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Electronics & Semiconductors Nov 24, 2015

Versatile single-chip sensor for ion detection in fluids

Imec and Holst Centre (set-up by imec and TNO) have demonstrated a prototype of a single-chip electrochemical sensor for simultaneous detection of multiple ions in fluids. The demonstrator paves the way to small-sized and ...

Biochemistry Nov 23, 2015

Infertile worms resist infection-induced neurodegeneration

The connections are still obscure, but mounting evidence points to a link between infections, the immune system, and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, ALS, and Parkinson's.

Other Nov 13, 2015

Digital natives push for personalized healthcare technology

Millennials and younger generations expect to use their own technologies and biological data to help doctors deliver more personal care.

Engineering Nov 5, 2015

Team showcases the biggest 3-D printing machine for industry

The Basque Autonomous Community is once again spearheading R&D&i applied to the industrial base to enable companies to be more competitive, not only by improving productivity but also by creating new products. The first machine ...

Biotechnology Nov 5, 2015

Scientists have developed a 3-D printing method capable of producing highly uniform 'blocks' of embryonic stem cells

These cells – capable of generating all cell types in the body – could be used as the 'lego bricks' to build tissue constructs, larger structures of tissues, and potentially even micro-organs.

Engineering Oct 28, 2015

Change the shape, change the sound: Researchers develop algorithm to 3-D print vibrational sounds

In creating what looks to be a simple children's musical instrument—a xylophone with keys in the shape of zoo animals—computer scientists at Columbia Engineering, Harvard, and MIT have demonstrated that sound can be controlled ...

Engineering Oct 26, 2015

TU Eindhoven starts using kingsize 3-D concrete printer

Last month Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) began using a concrete printer that enables objects of up to 11 meters long, 5 meters wide and 4 meter high to be printed. The university will be working with the building ...

Materials Science Oct 23, 2015

Team hacks off-the-shelf 3-D printer towards rebuilding the heart

As of this month, over 4,000 Americans are on the waiting list to receive a heart transplant. With failing hearts, these patients have no other options; heart tissue, unlike other parts of the body, is unable to heal itself ...

Engineering Sep 29, 2015

Scientists pioneer 3-D-printed drug delivering micro-needles

Researchers have developed a new technique to produce a 3D 'micro-printed' array of needles capable of drug delivery. The technique would offer a pain-free drug delivery device that would allow drugs to diffuse within the ...

Engineering Sep 21, 2015

4-D technology allows self-folding of complex objects

Using components made from smart shape-memory materials with slightly different responses to heat, researchers have demonstrated a four-dimensional printing technology that allowed creation of complex self-folding structures.

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