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'Electronic Skin' Allows Amputees to Experience Sense of Touch and Pain

A team of engineers are getting closer to making that sensory illusion a reality with their newly created electronic skin.

21 Jun 2018

Angioplasty-Ready Smart Stent Detects Narrowing of Arteries

For every 3 patients who have been implanted with a stent to prevent a heart attack, at least one suffers restenosis.

21 Jun 2018

Nanosensors Used to Track and Trace Protein Within Cell

Researchers tagged proteins with minute nanosensors enabling them to monitor and trace the proteins' pathway via the cell in real time.

21 Jun 2018

Optical Sensor Determines Molecular Chirality

Researchers have developed a nanostructured optical sensor that, for the first time, has the efficiency to detect molecular chirality.

13 Jun 2018

New Hydrogen Sulfide Sensor to Detect Bad Breath

Scientists have developed a sensor that can detect quantities of hydrogen sulfide gas, the compound behind bad breath, in human exhalations.

7 Jun 2018

Researchers Develop Velcro®-Type Sensor to Detect Prostate Cancer Cells in Blood

A sensor has been developed that functions like Velcro® on prostate cancer cells, enabling them to be identified from blood samples.

7 Jun 2018

New Sensor-Based Care Approach for Personalized Dementia Therapy

Dementia is an age-related illness that is turning out to be more widespread as demographics change. It affects mainly people over the age of 80, with this group accounting for more than 70% of all dementia sufferers. Patient care is a huge challenge for families and caregivers, particularly since, in a majority of cases, important health data lacks any beneficial structure and is not available when it is necessary.

4 Jun 2018

New Wireless System Could Power Implantable Devices within the Human Body

In collaboration with researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, MIT researchers have devised a novel method to power and communicate with devices that are implanted deep inside the human body.

4 Jun 2018

UPV Students Develop Intelligent Headphones to Measure User's Hearing Ability

The team comprised of Daniel Iordanov, Andima Beitia, Javier Silva and Roque Belda, students of the Biomedical Engineering Master’s Degree of the Unviersitat Politècnica de València (UPV), has been one of the winners of the First European University Design Contest, a competition promoted by companies Analog Devices (ADI) and Würth Elektronik (WE).

1 Jun 2018

New Ultrafast Sensor Could Significantly Help Brain Research

Scientists at St George’s, University of London have discovered a new reagent that shows real-time brain behavior in more detail than previously possible.

23 May 2018