Cannabinoids are a class of diverse chemical compounds that act on cannabinoid receptors on cells that repress neurotransmitter release in the brain. Ligands for these receptor proteins include the...
Medical imaging is the technique and process of creating visual representations of the interior of a body for clinical analysis and medical intervention. Medical imaging seeks to reveal internal st...
Hepatitis C virus (HCV or sometimes HVC) is a small (55–65 nm in size), enveloped, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the family Flaviviridae. Hepatitis C virus is the cause of hepatitis C...
3D object recognition
A solar cell, or photovoltaic cell, is an electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect, which is a physical and chemical phenomenon.
Sclerostin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SOST gene.[2][3] Sclerostin is a secreted glycoprotein with a C-terminal cysteine knot-like (CTCK) domain and sequence similarity to the ...
Bone tissue engineering
Electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) is a method for determination of the dielectric permittivity distribution in the interior of an object from external capacitance measurements. It is a close ...
Underwater acoustic communication is a technique of sending and receiving message below water.[1] There are several ways of employing such communication but the most common is using hydrophones. Un...
Vascular permeability/apoptosis inibition
Laser drilling is a process in which a laser is used to make holes, instead of conventional drilling. Laser drilling is one of the few techniques for producing high-aspect-ratio holes -- holes wit...
Generating electricity while a user is moving
The infectious agent responsible is a virus CSFV (previously called hog cholera virus) of the genus Pestivirus in the family Flaviviridae.[1][5] CSFV is closely related to the ruminant pestiviruses...
Pervaporation (or pervaporative separation) is a processing method for the separation of mixtures of liquids by partial vaporization through a non-porous or porous membrane.
Protein therapy is a method of therapy that delivers a healing level of protein that would otherwise be absent in amount in individuals with an illness. It is a medical treatment that has wide-reac...
A medical device is an instrument, apparatus, implant, in vitro reagent, or similar or related article that is used to diagnose, prevent, or treat disease or other conditions, and does not achieve ...
Shape memory materials
Passive sampler for detecting hydrophobic organic contaminants