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News: Imaging
A new tool for medical professionals may help shed light on tumors.
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News: Medical
Simon Fraser University researchers will use their pioneering imaging technology – called Mango, for its bright color – to develop coronavirus testing kits.
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News: Imaging
Researchers have tested a new imaging method to understand the brain as an individual develops Alzheimer's disease.
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Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
A low-cost, low-complexity ventilator developed by NASA engineers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Bandages with integrated pH and temperature sensors, and electronically triggered drug release, improve healing.
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Briefs: Medical
An inexpensive 3D-printed microfluidics device could be used to personalize cancer treatment.
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Briefs: Medical
The material consists solely of components that have already been shown to work well in the body.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Mobile, Wearable EEG Device with Nanowire Sensors
This low-cost electroencephalogram (EEG) device provides research-grade signal quality.
Briefs: Energy
Applications include emergency medicine, combat casualty care, and sports injuries.
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Briefs: RF & Microwave Electronics
This device could give doctors a new therapeutic option for treating patients with conditions such as heart failure.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This diagnostic device allows doctors to detect cancer quickly from a droplet of blood or plasma.
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Briefs: Medical
A new way of making polymers adhere to surfaces may enable better biomedical sensors and implants.
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Briefs: Materials
The domino effect is used to design deployable systems that expand quickly with a small push and are stable and locked into place after deployment.
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Briefs: Medical
This gel releases short gene sequences into the heart muscle to heal it following a heart attack.
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Special Reports: Robotics, Automation & Control
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Medical Manufacturing and Outsourcing - May 2020
How are advances in automation/robotics, welding, 3D printing, and other fabrication technologies shaping the future of medical device manufacturing? Find out in this Special Report – a...

Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping
In just three weeks, the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) at UC Berkeley built a robotic COVID-19 laboratory.
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Facility Focus: Sensors/Data Acquisition
See some of the world-changing tools and technologies launched by Caltech scientists, from earthquake monitoring to helping the blind see.
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Articles: Energy
A wildfire-preventing gel; NASA's 3D tissue models, and more.
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Briefs: Materials
The adhesive that binds wet surfaces within seconds could be used to heal wounds or implant medical devices.
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Events: Aerospace
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Global MilSatCom 2025 3 November - 6 November 2025 Air and Missile Defence Technology 17 November - 19 November 2025 Loitering Munitions 18 November - 19 November 2025 Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability 24 November - 26 November 2025 Counter UAS Technology USA 1...
Briefs: Medical
The lenses can prevent dry eyes and may be used for drug delivery.
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Briefs: Medical
These electrode implants will allow people with a dysfunctional inner ear to hear again.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
The technology could enable remote control of drug delivery, sensing, and other medical applications.
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Q&A: Materials
David Kaplan is solidifying silk to make products like rods and plates for medical implants.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Blood Test Detects Multiple Types of Cancer
The test can screen for numerous types of cancer with a high degree of accuracy.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This vibrometer has uses in analyzing spasms in humans, as a breath analyzer for diagnosis of cancer and other diseases, and as a preventative healthcare sensor.
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INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
A bulk-machined “Pop-Up” MEMS process was developed for creating mesoscale machines up to several centimeters in dimension.
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INSIDER: Medical
Rutgers University engineers have developed an automated way to produce polymers, making it much easier to create advanced materials aimed at improving human health. While a human researcher may...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Nagoya University scientists have succeeded in designing a laser diode that emits deep-ultraviolet light. It emits the world's shortest lasing wavelength, at 271.8 nanometers, under pulsed electric current...
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