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Medical & healthcare

Interscatter enables medical implant data transfer

Bacteria fibres offer electronics and medical potential

Nanobeads used to create microscope superlens

Elvira Fortunato and Rodrigo Martins, inventors of paper transistors

Magic medicine

Wearable sensor pinpoints level of alcohol consumption

Google and GSK to create nerve implant medicine venture in UK

GSK to invest £275m into UK manufacturing facilities

Micro medical robots inspired by bacteria

Smart thread collects data from patient tissue

‘Electronic tattoo’ collects physiological data for medical and commercial applications

Laser-guided biomechanical robot ray is step towards better artificial hearts