http://www.devicespace.com/DeviceSpace RSS GeneratorFri, 24 May 2013 06:31:11 GMT20http://rss.biospace.com/images/deviceSpaceLogo.gifhttp://www.BioSpace.com/news.aspx?SectionId=2Copyright (C) 2011http://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=297753&full=1Staying up-to-date has never been simpler. Sign up for the <a href"http://www.biospace.com/enewsletter.aspx?typeseo-article&sourcenews-signup">free GenePool newsletter</a> today!<br><br>Scientists from the University of Southampton have developed a device which records the brain activity of worms to help test the effects of drugs. NeuroChip is a microfluidic electrophysiological device, which...Thu, 23 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=297751&full=1Staying up-to-date has never been simpler. 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Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, has developed...Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=296879&full=1If you're worried about hypertension, new research suggests that you're better off texting than talking on your mobile phonetaking a cell phone call can cause immediate spikes in blood pressure. The claim comes from preliminary research presented this week at the 28th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) in San Francisco, conducted by researchers from Guglielmo...Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:00 AM GMThttp://www.devicespace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=296883&full=1Staying up-to-date has never been simpler. 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