Articles related to 'Health & Medical'
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Mental health researcher an e-pioneer
Broad dissemination of e-mental health technologies is a very important way of giving people access to timely mental health assistance, says Britt Klein, Director of Swinburne's National e-Therapy Centre.
Online clinic offers helping hand
The Swinburne National eTherapy Centre is helping people with anxiety disorders to regain control through online support .
Understanding motion sickness
Understanding can help overcome motion sickness
Instant perception a visionary marvel
Research at Swinburne has found that people are able to consciously perceive images even if displayed for as briefly as 1/1000 of a second, casting new light on so-called subliminal vision.
Partnerships drive innovation
This issue provides an insight into how our research and education is driving innovation and contributing to improving lives, the environment and the economy.
Bionic eye hope from a touch of light
A cross-disciplinary research team on the quest for a bionic eye is laying the foundations for a new non-invasive approach to stimulating nerves using light and gold nanoparticles.
Deconstructing penicillin to save a medical miracle
Two postgraduate researchers from Swinburne University of Technology have joined the global effort to maintain civilisation’s anti-bacterial defence by delving into the secrets of penicillin (the first antibiotic breakthrough in the 1940s), and investigating marine microorganisms considered a potential source of therapeutic drugs.
Hunters and collectors in a vicious cycle
Compulsive buying and hoarding need to be taken seriously as community health and safety issues, Swinburne research indicates
Brain monitor puts patients at ease
Awakening during surgery is a nightmare that haunts patients and doctors alike, but Swinburne scientists have found a way to allow both patients and doctors to rest easy.
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Light harvesting offers new vision
Professor Saulius Juodkazis joined Swinburne in 2010 to develop the university’s expertise in plasmonics and continue his research seeking to develop the next generation of sensors using state-of-the-art technology.
New insights into the autistic brain
Studies of the brain have identified a physiological basis for autism’s impact on human perception, but new technology is making it possible to develop a biologically based diagnostic tool
Blink by blink, driving skill eroded by distractions
The way we see the world around us – as a whole or as components of the whole – is emerging as an important new field of research into driver distraction and responsiveness.
Immune system fails on video
The body is a microbiological battlefield on which our immune system fights to keep us well. Sometimes it fails, betrayed by its own defenders. Scientists have now found a way to actually witness this cellular warfare and hopefully identify what goes wrong
Synthetic vaccine hope in fight against polio successor
Research is stepping up into the development of synthetic vaccines, which are potentially safer, cheaper and more practical than conventional biological vaccines
‘Clingy’ bacteria surprise comes to the surface
Swinburne research examining bacterial activity could improve the success rate of artificial implants, reduce the risk of Staphylococcus outbreaks in hospitals and reduce the fuel consumption of ships.
An Australian tissue engineer in Paris
Swinburne's first Cotutelle PhD student researched biodegradable polymers, which could be used to form the next generation of stents used to treat cardiovascular disease.
Alzheimer hope in ancient medical memories
Evidence is building to support the use of alternative medicines in preserving our mental capabilities and warding off Alzheimer’s disease.
Bush medicine for a germ-killing, heart-saving gargle
The antibacterial properties of the Australian native plant emu bush (Eremophila longifolia) could one day help prevent tooth decay.
IT tool gives trauma teams extra eyes
Keeping a severely injured person alive after an accident can be one of the most stressful circumstances in which complex decisions have to be made second-by-second. It makes sense to enlist the processing power of a computer.
School’s in for smarter emotions
Measures of emotional intelligence are being adapted for use in the classroom to help both students and teachers cope with modern stresses.
Hip joints and jet blades cop a hot spray
The uses for thermal spray coatings, which, at their thinnest, are the width of a human hair, are rapidly on the rise – everything from artificial bone coatings for replacement joints to offshore oil platforms and, potentially, water purification and solar energy collection applications
From the minds of babes a key to understanding … us
Australia’s first cognitive neuroscience ‘baby laboratory’ is hoping to learn how infantile thoughts and gestures mature into deliberate action; how the human brain develops and sometimes fails.
Diabetes hope on the wings of silver cicadas
The wings of a familiar noisy insect, the cicada, were the starting point for a device that will be able to continuously monitor blood glucose levels.
No joke when it’s survival of the funniest
In uncertain economic times when many people are worried about keeping their jobs, it’s understandable that some workplaces may be losing the jocular banter that otherwise relieves the working day.
On the surface it’s a love of engineering
A year 12 art subject ignited a passion for bioengineering for Sally McArthur. Now, the recently appointed Swinburne Associate Professor plans to explore bio-mimicry, where natural effects are recreated synthetically.
Gap in social options raises ‘pokie’ appeal
New research into the appeal of poker machines shows there may be much more to ‘problem gambling’ than the bedazzle of spinning fruits.
Medical diagnosis at a pinch
Laser beams are already used to manipulate and study red blood cells. Now Swinburne scientists have taken their research into the nano-realm and are planning to shed laser light on single molecules.
Good vibes need a body clock on song
Our biological clocks are intricately linked with day and night, but if they fall out of sync there can be harmful psychological consequences.
Cognitive therapy just a click away
Mental health patients will soon be able to access therapy from the privacy of their own homes using internet-based services shown to be just as effective as face-to-face therapy.
Phone health an elusive call
To investigate whether mobile phones and base stations affect people's health, researchers are having to come up with clever tests that pull together several strands of research.
Research helps old bodies work smarter
Swinburne researchers are helping to address the challenges of an ageing population by designing new products and adapting existing ones to take into account the effects of ageing.
Disease arms-race looks to powerful new X-ray tools
A new X-ray tool could help biologists shed light on the body's innermost workings, providing details that could have enormous value to chemists designing drugs, such as new antibiotics to defeat drug-resistant bacteria
Mending broken hearts - naturally
Using a soluble synthetic scaffold, researchers are pioneering a way to build replacement body parts.
Small-scale technology with large-scale benefits
The two-photon fluorescence microscope can create high-resolution, 3-D images of tissue deep in the body, and thus can diagnose very early-stage cancer. However, it requires a huge, non-portable machine - or does it?
Chips to mimic body environment for stem cell growth
After years of controversy, researchers are working hard to make advanced new medical treatments a reality
Needle fabrication lifts surgical blindfold
'Micro-technology' cluster nurtures new-generation manufacturing
