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Medical & healthcare

‘Slippery’ steel provides both durability and anti-fouling

Researchers give artificial skin sense of touch

US team creates artificial foam heart

'Tricorder' device will detect infection and immune response to it

Fracking wells linked to high-risk pregnancies

Flexible electrodes promise more effective brain function studies

Incubation innovation: saving babies' lives

Practising surgery on 3D-printed ears

Algorithm helps prosthetic leg automatically adapt to user

3D printing helps NHS surgeons practice tricky procedure

X-ray vision achieved by rendering brain samples transparent

Tadpole endoscope offers new hope for gastrointestinal cancer detection