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Briefs: Materials
Metal-Plastic Hybrid 3D Printing
This method prints 3D structures made of metal and plastic, paving the way for 3D electronics.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Kirigami-Style Fabrication at the Nanoscale
This method fabricates 3D nanostructures for electronics, manufacturing, and healthcare.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Full-Sized 3D-Bioprinted Heart Model
Surgeons can use the heart model as a tool for planning and practice.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Method Recycles Facemasks into Roads to Combat COVID-Generated Waste
Making one kilometer of a two-lane road would use up about three million masks.
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Briefs: Energy
Technique Heals Dendrites in Solid-State Batteries
The method enhances the battery's safety while it is being used, without opening the battery cell.
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Briefs: Energy
Portable, Renewable Energy Technology
Pyroelectric energy generates energy from heat that would otherwise be wasted in a catalytic chemical reaction.
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Briefs: Energy
Stable, Efficient, Anode-Free Sodium Battery
The battery is smaller than a traditional lithium-ion battery due to the elimination of dendrites.
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Briefs: Materials
Anode Material for Safer Fast-Charging Batteries
The material enables lithium-ion batteries to be safely recharged within minutes for thousands of cycles.
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Briefs: Energy
Wearable Microgrid Harvests and Stores Energy from the Human Body
The flexible, washable microgrid uses the human body to sustainably power small electronics.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Tin Electrode Amplifies Supercapacitors
The material improves connectivity while maintaining recyclability and low cost.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Fast-Acting Molecular Probe
A reversible polymer changes color when it senses a material is about to fail.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Electronic Skin Reacts to Pain
Artificial skin reacts to pain just like real skin, paving the way to better prosthetics, robotics, and noninvasive alternatives to skin grafts.
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Briefs: AR/AI
Sensors Driven by Machine Learning Sniff Out Gas Leaks
The ALFaLDS detection tool supports oil plants.
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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Medical Robotics - April 2022
Novel biosensors set to revolutionize brain-controlled robotics...micro-robots propelled by air bubbles...a smart artificial hand...major advances in exoskeleton technology. These are just a few of the medical...

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Ultra-Sensitive, Resilient Sensor for Smart Textiles
The Slinky-like sensor survives washing machines, cars, and hammers.
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Briefs: Wearables
Sensors Integrated in Clothing Monitor Heart Rate
The device ultimately should be able to provide accurate signals from a person who is walking, running, or climbing stairs.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Wearable Gas Sensor for Health and Environmental Monitoring
Applications include detection of chemical and biological agents as well as dangerous gases from vehicle emissions.
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Briefs: Communications
Miniaturized, Wireless Oxygen Sensor for Sick Infants
The mobile, wearable device could allow babies to leave the hospital and be monitored from home.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar
The high-bandwidth, high-resolution ISAR technology can be used to study subsurface structures.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Flexible Imaging Device
3D micro-printing was used to develop this small, flexible scope for looking inside blood vessels.
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Briefs: Medical
“Steering” Solves Imaging Scan Problems Caused by Metal Implants
An algorithm that assesses the location of a metal implant and determines the best position of the scanner to avoid distortion.
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Briefs: Imaging
Artificial Intelligence Magnifies the Utility of Electron Microscopes
A research team demonstrated a way to recover phase information.
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Briefs: Imaging
Compressed Ultrafast Photography
With an imaging speed of 0.5 trillion frames per second, the camera is claimed to be the world's fastest.
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Briefs: Imaging
An Innovative Imaging Technique for Dynamic Optical Nanothermometry
A new imaging technique measures temperature in 2D.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Wireless Smart Contact Lenses Detect Disease
These smart lenses can be used to diagnose and treat diabetes.
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Briefs: Medical
Portable Device Treats Infections and Wounds
The wearable device offers options for treating antibiotic-resistant infections and wounds.
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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Injectable, Flexible Electrode Could Replace Rigid Nerve-Stimulating Implants
By electrically stimulating nerves, this therapy can reduce epileptic seizures and soothe chronic pain without the use of conventional drugs like opioids.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Material Detects COVID-19 Quickly and Accurately
Potential applications for a graphene atomic-level sensor include detecting COVID, ALS, and cancer.
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Briefs: Medical
Implantable Stimulator Speeds Tendon Healing
The device combines with body power to treat tendon disease and damage, and sports injuries.
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INSIDER: Medical

Brain Implant Enables Safer Drug Delivery

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Features: Medical

Built to Adapt: Rethinking Contract Manufacturing for a New Era

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Features: Materials

OEM Toll Processing Advances High-Value Products

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From the Editor: Medical

From The Editor: Charting the Technologies That Will Shape Medtech in 2026

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INSIDER: Medical

Oxygen Scavenger Doubles Biosensor Performance

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Features: AR/AI

Engineering for the Future: The Trends Transforming Medtech in 2026

Ask the Expert

Dan Sanchez on How to Improve Extruded Components
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Improving extruded components requires careful attention to a number of factors, including dimensional tolerance, material selection, and processing. Trelleborg’s Dan Sanchez provides detailed insights into each of these considerations to help you advance your device innovations while reducing costs and speeding time to market.

Webcasts

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Podcasts: Medical

How Wearables Are Enhancing Smart Drug Delivery

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Podcasts: Medical

Developing Sustainable Drug-Delivery Devices

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Podcasts: Design

Smarter Pathways for Precision Drug Delivery in Cancer Care

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On-Demand Webinars: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Understanding Testing and Compliance Requirements for Wireless Medical Devices

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Podcasts: AR/AI

Personalized Medicine and Drug Delivery

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Podcasts: Green Design & Manufacturing

Material Science Innovations for Medical Devices

Inside Story

Inside Story: Trends in Packaging and Sterilization
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Eurofins Medical Device Testing (MDT) provides a full scope of testing services. In this interview, Eurofins’ experts, Sunny Modi, PhD, Director of Package Testing; and Elizabeth Sydnor, Director of Microbiology; answer common questions on medical device packaging and sterilization.