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Wearable Bioreactor Promises a Leap for Regenerative Medicine
Delivering progesterone to an amputation injury site via a wearable bioreactor can induce limb regeneration in non-regenerative adult frogs — and potentially in humans.
Giant Hydraulic Shaker Vibrates Spacecraft With the Intensity of an Earthquake
The HYDRA multi-axis vibration test facility mimics the extreme forces that payloads experience during a rocket launch.
A New, More Comfortable Flexible Silicon Nanoneedle Patch
Researchers from Purdue University have created a new flexible, thin and translucent base for silicon nanoneedle patches.
Researchers: 5 Minute Scan May Predict Cognitive Decline
An international team of researchers, led by University College London (UCL), determined that a five-minute scan might detect a person's risk of dementia, well before symptoms of the disease emerge.
AI Systems Struggle to Analyze Data from Multiple Hospitals
A new study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sanai found that artificial intelligence (AI) trained to detect pneumonia on chest X-rays have decreased performance when using data from outside health systems.
Levitation is Key to Improving Nuclear Forensics
Researchers from Los Alamos Laboratory have created a new technique for nuclear forensics that helps conductive radioactive particle analysis.
Study Highlights How Drug Pollution Passes through Food Web, Beginning with Aquatic Insects
To highlight the issue of pharmaceutical pollution affecting surface waters all over the world, a team of researchers conducted a study of stream insects, discovering the presence of 69 different pharmaceutical compounds — sometimes at concentrations threatening to the animals that feed on those insects.
Optical Metrology Delivers Precision Engineering to the Production Floor
Used on the production line, in metrology labs, or integrated into factory automation, Zygo technology enables fast and precise measurements allowing engineers visibility to process stability for almost instant corrective action.
Study: The Molecular Makeup of Organic Aerosols
A clearer picture of the chemical composition of organic aerosols was obtained using a combination of liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry.
Microneedles and Nanotech Offer a Path to Painless Vaccinations
Nanoparticle-encapsulated vaccines are combined with microneedles to boost immune responses with a more patient-friendly delivery method.
Microfluidics Applied to Pancreatic Cancer-Blood Clot Nexus
A microfluidic device designed to examine a link between blood clots and pancreatic tumors could lead to earlier detection and improved therapies.
Palau Will Ban Certain Suncreens to Protect Its Coral Reefs
In a measure designed to protect its coral reefs, Palau, an island country in the western Pacific Ocean, will become the first country to ban the use of certain sunscreens and other skincare products.
AI Program Used to Identify Galaxies
Researchers from the University of Western Australia have created an artificial intelligence (AI) program that can identify galaxies in deep space. The program grew from a system that was used to identify faces on Facebook.
New Frameworks Enable Robots to Learn from Humans
Students at Stanford University have developed two frameworks that help robots learn from humans rather than from a large data set or by exploring their environment.
Organ on a Chip Realized in 3D
The device incorporates cells inside a 3D transistor composed of a soft, sponge-like material inspired by native tissue structure.
Facebook Ads Swayed Undecided Voters in the 2016 Presidential Election
A new study from the University of Warwick, ETH Zurich and the University of Carlos III in Madrid takes a deeper look at the effects that micro-targeted political ads on social media, specifically Facebook, had on the 2016 election.
Surface Coating Repels All Bacteria, Viruses and Other Liquids
The coating can be modified and adjusted to allow some things to stick to the surface and repel others or modified to repel everything.
Mini Search and Rescue Robot Inspired by Nature
FlyCroTug is a miniature flying robot that can move objects 40 times its own weight.
App Could Help OCD Patients Control Their Symptoms and Impulses
A new app has been developed at the University of Cambridge to help OCD patients control their symptoms with just a smartphone.
Bacterial Production of High Density Jet Fuel Precursors
An international team of researchers has produced tricyclic sesquiterpenes, promising jet fuel precursors, through a bioengineering route.