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Biological Supercapacitors
Supercapacitor
Supercapacitors are, in effect, rechargeable batteries, but a biological supercapacitor is a tiny (1micrometer thick) device that holds a charge [MORE]
IVD Connectivity
Clinical Laboratory
The in vitro diagnostics industry’s “Connectivity Consortium” recently announced two improvements that efficiently and unambiguously allow exchanges of laboratory [MORE]
Heart-on-a-Chip
Heart on a Chip
In the abstract of an article from the journal Lab on a Chip, researchers at the Lawrence [MORE]
3-D Printed Menisci
3D Printed Knee Implants
Natural menisci in the knee have firmer cartilage in the center and softer, on the outside, making [MORE]
What to Do about Security Flaws in Pacemakers?
Cardiac Pacemaker
How does one protect against a security flaw in an implanted device, like a pacemaker? The next question is [MORE]
Some Finer Points of a Head Transplant
Heads
It’s called cephalosomatic anastomosis, or in science fiction, a head transplant. Such an idea may always remain the stuff of [MORE]
A Smarter Bathroom Scale
Smart Bathroom Scale
In due course, measuring one’s arterial health could be as “everyday” an event as weigh in on a [MORE]
Polysomnography in a Patch
SomnaPatch
Sleep apnea is a risk factor for many serious health conditions. For example, pauses in breathing followed by an abrupt [MORE]
More about an “Exercise Pill”
Exercise
In our June 27 issue you saw a story about an exercise pill under research at Augusta University in Georgia. [MORE]
AI, Automation, and Medical Imaging
CAT Scan Liver Cancer
In an international competition to develop machine learning applications for low-dose CT imaging, researchers at China’s Tsinghau [MORE]
Molecular Trigger for Drug Delivery
Quoting directly from the abstract of this piece, “. . . here we report the rational design of a modular [MORE]
Smartphone Add on Cardiac Monitor
Confirm Rx Insertable Cardiac Monitor
Last year, when Abbott Laboratories acquired St. Jude Medical one of products in the deal was [MORE]
Regenerating Insulin-Producing Cells
Pancreas Insulin Beta Cells
As bodies age, the regenerative capacity of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas diminishes. This partly explains [MORE]
A Prosthetic Hand that Sees
Prosthetic Seeing Hand
Bioengineers at Newcastle University in the UK have designed a prosthetic hand with an internal camera that sees [MORE]