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  • Shipping Container Delivers Off-Grid Sterilization for Medical Instruments

    A shipping container houses the equipment required to process surgical instruments for safe reuse.

  • ASTM Standard Aimed at Crumb Rubber Turf

    ASTM is developing a standard for measuring properties of crumb rubber infill that could be ingested by players on artificial turfs.

  • Hydrogel Puts Stem Cells to Sleep

    Stem cells stored in the worm gel did not multiply, and the cells entered an arrested development phase.

  • Cyborg Patch for Cardiac Care

    A heart patch may offer a therapeutic alternative to heart transplants.

  • Spongy Polymer Expands for Spinal Repair

    A polymer graft offers a non-invasive method for filling gaps in the spine left after tumor removal.

  • Airplane Lavatory Self-Cleans Using Far Ultraviolet Light

    UV Lights are positioned throughout the lavatory so that it floods all touch surfaces—toilet seat, sink and countertops—once a person exits the lavatory.

  • Feasibility of "Printing" Replacement Tissue Shown

    The precision of 3D printing makes it a promising method for replicating the body's complex tissues and organs.

  • Bionic Fingertip Provides Tactile Feedback

    An artificial fingertip offers scope to restore prosthetic touch for amputees.

  • Origami-Inspired Surgical Devices

    Origami principles help design surgical tools so small that incisions will heal on their own.

  • Mind-Controlled Prosthetic Arm Moves Individual "Fingers"

    Over 100,000 people living in the U.S. have had their hands or arms amputated, and most could potentially benefit from such technology.

  • Pioneering In-Human Use of Surgical Robot

    The self-contained surgical platform is inserted through a midline umbilical incision in the patient’s abdomen.

  • EPA Adds Industrial Water Pollution, Chemical Releases to Enforcement Focus

    Catastrophic accidents at chemical and industrial facilities result in fatalities and serious injuries.

  • Nano Crystals Make Stretch-and-Tune Lenses

    The devices were made by embedding titanium oxide nano crystals in the contact-lens material.

  • Hydrogen Peroxide Process a Boon to Water Purification

    The method produces hydrogen peroxide on demand through a one-step process.

  • Implanted Electrode Could Allow Mind Control of Exoskeleton

    In in-human trials, which will begin in 2017, the researchers aim to achieve direct brain control of an exoskeleton for three people suffering from paralysis.

  • Paper-Based Skin with Real-Time Sensing

    The skin was assembled from off-the-shelf materials.

  • Film Packaging Could Extend Food Shelf Life

    The film is made with grapefruit seed extract which enhances its antibacterial and antiviral capability.

  • On-Demand Catalyst for Water Purification

    The method may make hydrogen peroxide more accessible to underdeveloped regions of the world.

  • Scientists Build Tiny Rotary Motor

    The device is made of three components that click together to form an axle bearing and a spinning crank lever.

  • MRI: Led by Physics, Followed by Lawsuits

    The science, technology… and ugly politics… behind the development of MRI.

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