Highlights
Researchers have succeeded in producing magnesium scaffolds with structured porosity that are suitable for bioresorbable bone implants ETH Zurich | 26.08.2019 Image credit: Laboratory of Metal Physics and Technology/Complex Materials/ETH Zurich |
CRISPR-Cas: for the very first time, a new method uses biotechnology to influence entire gene networks in one single step ETH Zurich | 14.08.2019 Image credit: ETH Zurich/Carlo Cosimo Campa |
Computational electrodynamics, an optical microscopy technique that can predict and quantify cancer risks at extremely early stages Argonne National Laboratory | 08.08.2019 Image credit: Vadim Backman, Northwestern University |
Researchers are hoping to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence to improve medical decision-making MIT CSAIL | 05.08.2019 Image credit: courtesy of the researchers |
How a revolutionary technique got people with spinal-cord injuries back on their feet Nature | 31.07.2019 Image credit: Luke Sharrett for Nature |
A noninvasive hydration sensor that is based on the same technology as MRI, but, unlike MRI scanners, it can fit in a doctor’s office MIT | 24.07.2019 Image credit: Lina Colucci, Andrew Hall |
Scientists have developed an artificial heart valve made of silicone, which is created in several steps using 3D printers ETH Zurich | 23.07.2019 Image credit: Fergal Coulter/ETH Zurich |
MIT engineers 3-D-print stretchy mesh, with customized patterns designed to be flexible yet strong, for use in ankle and knee braces MIT | 19.06.2019 Image credit: Felice Frankel |
EPFL’s Blue Brain Project releases first-ever digital 3D mouse brain cell atlas EPFL | 28.11.2018 Image credit: BBP/EPFL |
A new hydrogel that naturally adheres to soft tissue like cartilage and the meniscus EPFL | 21.11.2018 Image credit: 2018 EPFL |
A noninvasive way of delivering drugs to within a few millimeters of a desired point in the brain Stanford University | 07.11.2018 Image credit: Qian Zhong and Raag Airan |
Scientists used nanoscale 3D printing to create tiny robots that can travel through your eye to deliver drugs Science | 07.11.2018 Image credit: Science Advances (2018) |
TWIICE, a lower-limb exoskeleton that can help paraplegics walk again, is a step towards independence EPFL | 06.11.2018 Image credit: LSRO/EPFL |
A very small magnetic steerable catheter for minimally invasive surgery ETH Zürich | 30.10.2018 Image credit: ETH Zürich/Industry Relations |
Microfluidics systems inside individual fibers may open up new possibilities for medical screening MIT | 29.10.2018 Image credit: MIT researchers |
Miniaturized electronic platform for the stimulation and recording of peripheral nerve fibers on a chip EPFL | 23.10.2018 Image credit: Florent-Valéry Cohen 2018 |
Computer model predicts how different protein sequences will interact with the target MIT | 15.10.2018 Image credit: Group6-3 |
3-D tissue model replicates the motor neuron connections affected by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis MIT | 10.10.2018 Image credit: Tatsuya Osaki/MIT |
Super-resolution microscopy creates 3D reconstructions from single-color 2D images of protein complexes EPFL | 04.10.2018 Image credit: Christian Sieben/EPFL |