Researchers have developed a hydrogel, or “brain glue,” that can repair tissue following traumatic brain injury. At a cost of $38 billion a year, an estimated 5.3 million people are living with…
New system that uses smartphone or computer cameras to measure pulse, respiration rate could help future personalized telehealth appointments
Telehealth has become a critical way for doctors to still provide health care while minimizing in-person contact during COVID-19. But with phone or Zoom appointments, it’s harder for doctors to get important…
Scientists Create the Next Generation of Living Robots
Last year, a team of biologists and computer scientists from Tufts University and the University of Vermont (UVM) created novel, tiny self-healing biological machines from frog cells called “Xenobots” that could move…
Tires turned into Graphene that makes stronger concrete
Rice University scientists have optimized a process to convert waste from rubber tires into graphene that can, in turn, be used to strengthen concrete. The researcher says that the environmental benefits of…
Soft Robotic Dragonfly Signals Environmental Disruptions
Engineers at Duke University have developed an electronics-free, entirely soft robot shaped like a dragonfly that can skim across water and react to environmental conditions such as pH, temperature or the presence…