Global Innovations

Conductive Textiles Connect Multiple Wearables

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have invented a completely new way for wearable devices to interconnect. They incorporated conductive textiles into clothing to dynamically...

Flexible High-Energy Textile Lithium Battery Designed for Wearables

Researchers at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have developed a highly flexible, high-energy textile lithium battery that offers more stable, durable, and safe energy...

Light and Nanotechnology Combined to Prevent Biofilms on Medical Implants

The insertion of a medical implant in a patient's body carries the risk of bacterial contamination during surgery and subsequent formation of an infectious biofilm over...

Regenerative Medicine: 3D Printing Biological Tissue

The future of medicine is biological — and scientists hope we will soon be using 3D printed biologically functional tissue to replace irreparably damaged tissue in the body. A team of...

Ultrasensitive Heat Sensor for Wound Healing and Electronic Skin

Scientists at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics have developed an ultrasensitive heat sensor that is flexible, transparent, and printable. The results have potential for a...

The Best of Both Worlds: Hybrid Implant Imitates Bone Structure

Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology – MISIS have developed a unique hybrid bone implant, the core of which is made of porous ultra-high molecular...

Ultrasoft Sensor Monitors Heart Cells with Minimal Disruption

University of TokyoTokyo, Japanwww.u-tokyo.ac.jp For the first time, engineers have demonstrated an electronic device that can closely monitor beating heart cells without affecting...

Rehab Device Works with All Joints of Lower Limbs

South Ural State UniversityChelyabinsk, Russiawww.susu.ru/en Anew device developed at South Ural State University is unlike analogous devices in that it involves all joints of a lower limb. The...

Electrical and Antibacterial Hydrogel Developed for Brain Implants

University of the Basque CountryLeioa, Spainwww.ehu.eus/en Hydrogels with electrical and antibacterial properties suitable for neural interfaces have been created at the...

Glow-in-the-Dark Paper Provides Rapid Test for Infectious Diseases

Eindhoven University of TechnologyEindhoven, The Netherlandswww.tue.nl Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and Keio University have developed a...

A New Generation of Artificial Retinas Based on 2D Materials

University of Texas at Austin,Austin, TXwww.utexas.eduSeoul National University,Seoul, South Koreawww.useoul.edu Scientists report they have successfully developed and tested the...

Real-Time Ultraflexible Sensor Improves Inflammation Testing

The University of Hong KongHong Kongwww.hku.hk Unlike their inorganic counterparts like silicon, organic semiconductors can operate under conditions such as bending or stretching....

‘Smart Stent’ Detects Narrowing of Arteries

University of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, Canadanews.ubc.ca For every three individuals who have had a stent implanted to keep clogged arteries open and prevent a heart attack, at least one...

Spikes of Graphene Kill Bacteria on Medical Implants

Chalmers University of TechnologyGothenberg, Swedenwww.chalmers.se Operations for surgical implants, such as hip and knee replacements or dental implants, have increased in recent years....

Scientists Develop Elastic Metal Rods to Treat Scoliosis

National University of Science and Technology MISIS Moscow, Russia http://en.misis.ru/ Together with colleagues from the Ecole de Technologie Superiore (Montreal, Canada), scientists at...

Augmented Reality Helps Surgeons See Through Tissue to Reconnect Blood Vessels

Imperial College LondonLondon, UKwww.imperial.ac.uk In a series of procedures carried out by a team at Imperial College London at St Mary’s Hospital, researchers...

Brainwave-Controlled Exoskeleton Restores Functional Grasp

École Polytechnique Fédéral de LausanneLausanne, Switzerlandhttps://actu.epfl.ch An extremely lightweight and portable hand exoskeleton may one day help the physically impaired with...

Metasurface-Based Technology Enables Safe MRIs for People with Implants

An international research team has developed a device capable of improving the performance of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) units. The technology is based on local...

New Device Helps Diagnose and Treat Neurodegenerative Diseases

École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneLausanne, Switzerlandhttps://actu.epfl.ch Neurologists often use electrical impulses to stimulate and read brain signals. But the...

Using Artificial intelligence to Evaluate Brain Maturity of Preterm Infants

University of Helsinki Helsinki,...

Compact Device Can Detect Rheumatoid Arthritis

University of TwenteEnschede, The Netherlandswww.utwente.nl/mira According to a clinical study published in the scientific journal Photoacoustics, the University of Twente and various European...

Polymeric System Uses Glucose to Deliver Drugs to the Brain

University College LondonLondon, UKwww.ucl.ac.uk A new drug-delivery system that autonomously navigates the body using its own glucose molecules has been developed and tested by a...

Shape Memory Gold Could Lead to Damage-Tolerant Devices

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israelwww.technion.ac.il Researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Germany have demonstrated for the first time the...

Metamaterial-Enhanced MRI Technology Provides Higher-Quality, More Detailed Images

Scientists from the Netherlands and Russia have developed a new technology for enhancing the local sensitivity of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners. The...

Thin-Silicon Implantable Chip Gives Patients More Control over Haptic Prosthetics

ImecAntwerp, Belgium www.imec-int.com A prototype implantable chip aims to give patients more intuitive control over their arm prosthetics. The thin-silicon chip...

Solar-Powered Skin Offers New Possibilities for Prosthetics

University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland www.gla.ac.uk/news A new way of harnessing the sun's rays to power ‘synthetic skin’ could help to create advanced prosthetic limbs capable...

Laser-Induced Graphene Enables Intelligent Artificial Throat

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China http://news.tsinghua.edu.cn/ Researchers at Tsinghua University have developed an intelligent artificial throat based on laser-induced graphene....

Virtual Reality in Medicine: New Opportunities for Diagnostics and Surgical Planning

University of Basel, Basel, Switzerlandwww.unibas.ch Before an operation, surgeons have to obtain the most precise image possible of the anatomical structures...

Device Combines Ultrasound and Photoacoustics to Improve Imaging

University of Twente Enschede, The Netherlands www.utwente.nl In collaboration with various companies, scientists at the University of Twente's MIRA biomedical research institute...