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Wireless Heart Pump with No Blood Contact
A wireless cardiac support system encircles the aorta to help weak hearts beat.
Zero Gravity Test 3D-Prints Cardiac Structures
A 3d bioprinter is under development for organ and tissue manufacture in orbit.
Threading the Way to Touch-Sensitive Robots
The researchers have used their smart threads to build two- and three-dimensional arrays that accurately detect pressures similar to those that real people and robots might be exposed to.
Ship-to-Shore Drone Delivery to Demonstrate Lifesaving Aid Capability
Nevada-based drone delivery company Flirtey will fly medical samples between an improvised onshore relief camp and a test facility on a vessel stationed off the coast.
Lens-Free Microscope Could Be Used for Point-of-Care Diagnosis
In recent years, research has focused on developing microscopes without optical lenses or objectives that could offer unprecedented field of view while maintaining fair sensitivity and resolution.
Exoskeleton Aids Children’s Mobility
A scaled-down exoskeleton gives mobility to children with spinal muscular atrophy.
Safer Bone Marrow Transplants
Safer approach to bone marrow transplants uses antibodies instead of chemotherapy and radiation.
Microplastics Dramatically Affect Fish Development and Behavior, Study Finds
Microplastic particles affect not only an animal's physiology, but also its natural behaviors, such as feeding choices, activity rates and predator avoidance strategies.
Creating a Window to the Gut's "Brain"
Despite its importance, very little is known about the enteric nervous system, such as how it responds to medications or what can go wrong with it to cause disease.
Copper Shines as Fat Burner
The health benefits of copper continue to be unearthed.
Ingestible Robot Can Be Controlled by Magnets
The robot can unfold itself from a swallowed capsule and, steered by external magnetic fields, crawl across the stomach wall to remove a swallowed button battery and/or patch the resulting wound.
Handheld Blood Assay Is a Fast Heart Attack Detector
Device diagnoses heart attack events in less than 10 minutes.
Wearables May Help Predict and Prevent Asthma Attacks
Sensors might alert asthma sufferers when an asthma attack is imminent.
Wearable Biochemical and Electric Signal Patch for Athletes
UC San Diego researchers have created a dual-duty wearable patch.
SLIPs for Regeneration of Damaged Tissue
Transferring intact stem cell sheets through a method developed by Harvard researchers.
Firefighters’ Tool to Monitor Mobility for Seniors
A positioning system used in fire rescue may help in geriatric diagnostics.
Bioelectronics Device Detects Alzheimer’s, Cancer, Other Diseases
A nanometric biosensor promises early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and some cancers.
Safer, Less-Expensive Ultra-Cold Freezers
In the U.S. alone, eight deaths per year are attributed to nitrogen asphyxiation. With Brunel's technology, gas tanks can be situated safely outside in the open air.
Bio-glass Could Help Regrow Human Cartilage
Researchers created a scaffold that encourages cartilage growth and could end the need for some knee replacements.
Invisible Skin That Mimics Healthy Tissue Could Deliver Drugs
Scientists create an invisible skin for drug delivery and cosmetic uses.