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New Technique to Print Electronic Sensors Directly on Organs

In groundbreaking new research, mechanical engineers and computer scientists at the University of Minnesota have developed a 3D printing technique that uses motion capture technology, similar to that used in Hollywood movies, to print electronic sensors directly on organs that are expanding and contracting.

18 Jun 2020

Novel Wearable Patch can Benefit People with Melanoma

Conventional melanoma therapies, including chemotherapy and radiotherapy, suffer from the toxicity and side effects of repeated treatments due to the aggressive and recurrent nature of melanoma cells.

17 Jun 2020

New Durable, Low-Power, Wearable Paper-Based Device to Analyze Sweat

At North Carolina State University, scientists have developed a paper-based device as a wearable model that can gather, transfer, and analyze sweat as part of next-generation wearable technology.

10 Jun 2020

Improved Wearable Brain Scanner Helps Understand and Diagnose Mental Illness

An advanced wearable brain scanner has exhibited a new potential to understand and diagnose mental illness following the expansion of the technology to scan the entire brain with millimeter precision.

8 Jun 2020

Color-Changing, Smart Fabrics Track Body and Environment

A team of researchers from the School of Engineering in Tufts University has created novel biomaterial-based inks that change color upon reacting to and measuring the chemicals discharged by the body(for example, in sweat and other possible bio-fluids) or in the surrounding setting.

8 Jun 2020

New Paper-Based Sensor Could Support Early Cancer Detection

Scientists at Washington State University (WSU) have designed a technology that is 30 times more sensitive compared to the existing lab-based tests in determining early-stage cancer biomarkers in blood.

5 Jun 2020

Carbon-Doped Aluminum Oxide Could Serve as UV Radiation Sensor

Individuals exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation can face an increased risk of skin cancer and other medical disorders.

3 Jun 2020

New Sensor Detects Fabric Deformation to Monitor Vital Movements

Scientists at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have designed electronic fibers that, while embedded in textiles, can gather a great deal of information about the body of humans by quantifying complex and subtle deformations of fabrics.

2 Jun 2020

Hybrid Sensor for Detecting Diabetes from Exhaled Breath

Dr Sumsun Naher and Professor Aziz Rahman have received a Marie Curie Fellowship to develop a hybrid sensor for the detection of diabetes from exhaled breath.

28 May 2020

New Paper-Based Device can Affordably Measure Lithium Ions in Blood

At Hokkaido University, a research group has designed a paper-based device that can measure the concentration of lithium ions in blood simply and inexpensively. The device could be of great assistance to bipolar disorder patients.

22 May 2020