Life Sciences

HEADLINES ARCHIVE

  • Watch: Self-sanitizing door handle designed for public spaces

    Handle reduces surface transmission of COVID-19, other viruses.

  • EV is new link in the vaccine supply chain

    The compact, zero-emissions vehicle can help make vaccines more accessible.

  • Company to treat peanut allergies with toothpaste

    Is toothpaste the solution for peanut allergies?

  • New mask features anti-viral barrier

    The masks can protect against COVID-19 for seven hours at a time.

  • Swimming cells improve performance of microfluidic devices

    Motile algae cells are used to measure performance of high-tech microfluidic devices.

  • Argonaut Manufacturing Services opens custom controls and standards facility

    The site is expected to alleviate common concerns over manufacturing challenges associated with positive controls and nuclei acid templates.

  • Passive sampling torpedo takes aim at wastewater-borne SARS-CoV-2

    The Torpedo Passive Sampler detects the virus responsible for COVID-19 in wastewater systems.

  • Magnetically guided micro-bots to take aim at gliomas

    The micro-bots can deliver medicinal payloads to locations within the body.

  • Team investigates the future role of robots in healthcare

    Robots could potentially prescribe meds in the future.

  • Shining the (UVC) light on COVID-19

    UVC-light-enhanced devices are emerging against the backdrop of the global pandemic.

  • Watch a wearable medical monitor that multitasks

    The device tracks blood pressure, measures lactate, caffeine and alcohol in sweat, and gauges glucose levels in interstitial fluids.

  • Video: Implant aids patients with inner ear disorder

    An implanted device shows promise in patients with a debilitating condition linked to loss of the inner ears’ sense of balance.

  • Tech firm develops contact-less hologram-like touchscreen

    Hologram technology could slow surface transmissions of COVID-19, other viruses.

  • Video: Nanomaterial from mites shows biomedical promise

    The Tetranychus lintearius mite is an agricultural pest common to the European Atlantic coast but can also benefit society by contributing to materials engineering advances.

  • Watch engineered heart tissue that beats

    The development of viable heart tissue in the laboratory has led to a greater understanding of the mechanics of cardiac tissue.

  • Watch a diagnostic device picture skin in 3D

    A portable device produces high-resolution 3D images of human skin within 10 minutes for the rapid diagnosis of eczema and other skin conditions.

  • Video: Robotic gamma probe cancer detector cleared in Europe

    SENSEI is the first robotic gamma probe to be commercially available to European hospital systems.

  • ARM Institute member automates COVID-19 testing

    ARM member automates COVID-19 testing.

  • Polymer applied to surfaces could inactivate COVID-19 in minutes

    Anionic polymer coatings could inactivate SARS-CoV-2 in just five minutes.

  • Video: Sealing surgical wounds with an origami-inspired medical patch

    The biodegradable patches are folded at the end of the tools and unfold when pressed into place at the target site.

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