July/August 2023

New Research Offers Clues About the Aging Brain

New Research Offers Clues About the Aging Brain

New Research Offers Clues About the Aging Brain 789 444 IEEE Pulse
Recent breakthroughs suggest new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat brain disorders associated with aging, including Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias read more
The Rising Threat of Antibiotic Resistance

The Rising Threat of Antibiotic Resistance

The Rising Threat of Antibiotic Resistance 789 444 IEEE Pulse
We are out of time. New, effective antibiotics are required to face the real and growing global threat from resistant and too often deadly bacterial infections read more
Considering Sex in Biomedical Research

Considering Sex in Biomedical Research

Considering Sex in Biomedical Research 789 444 IEEE Pulse
In order for basic and preclinical research to be translated to the clinic, it is not enough to simply include females in experiments—potential effects of sex must also be examined read more
DNA Testing for Preventative Health: Do Outcomes Justify Continued Investment? 

DNA Testing for Preventative Health: Do Outcomes Justify Continued Investment?

DNA Testing for Preventative Health: Do Outcomes Justify Continued Investment? 789 444 IEEE Pulse
Analyzing an individual’s genome to generate risk profiles for serious disease sounds like the ultimate weapon in the fight for preventative health care, but does DNA analysis deliver on its promise? read more
New Strategies for Addressing Antibiotic Resistance Offer Promise, but Time is Running Out 

New Strategies for Addressing Antibiotic Resistance Offer Promise, but Time is Running Out

New Strategies for Addressing Antibiotic Resistance Offer Promise, but Time is Running Out 789 444 IEEE Pulse
As antibacterial resistance increases—now thought responsible for an estimated 5 million deaths worldwide each year—scientists are investigating two distinct approaches to combating this deadly problem: Develop new antibiotics that defy pathogen resistance or design methods that hone antibiotic selection and fight individual infections better read more
Artificial Intelligence Aided Ethics in Frontier Research

Artificial Intelligence Aided Ethics in Frontier Research

Artificial Intelligence Aided Ethics in Frontier Research 789 444 IEEE Pulse
Emergent technologies are frequently demonized due to the fear of the unknown. The doubts and alarms are more often than not sparked by their own developers, in a secret wish to become the masters of such fears, and thereby increase their control and influence upon laymen read more

Engineering Superiority

Engineering Superiority 150 150 IEEE Pulse
The Famous engineer Henry Petroski once wrote about one of his students who asked, “Why do engineering students feel superior to those of us studying in nontechnical fields?” read more

Digital Human Modeling and Medicine

Digital Human Modeling and Medicine 150 150 IEEE Pulse
This text, Digital Human Modeling and Medicine, is a comprehensive overview in 32 chapters distributed within six sections of the state-of-the-art and applications of the field of human modeling and applications in medicine read more
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