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Father-Son Team Invents 3D Medical Scanner
A revolutionary 3D color medical scanner that offers unprecedented detail of the body’s chemical components has been invented by a father and son team of scientists in New Zealand.
Clot-Busting Nanogel Offers Fast Response to Heart Attacks
A new nanogel-based drug delivery system may offer a faster, non-surgical remedial option for treating heart attack patients.
Reusable Lab-on-a-chip Device Relies on Sound Waves
By getting biological fluids to surf on acoustic waves in oil, engineers have developed a technology for a small-scale, programmable biomedical chip that can be reused for applications from on-site diagnostics to laboratory-based research.
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This week's edition of the Engineering360 news brief.
Redesigned Endoscope Enhances Capabilities of Next-Generation Video Imaging Platform
An image enhanced endoscopy platform captures brighter and sharper images by utilizing leading-edge CMOS chip-in-the-tip technology. The device features a one-step connector, contact-free technology and is available as a complete video imaging system with blue light imaging (BLI) and linked color imaging (LCI) light observation modes.
Studying Premature Birth Agents with a Placenta Barrier-on-a-Chip
The device replicates the functions of a key placental membrane and could improve understanding of how bacterial infections promote preterm delivery.
Video: Antibiotic-loaded Nanofibers Designed to Treat Chronic Wounds
A new stimuli-responsive wound healing material has been engineered to release antibiotics and to enhance cellular growth and migration.
New Magnetic Separation Pulley Takes Away Need to Recover Hardened Material by Hand
Industrial Magnetics Inc. now stocks a magnetic separation pulley and conveyor system for automated separation of weakly-magnetic stainless steel from a waste stream.
Biomimicry Spurs New Technologies
Biomimicry is the design and production of materials, structures and systems that are modeled on biological parts and processes. As opposed to reductionism, biomimicry tries to understand how bio-complexity enhances a more fundamental model of a technology.
Bake a Fossil in 24 Hours
A new 'Easy-Bake' process entails use of clay and a hydraulic press to produce fossils in about 24 hours.
Prosthetic Heart Valve Design Inspired by Dragonfly Larvae
To build a better heart valve, watch the movement and respiration of dragonfly larvae.
Watch How Magnetic Nanoparticles Benefit Spinal Surgery
Magnetic particles, added to surgical cement to heal spinal fractures, can be guided directly to lesions near the fractures.
Teaching College Students Math Through Knitting
For anyone who has ever struggled with math, Sara Jensen, an associate professor at Carthage College, offers students a unique way of explaining the subject: through knitting.
'Cornea-on-a-Chip' Designed to Advance Drug Development
In addition to improving the cost-effectiveness of new drug development, the chip might also find use in furthering our understanding of ocular wound healing.
The Chemistry of Whiter Teeth
Achieving perfectly white teeth comes with a significant price tag in terms of tooth health. Over-the-counter solutions or bleaching sessions at the dentist can harm teeth. Now, a team of researchers believes they have created a better, less harmful technique for whitening teeth.
Watch the Bioengineering of Personalized Bone Grafts
Segments of bone engineered from stem cells are combined to create large-scale, personalized grafts that will enhance treatment for those suffering from bone disease or injury.
Beef Jerky and Other Processed Meats May Increase Chances of Mania
The study shows there may be a correlation to diet and disorders that affect the brain.
Using AI Tech to Protect Water Supplies
Hoping to expedite the process for monitoring water treatment plants as well as making the process easier and less expensive, researchers from the University of Waterloo have designed artificial intelligence (AI) software to help achieve those goals.
2.1 Megapixel Quantalux sCMOS Cameras From Thorlabs
Thorlabs 2.1 megapixel Quantalux sCMOS camera is based on a high-performance, ultra-low read noise imager, ideal for demanding imaging applications.
Ensuring Adherence to Specialty Medication Prescriptions
Recent attempts to bridge the gap between patient behavior and healthcare recommendations include connected medical devices. On the prescription side, smart pill bottles can address a patient’s adherence to prescription dose rates.