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Medical & healthcare

Micro-actuator could find use in microfluidics and drug delivery

Nanoscale device can capture and release tumour cells

Liquid-nitrogen-cooled sensors could improve brain research

Bright sparks in the winter gloom

Porcupine quills inspire design of new medical technologies

Device could mass-produce nano-patterned materials

Sensor measures individual particles in a blood sample

A Nuffield-Both breathing machine, adapted by George Smith-Clarke

December 1956: improving iron lungs

Curved LCD display can be embedded in contact lenses

Technology could assist with treatment of damaged corneas

3D printing set to hit the mainstream

Energy in the spotlight ahead of Chancellor's statement