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‘Electronic Skin’ Offers Recyclable Alternative for Wearables
A wearable electronic device is really wearable. The stretchy and fully recyclable circuit board is inspired by, and sticks onto, human skin. The device can heal itself,...
INSIDER: Medical
Device Uses UV Light to Make N95 Masks Reusable
Using ultraviolet light (UV) can deactivate a bacterium that is accepted as a proxy for the dangerous-to-handle virus that causes COVID-19. The researchers say the process could eliminate...
A new device inspired by an octopus’s sucker rapidly transfers delicate tissue or electronic sheets to the patient, overcoming a key barrier to clinical...
INSIDER: Medical
New Tool Diagnoses Strokes with a Smartphone
A new tool could diagnose a stroke based on abnormalities in a patient’s speech ability and facial muscular movements, and with the accuracy of an emergency room physician — all within...
INSIDER: Medical
Ultrapotent COVID-19 Vaccine Could Be Game Changer
An innovative nanoparticle vaccine candidate for the pandemic coronavirus produces virus-neutralizing antibodies in mice at levels 10 times greater than is seen in people who have...
INSIDER: Design
Face Mask Aims to Deactivate Virus to Protect Others
A new concept for a mask aims to make the wearer less infectious. The central idea is to modify mask fabrics with antiviral chemicals that can sanitize exhaled, escaped respiratory...
News: Imaging
Laser Imaging Shows Bird Beak Evolution
The crow-like Confuciusornis, which lived about 120 million years ago, was one of the first birds to evolve a beak. Unfortunately, early beak evolution lacks sufficient study. Using an imaging...
News: Medical
Sensor Could Bolster Thermal Imaging
Army-funded research developed a microwave radiation sensor with 100,000 times higher sensitivity than currently available commercial sensors. Researchers said better detection of microwave radiation will...
News: Imaging
Imaging Highlights Cellular 'Skeleton' Protein
Just as your skeleton helps your body move, fine skeleton-like filaments within your cells help cellular structures move. Researchers have developed an imaging method that lets them monitor a...
INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Skin-Like Wearable Sensor Helps ALS Patients Communicate
A stretchable, skin-like device can be attached to a patient’s face and can measure small movements such as a twitch or a smile. Using this approach, patients could communicate a...
INSIDER: Design
NIST Innovation Could Improve Detection of COVID-19 Infections
A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a way to increase the sensitivity of the primary test used to detect the SARS-CoV-2...
A new type of multiplexed test with a low-cost sensor may enable the at-home diagnosis of a COVID infection through rapid analysis of small volumes of saliva or blood,...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Microscale Robotics Help Improve Surgical Control
An origami-inspired miniature robot moves in multiple dimensions to help correct hand tremors and other disturbances during teleoperation. The robot is the size of a tennis ball, weighs...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
Robotic System Remotely Controls Ventilators In COVID-19 Patient Rooms
A new robotic system may help hospitals preserve protective gear, limit staff exposure to COVID-19, and provide more time for clinical work. The robotic system gives...
INSIDER: Medical
Robotic Muscles Could Turn Back Body Clock by 2050
A new project will explore how artificial muscles could radically transform treatment options in the future and effectively turn back the body clock. emPOWER robotic muscles will be...
SentiAR, a pioneer in visualization technologies for surgical applications, has received FDA 510(k) clearance of its CommandEP™ system, the first holographic...
INSIDER: Materials
Plant-Based Spray Could Make N95 Masks More Effective
Engineers have invented a way to spray extremely thin wires made of a plant-based material that could be used to improve N95 mask filters. The spray could also potentially be used in...
INSIDER: Medical
COVID-19: Saliva Tests Could Detect the Silent Carriers
Scientists have demonstrated a quick and effective mass testing approach using saliva samples to detect individuals who have been infected with COVID-19 but are still not showing...
A new lab-on-a-chip can help study tumor heterogeneity to reduce resistance to cancer therapies. The researchers combined artificial intelligence, microfluidics, and...
INSIDER: Medical
Rapid Coronavirus Test Delivers Reliable Results in 39 Minutes
A new rapid test has been developed for the Bosch Vivalytic analysis device that detects the SARS-CoV-2 pathogen. The test provides a reliable result in 39 minutes and is...
News: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Report: Flexible Electronics Are the Future in Wearable Health Monitoring
While traditional electronic systems have an inherently rigid form factor, developments in manufacturing processes and materials are enabling a new world of flexible...
Purdue University innovators are working on inventions to use micro-chip technology in implantable devices and other wearable products such as smart watches to...
A team of engineers and physicians at the University of California San Diego has developed a low-cost, easy-to-use emergency ventilator for COVID-19 patients that is...
News: Medical
New Device Provides a Way to Detect Blood Clots
Researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University are working on a new way to detect blood clots, especially in pediatric patients.
Duke physician Eric Westman was an early champion of using masks to curtail the spread of coronavirus, working with a local non-profit in North Carolina to provide free...
News: Medical
Inside Story: Nordion
Nordion is one of the pioneers in using Cobalt-60 for gamma sterilization. The company has been building irradiators and shipping Cobalt sources around the world for more than 50 years and continues to be a leader...
INSIDER: Aerospace
Students Develop Hybrid Rocket Engine
A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign student team designed a hybrid rocket engine that uses paraffin and a novel nitrous oxide-oxygen mixture called Nytrox. The project began in 2013 with the...
INSIDER: Test & Measurement
COVID-19 Test Produces Rapid Results
A CRISPR-based diagnostic for COVID-19 can produce results in 30 minutes to an hour, with similar accuracy as the standard PCR diagnostics now used. STOPCovid could be made cheaply enough that people...
INSIDER: Medical
High-brightness Probes Enable Faster, More Robust COVID-19 Testing
New probes using incredibly bright dyes could help detect COVID-19 earlier, leading to faster testing even when only trace amounts of SARS-CoV-2 RNA are present. As the...
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