Engineers
Sep 8 2008, P. Vijay

A 3-D ultrasound scanner for use in minimally invasive brain surgeries has been discovered by a team of biomedical engineers at Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering. This brain-scanner can be used for bedside patient monitoring in the absence of CT and..

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The University of Nevada, Reno placed first in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) 21st Annual National Concrete Canoe Competition on June 21, 2008 in Montreal. Their canoe, the Argentum, was a tribute to Silver Mining and weighed in at 160...