A hyperbaric chamber has been designed to achieve the goals of maximizing safety, minimizing complexity, and minimizing cost of hyperbaric chamber therapy. This design minimizes the volume of compressed gas in the chamber, and eliminates the need for complex gas mixing, carbon dioxide scrubbing,...

Tufts University biomedical engineers are using low-energy, ultrafast laser technology to make high-resolution, 3D structures in silk protein hydrogels. The laser-based micropatterning represents a new approach to customized engineering of tissue and biomedical implants.

The ability to integrate disparate materials and properties within printed objects is the next frontier in 3D printing. Harvard University researchers have designed new multimaterial printheads that mix and print concentrated viscoelastic inks, enabling simultaneous control of composition and...

Children with under-formed or missing ears can undergo surgeries to fashion a new ear from rib cartilage. Aspiring surgeons, however, lack lifelike practice models. A University of Washington otolaryngology resident and bioengineering student 3D-printed a low-cost pediatric rib cartilage model that more closely...

Most materials swell when they warm, and shrink when they cool. A University of Connecticut physicist, however, has been investigating a substance that responds in reverse. Scandium trifluoride, a material with negative thermal expansion, may be used to create more durable electronics.

Researchers at The University of Alabama created a material that manipulates and reduces the speed of light in a new, more effective way. The resulting "slow light" will lead to the development of optical buffers and delay lines used in next-generation sensors.

Engineers at the University of Texas at Arlington Research Institute (Fort Worth, TX) and The University of Washington (Seattle, WA) have developed a healing glove that delivers needed medicine to an injured hand. The device, known as the Bioengineered Smart-Glove for Regenerative Healing of...

The FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) announced the 2015 Experiential Learning Program (ELP) General Training Program, which is intended to educate CDRH staff regarding the policies, laboratory practices, and challenges faced in broader disciplines that impact the medical...

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a self-healing gel that repairs and connects electronic circuits, creating opportunities to advance the creation of flexible electronics, biosensors, and batteries.

By using plasmons to “wiggle” a free electron in a sheet of graphene, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new method for generating X-rays. The discovered phenomenon could lead to more compact, tunable X-ray devices made of graphene.

A new sensor developed by Duke University and Stanford University researchers provides a real-time, eagle-eye view of neural activity in mammalian brains. The technique watches the brain’s neurons with a temporal resolution of about 0.2 milliseconds.

Marcus evans will host the Fourth Annual Medical Device Safety Monitoring & Reporting Conference in Las Vegas, NV, on January 27-28, 2016. The event will focus on advances in medical device safety, medical device reporting, eMDR, post-market surveillance, complaint handling,...

A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign engineer and an ophthalmologist have developed a portable sensor that quickly and inexpensively determines whether an eye injury is mild or severe. The device, called OcuCheck, could speed efforts to determine the extent of eye injuries at accident sites, in...

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New research from the University of Southampton could lead to advanced treatments to prevent blockages and urinary tract infections experienced by many long-term catheter users. Using an imaging technique called episcopic differential interference contrast (EDIC) microscopy, researchers...

Using a 3D printer and a “bio-ink” made of materials compatible with the human body, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers have successfully created structures with living cells and biomaterials. The material and environment are engineered to enable small blood vessels, including human...

Columbia University Engineering Department researchers have, for the first time, harnessed living systems to power an integrated circuit using adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the energy currency of life. The team integrated a conventional solid-state complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) circuit...

University of Michigan researchers have built and tested neural probes that hold what are believed to be the smallest implantable LEDs ever made. The new probes control and record the activity of many individual neurons, measuring how changes in the activity of a single neuron can affect its neighbors. The...

Researchers from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, and Duke University have developed a metamaterial made of paper and aluminum that can manipulate acoustic waves to more than double the resolution of acoustic imaging, focus acoustic waves, and control the angles at which sound passes through...

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