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Medical & healthcare

Piezoelectric biomaterial could help treat CNS injuries

The new soft robot can reach an average speed of 6.8 body lengths per second
Robotics & UAVs

Manta ray fins inspire new swimming soft robot

The NUS team found that breast cancer cells are more vulnerable to magnetic field therapy. A 10-minute magnetic field exposure reduced the concentration of DOX – a chemotherapy drug - needed for similar amount of cancer killing by half, particularly at low doses of the drug
Medical & healthcare

Magnetic pulses promote uptake of chemotherapy drug

Materials

Dinky dent technique promises data storage gains

Intelligent reflecting surfaces are capable of intercepting weak wireless signals indoors and outdoors
Communications

Project set to develop next-gen wireless communications

The PODPower system will be suspended in the water column where it can collect and concentrate ocean microbes
Energy & environment

Project aims to develop alternative power source for ocean sensors

Gloves with swatches of e-textile attached and wired for sensing testing
Wearable Technology

Study develops sustainable and biodegradable e-textiles

AIBN PhD scholar Xumin Huang with one of the soft-rigid 'spines' printed by the Qiao lab
Additive Manufacturing

3D printed products replicate efficiency of mammalian movement

Conventional treatments for bone defects often involve bone grafts combined with serum or bioadhesives to fill the defect
Medical & healthcare

Injectable hydrogel uses light to aid bone regeneration

Ovarian tumours are common and are often detected by chance
Artificial Intelligence

AI outperform humans in identifying ovarian cancer

Real-time analysis of the high-resolution microstructure of carbon fibre paper has been impossible until now
Artificial Intelligence

New method provides rapid microstructural analysis of fuel cell component

Manufacturing

JCB signs MoU with Tata for arc furnace steel