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Medical & healthcare

Sense-and-respond implant aims to improve cancer outcomes

Living brain cell networks 3D printed with bioinks

Pleural allows for regular chest physiotherapy at home

Device to alleviate chronic respiratory conditions wins UK James Dyson Award

Digital twin aims to further understanding of bladder dysfunction

Ultrasound technology being used in the transcranial ultrasound stimulation lab at Plymouth University’s Brain Research and Imaging Centre

Psychiatric conditions could be treated with targeted transcranial ultrasound stimulation

The ball shapes are bacteria and the ‘sheet’ is black phosphorus, under the microscope at RMIT University

Black phosphorus nanoflakes show antibacterial potential

Rugby player develops handheld concussion detector

Professor Garry Duffy and Dr Rachel Beatty show the soft robotic implant developed by University of Galway and MIT

Implantable device delivers drugs and overcomes rejection by the body

Electric eels inspire new Oxford ‘droplet battery’

Associate Professor Lee Seok Woo, from NTU’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) holding up the flexible battery that is as thin as a human cornea

NTU Singapore team develops flexible battery for smart contact lenses

Ann, a research participant in a study of speech neuroprostheses led by UCSF's Edward Chang, is connected to computers that translate her brain signals into the speech and facial movements of an avatar. At left is UCSF clinical research coordinator Max Dougherty

Digital avatar relays decoded brain signals to give voice to paralysed woman

Dyed DNA vaccine coated on a microneedle array by efficient electrospray deposition

Spray technique for bioactive materials promises injection-free vaccinations