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Shape-Shifting Sensor for Internal Body Probing
Shape Shifting Sensor
How is it possible today to tell if an artificial hip prosthetic has become infected? Pain, redness, swelling, [MORE]
Toxin Absorbing Nanosponges to Control MRSA
Liangfang Zhang Nanoengineer UCSC
To control bacterial toxins at an infection site, scientists at the University of California, San Diego, created [MORE]
da Vinci Robot, Suturing a Grape
da Vinci Robot
How fine is the suturing with a surgical robot? How minimally invasive can a surgical robot be? The [MORE]
Automated Tumor Cell Cytometry
ICT-IMM Automated Counting Tumor Cell in Blood
Anticancer drugs and radiation resemble old-fashioned naval gunfire—one shot short and one shot long [MORE]
The Geometry of Medical Implants
Sphere-Shaped Medical Implants
In studying how to design pancreatic islet cells encapsulated in alginate, for treating Type 1 diabetes, scientists at [MORE]
Cardiovascular Conditions Among Current Olympic Athletes
Olympic Athletes
What does it say about human health when 7.3% of the world’s elite athletes have underlying cardiovascular conditions? Out [MORE]
Incredible “Loop-Wheel” Wheelchair
Shock-Absorbing Loopwheels for Wheelchairs
One reason people use wheelchairs is deteriorating vertebrae and even a slight bounce in the chair can [MORE]
Cosmetic Testing with 3D Printed Skin
NovoGen Bioprinter
The French cosmetic giant L’Oreal is working with San Diego-based Organovo to make human skin for testing beauty products. [MORE]
Carbon Nanoparticles as Radiation Therapy Sensitizers
Proton Beam Therapy
An ability to distinguish between tumor and healthy tissue, and thereby better target cancers, is a long sought [MORE]
Automated Skin Mole Scanner/Analysis
Skin Cancer Screening
“Dermascanner,” from the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation (Magdeburg, Germany) looks like one of those whole [MORE]
CDC Infographic on the Underlying Causes of Death in the US by State
Which state has the most deaths from tuberculosis? Answer: Texas. Which state has the most death due to septicemia? Answer: [MORE]
Simple Device to Determine Heart Attack
Troponin Activation
Troponin is a complex of regulatory proteins that figures in muscle contraction, such as that of a beating heart. [MORE]
Microsupercapacitors for Wearable Devices
Boron-Infused Microsupercapacitor for Wearables
First, some simple definitions. A capacitor is an electrical device that stores electrostatic field energy between its [MORE]
First Electronic Fabric
Graphene
An international team collaborating with the Center for Graphene Science at the University of Exeter has developed the world’s first [MORE]