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Watch a Self-Healing Liquid Membrane
A stabilized liquid material screens out smaller objects while allowing passage of larger ones.
Using Clay to Combat Bacterial Infections
A reduced iron-bearing clay may help fight disease-causing bacteria in wounds.
Drug-resistant Bacteria Deactivation with Optical Fibers, UV Light
Optical fibers that transmit UV light that's safe for skin — but deadly for drug-resistant bacteria — may be able to prevent infections around skin-penetrating medical devices.
Paper-based Test Spots Fake Antibiotics
The simple 15-minute paper assay, which can be performed by untrained personnel, turns red if a fake antibiotic is detected.
Biosensor Monitors Oxygen in Organ-on-a-Chip Systems
The photonic biosensor tracks oxygen levels in real time in organ-on-a-chip devices.
Bacteria Provide the Power for a Paper Battery
The low-cost battery powered by bacteria could be easily incorporated into single-use devices for medical diagnostics.
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Drone Delivery Beyond the Visual Line of Sight, Smartphone App to Detect Strokes, World's Most Fuel-Efficient Vehicle
Medical-grade Ethernet Magnetics Help with Healthcare Safety in Equipment
Pulse Electronics has introduced a new part qualified to UL 60601 standard.
Video: Medical 'Microbreweries' Identify Exposures to Radiation
The system could be used to one day alert workers in nuclear power plants or victims of nuclear disasters to high radiation exposure.
Placenta-On-A-Chip Developed for Close Study of Placenta Behavior
An artificial placenta model has been developed as an organ-on-a-chip by researchers at Vienna University of Technology.
Old Blue Jeans Can Be (Artificial) Hip Again
Old denim jeans don’t have to fade away. They can be repurposed as synthetic cartilage for joint reconstruction.
How Package Engineers Keep Medical Devices Sterile
It is the first line of defense, although it is often an afterthought when it comes to medical device package design. In order to ensure devices are sterile, packaging considerations have become a science of their own.
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.