Browsing Category
Medical
The medical end market refers to the application of engineering to medicine and biology in order to improve healthcare treatment such as diagnosis, monitoring, and therapy. Includes, but is not limited to, prostheses, robotics, implants, devices, and genetic engineering. A major part of this category is research and development.
Using Brain Power To Move Paralyzed Hands
Stroke is an unfortunate, and more common than we'd like to think, occurrence. Approximately one in six…
Video gamers are better than scientists at identifying proteins
While it's been said that video games and too much screen time can rot the brain, a group of gamers was actually…
Heart attack sensor detects myoglobin levels
Thirty percent of adult deaths in the 30−70 year age group, are attributed to cardiovascular diseases, which is…
3D printing leads the way to the Paralympics
Fabrizio Passetti is preparing for the ISA World Adaptive Surfing Championship in La Jolla, California. Veronica…
Pollution-nanoparticles-linked-to-Alzheimer’s
Abundant magnetite nanoparticles in the brain tissue from 37 individuals aged three to 92-years-old who lived in…
Microchip precisely measures single cell growth
The growth of many individual cells can be measured simultaneously thanks to a new technique invented at MIT. The…
Virtual Assistant aids visually impaired
To help visually impaired users to adapt the presentation of the outside world optimally to the working parts of…
Handy 3D-printed devices from MIT
Although these names seem fitting for superhero characters; Cyborg beast, phoenix, talon — they are actually names…
Using EEG electrical signals to monitor migraines
Researchers from the University of British Columbia have discovered that using non-invasive electroencephalograms…
DNA was successfully sequenced in space for the first time ever
For the first time ever, a NASA astronaut has successfully sequenced DNA in microgravity. The feat was conducted as…