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Innovative Biocontainment Unit Could Protect Healthcare Workers

The U.S. Army partnered with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to create a biocontainment unit that could help healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients....

Hybrid Mask Allows ENT Doctors to See More Patients

An ear, nose, and throat doctor has invented a simple mask design that significantly improves safety during aerosol-generating procedures of the head and neck. The novel coronavirus plummeted...

SQUID 2.0: Autonomously-Stabilizing, Ballistically Launched Drone

Aircraft that can launch ballistically and then convert to autonomous, free-flying drones have applications in many areas, like emergency response, defense, and space...

Freudenberg Medical Acquires Merit Medical's Hypotube Manufacturing Business

Freudenberg Medical, a global developer and manufacturer of specialty components and finished products for the medical device industry, has acquired the dedicated...

A Drone Takes Off in UCSD's 'Aerodrome'

Watch a clip of a test flight, as UCSD researchers work through initial flight parameters for a custom-built hexacopter.

With a Flash of a Laser, Microscopic Robots Move

A Cornell team developed paramecium-sized robots that can be controlled with lasers.

Venting for EV Battery Packs

Batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) need protection from harsh external conditions. Generally located on the underside of the vehicle, EV battery enclosures protect the cells from exposure to water, dust,...

Nontoxic, Salt-Based Propellant Could Power Rockets

In smaller spacecraft such as CubeSat satellites, a salt-based monopropellant is showing promise. The propellant, called FAM-110A, is a mixture of two commercially available salts. It can...

Simulating Lunar Human Landing and Urban Air Mobility

NASA Ames researchers in the Vertical Motion Simulator (VMS) are designing the Human Landing System (HLS) to deliver humans to the lunar surface as part of the Artemis project. The VMS...

New Heat Conduction Method for More Efficient Aircraft

An engineer at Virginia Tech has developed an aircraft thermal management technology that stands ready for adaptation into other areas. The planar bridging-droplet thermal diodes...

Spider Silk Can Create Lenses Useful for Biological Imaging

Spiders. What are they good for? More than just insect control! Spider silk is useful for a variety of biomedical applications. It exhibits mechanical properties superior to synthetic...

New Imaging Tool Shows Extent of Alzheimer's Early Damage

New imaging technology allows scientists to see the widespread loss of brain synapses in early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, a finding that one day may aid in drug development,...

World's Smallest Imaging Device Has Heart Disease in Focus

A team of researchers led by the University of Adelaide and the University of Stuttgart has used 3D micro-printing to develop the world’s smallest, flexible scope for looking inside...

Brain Scanner Technology Expanded for Whole Head Imaging

A type of wearable brain scanner is revealing new possibilities for understanding and diagnosing mental illness now that the technology has been expanded to scan the whole brain with...

Overview: Maintenance-Free Linear Actuators

Converting rotary motion into grease-free linear motion is easier and more efficient with drylin® linear actuators. Our belt-driven and lead screw-driven systems are designed with our highly...

Rapid, Portable, Point-of-Care COVID-19 Test

Researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign have developed a prototype of a rapid COVID-19 molecular test along with an easy-to-use, portable instrument for reading the results with...

An ‘Aerodrome’ Testing Ground for Unmanned Aircraft

Before delivery drones start carrying packages (and passenger drones start delivering ourselves), engineers will need to keep refining an unmanned aircraft's ability to navigate and...

Inside Story: Advanced Sensor Technologies for MIRS Applications

To find out more about the use of advanced force sensors in robotic surgery applications, MDB recently spoke with Ebenezer Ferreira, PMP, MBA, project manager for medtech programs at FUTEK Advanced Sensor Technology Inc. (Irvine, CA).

Occulter for CubeSat Coronagraph

The instrument has uses in photography where the goal is to image a dim object near a bright one.

Blinking Artificial Human Eye Replica for Disease Modeling and Drug Testing

This eye-on-a-chip can help treatment of dry eye disease.

Comb-on-a-Chip Optical Ruler Measures Colors of Light Waves

The newest version of these combs could revolutionize clocks, telescopes, and telecommunications.

Facility Focus: NASA John C. Stennis Space Center

Stennis now is testing RS-25 rocket engines for the Space Launch System (SLS) that will carry humans back to the Moon.

Technologies Interpret Mood from the Skin

Smart devices measure electrical signals from the skin, indicating stress levels and emotions.

Quantum Sensor Enables Wide Spectral Coverage

The sensor could provide a way to detect communication signals over the entire radio frequency from 1 to 100 GHz.

Laser Technology Assesses Cancer Cells

Laser light induces ultrasonic vibrations in a sample that can be used to image cells, blood vessels, and tissues.

Engineering to Beat the Battery Boundaries

It’s a big step from motor racing technology, hypercars and jet fighters to a baby’s mobile incubator able to withstand a 20g-impact, but that’s the usual business at Williams Advanced...