of Health for more than $14,300,000 to examine risk factors and the development of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in expectant mothers and their babies.
Drexel University professor Gail Hearn heralded the official opening this week of a wildlife research station on Equatorial Guinea's Bioko Island, the first such facility in the region and a long time goal for Hearn. The field station is expected to boost wildlife conservation efforts in the oil-rich African country and enhance educational opportunities for its people.
Drexel University's plasma medicine technologies were licensed to Plasma Technologies, Inc.(PTI), a Texas-based company that intends to design, patent and market medical devices related to wound healing and care, prevention of hospital borne infections, and other medical applications.
Researchers at the Drexel University School of Public Health led by Dr. Dennis Andrulis authored a report comparing Barack Obama and John McCain's health care reform plans in the context of eliminating the nation's racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. The report was released by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
Alumnus Christopher Ferguson will lead a mission to expand the International Space Station. The mission will bring a system to recycle urine into drinking water to the space station.
Drexel University has established the $100,000 Anthony J. Drexel Exceptional Achievement Award for faculty nationwide, one of the largest awards of its kind in higher education. The annual award will have a different area of focus each year and will go to a scholar, scientist, engineer or clinician in the United States.
Curated by the Shenzhen Art Museum and a panel of Chinese critics and curators, INK not INK will make one U.S. stop before heading to Europe. More than 80 paintings, prints, sculptures, and videos by 40 Chinese artists will be presented. Wenda Gu's colossal, 100-ft high installation of flags made of human hair will be the center piece of the exhibition.
Drexel University began construction on a $69 million building that will include a "Bio Wall" or living biofilter for energy efficiency and improved indoor air quality. The building will be the first at a university in the United States to include a Bio Wall.
All those symbols flashing in Web site promos and posters promoting the film "Angels & Demons," were created by a Drexel University typography professor. John Langdon, who, not by coincidence, shares the last name of the film's protagonist played by Tom Hanks, has been creating ambigrams "” words that can be read from multiple viewpoints "” since the 1970s.
A Boston University biomedical engineer and entrepreneur has been named the recipient of Drexel University's inaugural Anthony J. Drexel Exceptional Achievement Award.
Drexel University will deploy a smart grid system to provide real-time measurements of the University's power usage and allow excess power to be sold back to the regional grid.
Drexel University's Dr. Ralph Walkling, executive director of the Corporate Governance Center at the University's LeBow College of Business, is available to comment on a wide range of issues in corporate governance. Walkling has been listed in the top one percent of more than 12,000 finance authors in terms of academic citations to their work.
Drexel University's Rob D'Ovidio, assistant professor of criminal justice and director of the University's program in computer and digital forensics, is available to comment on cyber crime issues. D'Ovidio has worked with the New York City Police Department and the Philadelphia Police Department on research projects involving computer crime.
Fueled by caffeine teens are up late at night, and they aren't just focusing on homework. Web surfing, text messaging and gaming are keeping them up for hours into the night, according to a recent study by Drexel University's Dr. Christina Calamaro, assistant professor in Drexel's College of Nursing and Health Professions.
Researchers at Drexel University are developing a new portable, low-cost, radiation-free breast cancer detector that can be used in a doctor’s office to detect breast cancer in younger women and in women over 40 with mammographically dense-tissue breasts. The detector is based on piezoelectric fingers—an elastic and shear modulus sensor.
Drexel University’s Dr. Craig Newschaffer, a renowned autism expert and chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Drexel's School of Public Health, is available to comment on the recently released report by the Center for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network.
Researchers at Drexel University developed a prototype that measures the level of oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin around a wound and compares it to a control/non-wound site of the same patient. Based on a study, the time course of oxygenated hemoglobin change was found to be a strong indicator of diabetic wound healing.
Computer models using fuzzy logic might help to predict how aging progresses in cells and organisms, according to a study from Drexel University and Children's Hospital Boston.
Researchers from the U.S. and France report the development of a mirco-supercapacitor with remarkable properties in a paper published on August 15 in Nature Nanotechnology online. These micro-supercapacitors have the potential to power wireless sensor networks, biomedical implants, RFID tags and embedded microsensors, among other devices.
The benefits of listening to music for patients on mechanical ventilation was revealed in a systematic review by a team of Cochrane researchers led by Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions associate professor Dr. Joke Bradt. The review found that listening to music may relax patients and potentially result in fewer complications.
A Drexel University team of engineers, scientists and biologists have developed a carbon nanotube-based device for probing single living cells without damaging them. This technique will allow experts to identify diseases in their early stage and advance drug discovery.
Residing in a psychosocially hazardous neighborhood is associated with worse cognitive function in older age for persons with the apolipoprotein E ε4 allele (an alternative form of the gene), according to a report in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that one in four Americans suffer from an anxiety disorder. Many professionals don’t know how to deliver highly effective, non-medication treatment and patients often don’t have access to high-quality treatment. Two Drexel University professors now have a solution to this urgent medical need.
A new study by researchers at Drexel University’s School of Public Health suggests that abuse of prescription painkillers may be an important gateway to the use of injected drugs such as heroin, among people with a history of using both types of drugs. The results support a need for efforts to prevent misuse of prescription drugs, particularly during adolescence.
Cancer patients may benefit from sessions with trained music therapists or from listening to music. Using music can reduce anxiety in cancer patients, and may also have positive effects on mood, pain and quality of life, according to a new Cochrane systematic review led by Dr. Joke Bradt, an associate professor at Drexel University.
Dr. Mariana Chilton of Drexel University, a leading expert on hunger and poverty in children, comments on new data showing widespread struggles in every congressional district, particularly affecting households with children.
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