In a major advancement in cancer screening, new study has developed a simple blood test to detect eight different cancers in their early stages, five of which do not have a screening program for early detection
Cancer remains one of...
Medical scientists from University of Pennsylvania have found that medical conditions could be predicted from contents of social media posts
Social media is now an integral part of our lives. In 2019, at least 2.7 billion people regularly use online...
UK’s fusion energy production approach took shape with the announcement of STEP (Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production) programme in 2019. Its first phase (2019-2024) has come to an end with the release of a concept design for the integrated...
Scientists have designed a new chest-laminated, ultrathin, 100 percent stretchable cardiac sensing electronic device (e-tattoo) to monitor heart functions. The device can measure ECG, SCG (seismocardiogram) and cardiac time intervals accurately and continuously for longer duration to monitor blood...
The discovery of a new type of malleable, self-healing and completely recyclable "electronic skin” has wide applications in health monitoring, robotics, prosthetics and improved biomedical devices.
A study published in Science Advances showcases a new electronic skin (or simply e-skin) that has...
In a major advancement in robotics, robot with ‘soft’ human-like muscles have been successfully designed for the first time. Such soft robots can be a boon to design human friendly robots in the future.
Robots are programmable machines that are...
Researchers have developed an artificial sensory nerve system which can process information similar to the human body and it could effectively give sense of touch to prosthetic limbs
Our skin, body’s largest organ, is also the most important as it...
Scientists have for the very first time bioengineered a human cornea using 3D printing technique which can be a boost for corneal transplants.
Cornea is the transparent dome-shaped outermost layer of the eye. The cornea is the first lens through...
Scientists have for the first time created an injectable hydrogel which beforehand incorporates tissue-specific bioactive molecules via novel crosslinkers. The hydrogel described has strong potential for usage in tissue engineering
Tissue engineering is the development of tissue and organ substitutes...
Scientists have successfully integrated latest AI tools (e.g. GPT-4) with automation to develop ‘systems’ capable of autonomously designing, planning and performing complex chemical experiments. ‘Coscientist’ and ‘ChemCrow’ are two such AI-based systems developed recently that display emergent capabilities. Driven...
Airplane has been designed which won’t be dependent on fossil fuels or battery as it won’t have any moving part
Ever since the discovery of airplane more than 100 years ago, every flying machine or aircraft in the sky flies...
The first temperature-sensitive textile has been created which can regulate our body’s heat exchange with the environment
Our body absorbs or loses heat in the form of infrared radiation. At room temperature around 40 percent of heart transfer occurs in...
Study shows for the first time an innovative self-powered heart pacemaker tested successfully in pigs
Our heart maintains a pace through its internal pacemaker called sinoatrial node (SA node), also called sinus node located in the upper right chamber. This...
Study describes a novel portable solar-steaming collection system with polymer origami which can collect and purify water at a very low cost
There is an increasing global demand for clean water owing to population growth, industrialization and contamination and depletion...
Recent study has developed a new tooth mounted tracker which records what we are eating and is the next trend to be added to the list of health/fitness trackers
Different kinds of health and fitness trackers have been becoming very...
Scientists from Stanford University have developed a prototype of auto-focusing eyeglasses which automatically focus on where the wearer is looking. It can help correct presbyopia, a gradual age-related loss of near vision faced by people of 45+ age group. Autofocals provide...
A novel vital signs measurement device is ideal for low resource settings for timely intervention of illnesses during pregnancy
The main driving force behind developing a unique device called Cradle Vital Sign Alert (VSA)1 was the observation made of different clinical...
Iseult Project’s 11.7 Tesla MRI machine has taken remarkable anatomical images of the live human brain from participants. This is the first study of live human brain by an MRI machine of such high magnetic field strength that has yielded...
For the first time nanorobots have been designed which can deliver drugs directly into the eyes without causing damage.
Nanorobot technology is a recent technique at the centre of focus of scientists for treating multiple diseases. Nanorobots (also called nanobots)...
In a major advancement in3D bioprinting technique, cells and tissues have been created to behavelike in their natural environment so as to construct ‘real’ biological structures
3D printing is a procedure in which a material is added together and thus...
Engineers have invented a semiconductor made by a thin flexible hybrid material which can be used for displays on electronic devices in the near future.
Engineers at large corporations have been eyeing to design a foldable and flexible display screen...
Scientists have developed a 3D bioprinting platform that assembles functional human neural tissues. The progenitor cells in the printed tissues grow to form neural circuits and make functional connections with other neurons thus mimicking natural brain tissues. This is...
Neuralink is an implantable device that has shown significant improvement over others in that it supports flexible cellophane-like conductive wires inserted into the tissue using a “sewing machine” surgical robot. This technology can help alleviate diseases of the brain (depression, Alzheimer’s,...
Scientists have shown a new technology in which bioengineered bacteria can make cost-effective chemicals/polymers from renewable plant sources
Lignin is a material which is a constituent of cell wall of all dry land plants. It is the second most abundant...
Study has discovered a way to make batteries that we use every day to be more resilient, powerful and safe.
The year is 2018 and our everyday livesare now fuelled by different gadgets which either run on electricity or on...
