Tech Briefs

Scientists Create Supersensitive Nanomaterials for DNA Diagnostics and Targeted Drug Delivery

The smart material holds promise for drugs against cancer and other serious diseases.

Engineers Mix and Match Materials to Make New Stretchy Electronics

Next-generation devices made with new “peel and stack” method may include electronic chips worn on the skin.

New Device May Reduce Risks in Procedure to Unblock Arteries

Alternative treatment uses light-activated drug to coat an angioplasty balloon.

Smartphone Lab Delivers Test Results in ‘Spit’ Second

The mobile health tool plugs into a phone to diagnose illnesses such as coronavirus.

Artificial Intelligence Helps Predict Heart Attacks and Stroke

AI has been used for the first time to instantly and accurately measure blood flow.

Prototype Patch Acts Like Heart Tissue

The patch mimics electrical signaling of the heart.

Highly Sensitive Sensors Show Promise in Enhancing Human Touch

The sensor has remarkable sensitivity, allowing the wearer to detect the light brush of a feather.

Engineers Design Bionic ‘Heart’ for Testing Prosthetic Valves, Other Cardiac Devices

The device made of heart tissue and a robotic pumping system beats like the real thing.

Marubeni Citizen-Cincom Opens New Technical Center

The facility will be used to perform customer test cutting and complete process development requirements.

Cold Plasma Patch Could Make Immunotherapy More Effective for Treating Melanoma

The patch significantly prolonged survival, inhibited growth of tumors in mice.

Iron Nanorobots Destroy Cancer Cells

Multifunctional iron nanowires selectively obliterate cancer cells with a triple-punch combination attack.

Researchers Hope to Make Needle Pricks for Diabetics a Thing of the Past

Patients with diabetes have to test their blood sugar levels several times a day to make sure they are not getting too high or too low. Studies have shown that more than...

Wearable Gas Sensor Enhances Sensitivity

The sensor allows for quick recovery and reuse of the platform.

Color-Changing Bandages Sense and Treat Bacterial Infections

According to the World Health Organization, antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health. Sensing and treating bacterial infections earlier could help improve...

Wearable Health Tech Gets Efficiency Upgrade

The flexible device harvests heats from the human body.

Machine Keeps Human Livers Alive for One Week Outside of the Body

Breakthrough may increase the number of available organs for transplantation.

Research Zeroing in on Electronic Nose for Diagnosing Disease

The nose measures gases in a patient’s breath.

Discovery Takes Pressure Off Blood Measurements

The portable blood pressure monitoring device provides data continuously to patients.

Ultrasound Helps Make 3D Printed Alloys Stronger

Researchers have used sound vibrations to shake metal alloy grains into tighter formation during 3D printing.

Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin, Ultra-Flexible Electronic Material

Nanothin flexible touchscreens could be printed like newspaper.

Hybrid Technique Aims to Produce Stronger, Corrosion-Resistant Nickel

In the process, a high-yield electrodeposition is applied on certain conductive substrates.

Using Plasma Treatments to Improve, Enhance Medical Devices

Whether attempting to improve adhesion of dissimilar materials, depositing coatings, cleaning surfaces, applying a protective coating that repels water for example or biological fluids...

Safer Helmets Reduce Potential for Traumatic Injury

“Seventy-five percent of all fatal motorcycle accidents globally involve brain injury, with rotational forces acting on the brain being the primary cause of death,” According to NHTSA. By...

Skin-Like Sensors Bring a Human Touch to Wearable Tech

University of Toronto engineering researchers have developed a super stretchy, transparent, and self-powering sensor that records the complex sensations of human skin. Dubbed artificial...

Bone Bandage Soaks Up Pro-Healing Biochemical to Accelerate Repair

Researchers at Duke University have engineered a bandage that captures and holds a pro-healing molecule at the site of a bone break to accelerate and improve the natural healing...

Ultra-Miniaturized Microendoscope Produces Higher-Quality Images

Johns Hopkins engineers have created a new lens-free, ultra-miniaturized endoscope — the width of only a few human hairs — that is capable of producing high-quality images....

Bandage Material Helps Stop Bleeding Without Adhering to Wound

Researchers from ETH Zurich and the National University of Singapore have developed a new kind of bandage that helps blood to clot and doesn’t stick to the wound. This marks the...

Diagnosing Prostate Cancer with Artificial Intelligence

Researchers at Radboud UMC have developed a “deep learning” system that is better than most pathologists at determining the aggressiveness of prostate cancer. The AI system, which uses...

Smart Photonic Contact Lens for Diabetic Diagnosis and Retinopathy Treatment

Diabetic patients need to measure their blood sugar level by drawing blood before and after a meal. It is easy to develop complications due to diabetes. Recently, a...