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Engineers develop a 'magnetic tentacle robot' to pass into the narrow tubes of the lung
Mar 23, 2022 (SPX)
Known as a magnetic tentacle robot, it measures just 2 millimetres in diameter, about twice the size of the tip of a ballpoint pen. Magnets on the outside of th...
Handheld surgical robot can help stem fatal blood loss
Mar 18, 2022 (SPX)
First responders, such as ambulance emergency medical technicians, are not trained to perform this procedure, so treatment can only be given after the victim is...
A fabric that hears your heart's sounds
Mar 18, 2022 (SPX)
The team has designed a fabric that works like a microphone, converting sound first into mechanical vibrations, then into electrical signals, similarly to how o...
Single test for over 50 genetic diseases will cut diagnosis from decades to days
Mar 09, 2022 (SPX)
'We correctly diagnosed all patients with conditions that were already known, including Huntington's disease, fragile X syndrome, hereditary cerebellar ataxias,...
Tiny biohybrid robots for intelligent drug delivery
Mar 07, 2022 (SPX)
"These biohybrid micro- and nanorobots are being widely investigated in the field of smart drug delivery for precision therapy of cancer and other diseases," ex...
Repellent wrap shown to shed all viruses and bacteria
Mar 01, 2022 (SPX)
The new wrap, designed to protect against contamination on high-touch surfaces such as doorhandles and railings, is now moving toward scaled-up production throu...
Rebooting evolution
Feb 25, 2022 (SPX)
Proseeker is the name of a new computational tool that mimics the processes of natural selection, producing proteins that can be used for a range of medicinal a...
Brains of cosmonauts get 'rewired' to adapt to long-term space missions, study finds
Feb 21, 2022 (SPX)
Our brain can change and adapt in structure and function throughout our lives. As human exploration of space reaches new horizons, understanding the effects of ...
Microgravity worms help solve astronauts' muscle troubles
Feb 16, 2022 (SPX)
Over the past 60 years, hundreds of humans have flown into space, sometimes spending up to a year on the International Space Station. Spaceflight subjects the b...
Weightless placozoa - how gravity influences genetic information
Feb 07, 2022 (SPX)
The 11.7-metre-long rocket, which had a launch mass of 1.7 tonnes, reached a maximum altitude of 254 kilometres in the almost 15 minutes between launch and land...
Geologists uncover 'Goldilocks Zone' for precious metals in Earth's crust
Feb 02, 2022 (SPX)
The energy future of humankind depends on the continued supply of key metals like gold, copper and tellurium that are essential in the manufacturing of green te...
Precisely opening a gate to the brain in mice
Feb 02, 2022 (SPX)
This advancement was conducted by Piotr Walczak, MD, PhD, Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicin...
Hibernate for a trip to Mars, the bear way
Feb 01, 2022 (ESA)
When packing for a return flight to the Red Planet, space engineers account for around two years' worth of food and water for the crew. "We are talking about 30...
What wintering squirrels can teach astronauts
Jan 28, 2022 (SPX)
Now, in research published in Science, an Universite de Montreal biologist has figured out why, and his findings could have implications for, of all things, the...
Fingerprint research to combat harmful bacteria
Jan 19, 2022 (SPX)
The German Aerospace Center is investigating ways of preventing this in its 'Touching Surfaces' experiment, which is being carried out on board the ISS, at Colo...
Being in space destroys more red blood cells
Jan 14, 2022 (SPX)
"Space anemia has consistently been reported when astronauts returned to Earth since the first space missions, but we didn't know why," said lead author Dr. Guy...
Humble lizards offer surprising approach to engineering artificial lungs
Jan 01, 2022 (SPX)
A new study from Princeton University shows how the brown anole lizard solves one of nature's most complex problems - breathing - with ultimate simplicity. Wher...
Research into ageing set to blast into space
Dec 21, 2021 (SPX)
When astronauts spend time in space, without the effects of gravity, their muscles get weaker, just as they do in older age, before recovering when they return ...
High-tech sleeping bag could solve vision issues in space
Dec 10, 2021 (SPX)
For 72 straight hours, the study volunteer lay in a bed at UT Southwestern, the monotony broken only at night when researchers placed his lower body in a sealed...
Blood disc for astronaut diagnosis
Dec 10, 2021 (ESA)
Future long duration space missions beyond Earth orbit will see crews isolated as never before. Astronauts will have to be self-sufficient in healthcare as in e...
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