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Pulsed Electric Fields May Reduce Scars After Burns
Five PEF treatment sessions spaced 20 days apart after burn injury reduced the size of scars by almost 58% and also improved several properties of the scars.
Crude Oil Causes Deformities in Haddock
Haddock eggshells likely contain a protein that makes them especially “sticky” to oil and its compounds during a 10- to 12-day period of their early development.
Bisphenol S Damages Egg Cells
Decreased fertility was seen at lower internal doses of BPS than BPA—suggesting that BPS may be more damaging to the reproductive system.
Portable Diagnostic Speeds Sepsis Detection
Compact microscope may reduce the time needed to detect sepsis from 24 hours to 30 minutes.
Regenerative Material Helps Heal Diabetic Wounds
A thermo-responsive bandage heals diabetic wounds faster than a conventional bandage.
Device Enhances Surgeons' Hand Sensitivity
The device uses vibrations that are so subtle they cannot be sensed. However, the constant, uniform vibration enhances the surgeon’s feel for other, irregular sensations.
Neural Dust Sensors That Offer In-body Telemetry
Tiny implantable wireless sensors record electrical signals from muscles and nerves in real-time.
Bioengineers Grow Living Bone for Facial Rebuild
Researchers chose pigs to test the new bone reconstruction technique because their jaw anatomy and type of force and movement are similar to those of humans.
Advance Claimed in Kidney Stone Treatment
A natural fruit extract could advance the treatment of kidney stones.
Biopolymers Bring Potential for Thermal-resistant Dairy Bottles
The biopolymers can be used to produce packaging for dairy products, such as fresh milk, shakes and yogurts with probiotics.
Hydrogel Patch May Improve Colorectal Cancer Treatment
A clinician could remove a tumor and apply a patch to the inner surface of the colon.
Biofilm Protects Mortar Against Damaging Moisture
While water droplets' contact angle is typically 30 degrees or less on untreated mortar, it is three times as high for drops on the hybrid mortar.
Licensing Deal Could See RoboGlove Developed for Health, Industrial Applications
The RoboGlove uses sensors, actuators and tendons that are comparable to the nerves, muscles and tendons in a human hand to allow the wearer to hold a grip longer and more comfortably.
Device May Help Combat Medics Save Lives
A new device may improve the success rate of emergency neck incision procedures performed by combat medics in the field.
Disposable, Optical Humidity Sensor Developed
Disposable optical sensor uses ultra-thin layers of graphene oxide films to monitor humidity levels of ambient air.
Fast, Automated Process to Quantify Water Content of Drugs
A new way to quantify water content in solid pharmaceutical drugs is said to be faster, cheaper and more accurate than conventional method.
Microneedles May Make Drug Monitoring Painless
A microneedle patch collects and analyzes skin fluids to determine antibiotic levels in the bloodstream.
Graphene Sheet Cleans Water Using Sunlight
Graphene oxide sheets transform dirty water into drinking water, and also can desalinate salt water.
Biohybrid Robot Built from Sea Creature and a 3D-Printed Body
The sea slug is durable down to its cells, making it capable of withstanding substantial changes in temperature, salinity and more.
Robotic Massage Therapist Relieves Athletes' Pain
"Emma" consists of a six-axis robotic arm capable of highly articulated movements, a 3D stereoscopic camera for vision and a customized and a rotatable 3D-printed massage tip.