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Physics, Complexity and Innovation
Team work, innovation
We’ve all seen the beginning of an innovative idea, and watched it grow into a start-up company, take [MORE]
Ultrasound Transducer Plugs into a Smart Phone
Butterfly Ultrasound.
Most medical ultrasound machines cost between $20,000 and $75,000, though some go for well more than $100,000, not including [MORE]
Hospitals’ 10 Worst Case Events
Joint Commission
Here are the Joint Commission’s voluntarily submitted sentinel events in healthcare for 2018: Falls — 111 reported; Unintended retention [MORE]
Graphene Yarn
Graphene yarns for wearable textiles
The University of Manchester is the discovery hearth of graphene, and now its researchers have proposed [MORE]
Kidney Cell Repair
Amniotic stem cells
Amniotic-fluid derived stem cells has several advantages over other stem cells (including embryonic stem cells) for regenerative medicine. [MORE]
Cuffless BP Monitor
Aktiia – cuffless BP monitor
Neuchatel, in the mountains of western Switzerland, has been a center for precision manufacturing for over [MORE]
Charming! DNA Embroidery
Alex Dainis LED DNA embroidery
This piece is just for fun—a video of Alex Dainis explaining how she combined her interests [MORE]
Molecular Surgery for Cartilage
Rhinoplasty
Two California scientists have experimentally developed a new means of reshaping cartilage without surgery. They insert a needle into tissue [MORE]
Aligning Cells with Ultrasound for Bioprinted Tissues
Ultrasound aligns cell in 3D printed tissue
Biofabrication relies on several means for aligning cells for 3D printed tissues, now including [MORE]
Robot Assisted Uterus Transplant Delivers a Healthy Baby
Baby boy born after a uterine transplant
In what Swedish surgeons at the University of Gothenburg call “the Robot Project,” a [MORE]
Stem Cells Restore Sense of Smell
Horizontal basal cells restore smell
“Horizontal basal cells” are stem cells that can repopulate all olfactory tissue including sensory neurons, according [MORE]
Scanning IVF Embryos with Artificial Intelligence
Human embryos
IVF lab embryologists spend considerable time examining early embryos, trying to determine which to implant first. The exam results [MORE]
Prospects for Borophene
Boron
Biomedical engineers are still scrambling to find novel applications for graphene (discovered in 2004). Thus far, the list includes sensors, [MORE]
A Wearable MRI
Wearable MRI for detecting breast cancer
To improve the patient experience with MRI imaging, engineers at the University of Vienna have [MORE]