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Medical & healthcare

Spider silk inspires load bearing composite to help heal bones

Biocompatible nanotubes promise better cancer targeting

Carbon fibre muscles lift thousands of times their own weight

Graphene spikes kill bacteria to reduce risk of implant rejection

Lithuanian team develops regenerative dressing for deep wounds

Fibre-optic probe offers insights into overheating brains

Injectable biosensor could assist substance abuse treatment programs

Natural sensations induced in arm of paralysed man

Wearable sensor measures glucose without need for finger-prick blood test

Robotic exoskeleton brace analyses spine deformities

Emerging technologies: disrupting the future

Butterfly vision inspires surgical camera for cancer operations