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Medical & healthcare

Tough biomaterial could help repair damaged tissue

Optical sensor detects viruses like COVID-19 with ‘nearly instantaneous results’

Metasurface and algorithms focus images for micro-camera

Origami test for rapid hepatitis C screening

Stretchy pressure sensor targets healthcare boost

Laser light reveals superbugs at molecular-scale resolution

Glyconics secures £1.5m for diabetes screening tool

Wearable detects and reverses opioid overdose

Quantum sensors could help identify dementia

Osseosurface electronics promise individualised orthopaedic care

Image credit: University of Surrey

Surrey paves the way for safer X-rays

Internet of bodies links devices with human body communication