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INSIDER: Test & Measurement
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and New York’s Columbia University have embedded transistors in a soft, conformable material to create a biocompatible sensor implant that monitors...
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Special Reports: Motion Control
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Medical Manufacturing & Outsourcing - November 2024
Unlocking the power of data for pharma manufacturing…solving testing challenges in medical device packaging…personalizing medications on a 3D printer. Read about these and other advances...

Briefs: Energy
When it comes to making batteries that last longer, a team of researchers including engineers at Brown University and Idaho National Laboratory believes the key might be in how things get clean — specifically how soap works in this process.
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INSIDER: Wearables
Researchers have invented an experimental wearable device that generates power from a user’s bending finger and can create and store memories, in a promising step...
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Blog: Design
A promising technology that could potentially revolutionize the process of testing bacterial viability in food.
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Briefs: Packaging & Sterilization
Innovators at NASA Johnson Space Center in collaboration with IRPI, LLC, have developed a compact inline filter that uses a multi-phase flow method to separate liquid from an incoming air charge. The filter also traps particulate matter and does so without significantly impinging upon flow velocity.
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Briefs: Medical
Next-generation sutures can deliver drugs, prevent infections, and monitor wounds.
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Quiz: Packaging & Sterilization
Desalination is an important source of good-quality water in many parts of the world. How much do you know about it? Take this quiz to find out.
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Briefs: Design
To overcome the limitations of using cleaning agents, sprays, or bulky high-cost sterilizing systems, NASA developed the Ultraviolet Germicidal Door Handle.
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Briefs: Materials
The coating is customizable to individuals and requires less than 10 minutes to prepare and use.
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INSIDER: Packaging & Sterilization
Inspired by the natural dexterity of the human hand, a team of engineers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has created a reconfigurable hybrid robotics system that is able to...
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Blog: Materials
Tiny manufactured nanopillars slice and dice bacteria, cicada-style.
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Briefs: Packaging & Sterilization
The wearable device offers options for treating antibiotic-resistant infections and wounds.
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Briefs: Nanotechnology
The coatings eradicated human influenza and coronavirus in five minutes.
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Briefs: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
The handheld printer deposits sheets of skin to cover large burn wounds and its bio-ink accelerates healing.
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Special Reports: Tubing & Extrusion
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Medical Manufacturing & Outsourcing - February 2022
How virtual, cloud-based technologies are powering the next industrial revolution...transforming plastic parts into high-value products...designing optics for medical 3D printing. Read these...

Briefs: Nanotechnology
The built-in nanosensors glow to alert patients when a wound is not healing properly.
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Articles: RF & Microwave Electronics
Nanotube fibers that turn heat to power; a NASA antenna system; and an antimicrobial coating.
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Question of the Week: Green Design & Manufacturing
Will Coatings Reduce Food Waste?
Today’s lead story highlighted an egg-based coating that extends the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.
Blog: Materials
A micron-thick coating, made largely from leftover eggs, can extend the shelf life of the fruits and vegetables in your refrigerator.
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5 Ws: Packaging & Sterilization
A specially designed hydrogel works against all types of bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant ones.
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Briefs: Packaging & Sterilization
This treatment has the potential to remove from drinking water nearly all viruses that have an “outer fortress.”
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Briefs: Packaging & Sterilization
A novel method was developed to produce an alkaline hydrogel that could improve wound healing.
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Briefs: Energy
This portable method could enable hospitals to make their own supply of the disinfectant on demand and at lower cost.
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Briefs: Materials
The gel works even at freezing temperatures and contains natural antimicrobial compounds derived from durian husk.
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Briefs: Materials
A combination of polymers and oligomers, when combined with UV light, almost completely kills the coronavirus.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Next-generation solar panels, 3D-printed composites from NASA, and a new way to sterilize medical devices.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The system uses off-the-shelf materials combined with ultraviolet lights to decontaminate N95 masks.
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INSIDER: Packaging & Sterilization
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers evaluated commercial ultraviolet (UV) sources for viral disinfection to combat COVID-19 on land and at sea and established a...
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