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Could injectable microrobots one day run in your veins?
Aug 26, 2020 (AFP)
Microscopic robotics are seen as having an array of potential uses, particularly in medicine, and US researchers said the new robots offer "the potential to exp...
Space station motors make a robotic prosthetic leg more comfortable, extend battery life
Jul 20, 2020 (SPX)
The key is the use of new small and powerful motors, originally designed for a robotic arm on the International Space Station. The streamlined design offers a f...
Leveraging microgravity to improve medical diagnostics
Jul 17, 2020 (SPX)
1Drop Diagnostics' device contains specially designed microfluidic chips, and the company is doing research on the ISS to better understand fluid flow through t...
Space-equipped lab tests key workers for COVID-19
Jul 01, 2020 (ESA)
As the immediate crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic fades in Europe, extensive testing systems are needed to enable the vital economic recovery. An ESA-b...
Space Mission Launches that will Carry Experiment Aimed at Solving Antibiotic Resistance
Jun 18, 2020 (SPX)
The success of this experiment will help to understand the risks of infectious diseases in humans traveling to space and has the potential to find new approache...
Neuroscientists discover neural circuits that control hibernation-like behaviors in mice
Jun 12, 2020 (SPX)
While suspended animation may seem a fantasy, a strikingly diverse array of life has already achieved a version of it. Through behaviors like hibernation, anima...
Space-enabled mobile bio-lab to test key workers for COVID-19
Jun 10, 2020 (ESA)
Italy has been badly affected by the pandemic. In response ESA has been working to identify how space can help. A transportable diagnostics laboratory developed...
Researchers eye tech wearables as virus early warning system
Jun 07, 2020 (AFP)
Researchers are increasingly looking at these devices and other such wearables as a possible early warning system for the deadly virus. Last month, scientists a...
Surrey reveals its implantable biosensor that operates without batteries
May 22, 2020 (SPX)
In a paper published by Nano Energy, a team from Surrey's Advanced Technology Institute (ATI), in partnership with Kyung Hee University in South Korea, detail h...
Engineers develop low-cost, high-accuracy GPS-like system for flexible medical robots
May 19, 2020 (SPX)
The system was developed by Tania Morimoto, a professor of mechanical engineering at the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego, and mechanical engineerin...
AFRL announces grand challenges for biotechnology
May 19, 2020 (SPX)
These three challenges, which were chosen by AFRL's team of biotechnology experts, seek advancements in the following: biosynthesis of monomers for aerospace th...
NASA simulates realistic galactic cosmic rays to study effects on astronaut health
May 19, 2020 (UPI)
To keep astronauts and deep-space missions safe, NASA needs to better understand the health risks posed by all sorts of space radiation, including galactic cosm...
How engineers at NASA-JPL persevered to develop a ventilator
May 18, 2020 (JPL)
Designed specifically for COVID-19 patients, the prototype is composed of far fewer parts than traditional ventilators and is intended to last three to four mon...
Ultrasound for space offers remote diagnosis to patients on Earth
May 06, 2020 (ESA)
The set-up enables medics to care for some patients at a distance during the coronavirus pandemic. The system is already being used by rural hospitals, care hom...
Study reveals how spaceflight affects risk of blood clots in female astronauts
May 06, 2020 (SPX)
The findings, which looked at 38 female astronaut flights between 2000 and 2014, found spaceflight and combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP) use does not appe...
Telemedicine on the frontline in Spain
May 01, 2020 (ESA)
Offering ultrasound, laryngoscopy and electrocardiogram among other features, the Tempus Pro devices allow operators to quickly check a patient's vital paramete...
Plug and Play with ready-to-use bionic arm prosthesis
May 01, 2020 (SPX)
The results of the study have now been published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (impact factor 70,670). "The main advantage of this system, ...
NASA contributes expertise, ingenuity to COVID-19 fight
Apr 28, 2020 (SPX)
"NASA's strength has always been our ability and passion - collective and individual - for solving problems," said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. "All the ...
AFRL scientists investigate if microwaves reduce viability of airborne coronavirus spread
Apr 28, 2020 (SPX)
The main objective of this effort is to explore whether exposure to electromagnetic (EM) energy can reduce the ability of the airborne coronavirus to infect. If...
Two steps closer to flexible, powerful, fast bioelectronic devices
Apr 28, 2020 (SPX)
The design of current devices has been severely constrained by the rigid, non-biocompatible electronic components needed for safe and effective use, and solving...
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