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A Lung-Liver-Gut-Endometrium-Brain-Heart-Pancreas-Kidney-Skin-Skeletal Muscle “Body-on-a-Chip” Device
MIT Organs Chip
Aimed at drug testing, MIT engineers have created a physiome chip, aka “body-on-a-chip,” that has one to two [MORE]
Mandarin-English Translation Machine Learning
A I Translation
It’s not uncommon for, say, an 800 bed urban hospital to spend $1m a year on language translation [MORE]
A Stretchable, Conductive Coating for Wearable Devices
Conductive MXene Multilayers
MXenes are a class of inorganic compounds, only a few atoms thick, which are used in electronic devices. [MORE]
An Artificial Photoreceptor in the Eye
Photoreceptor for the Eye
Scientists at Fudan University in Shanghai have created an artificial photoreceptor that restored vision in blind mice. [MORE]
Rapid Sequencing in the NICU
Neonate
Lab techs at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego have done whole genome sequencing on neonates in as little as [MORE]
2D Materials, Graphene Was Only the Beginning
2D Materials
Graphene—a two dimensional carbon material discovered in 2004—has opened the search for other atom-thin structures that have unusual magnetic, [MORE]
Taking Blood Pressure with a Touch on a Smartphone
Blood Pressure App
Engineers at Michigan State University, University of Maryland, and Chonnam National University (South Korea) have built in an [MORE]