Tag: engineering
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Synthetic Soft Tissue Developed for Surgery
Researchers developed a synthetic soft tissue for plastic and reconstructive surgery that in animal tests looks and performs more like real tissue.
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Impact Of IoT On Manufacturing
The benefits of IoT are endless because of how many production processes and technological advances that occur daily.
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Kidney Diagnostics Receive FDA Breakthrough Tag
An algorithm-driven diagnostic test for chronic kidney disease is receiving a breakthrough device designation from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Smartphone System Detects Diabetic Eye Disease
An ophthalmology lab at University of Michigan developed a smartphone-based system that speeds screening for an eye disease resulting from diabetes.
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FDA Approves Transplant Lung Preservation System
The Food and Drug Administration approved a medical device that restores and maintains lungs for transplants that may not otherwise be acceptable.
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Closed-Loop System Boosts Diabetes Glucose Control
A clinical trial shows an algorithm-driven glucose monitor and insulin pump system provides better control of glucose levels for people with type 1 diabetes than an insulin pump alone.
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Microrobot Swarm Breaks Up Bacterial Biofilms
A medical-engineering team designed tiny robots that in lab tests remove large patches of bacterial communities called biofilms found growing on medical devices and human teeth.
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A.I. Speeds Infant Genetic Disease Diagnostics
Hospital, academic, and industry researchers devised automated techniques including artificial intelligence to sharply reduce the time for diagnosing genetic diseases in infants.
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Natural-Sounding Speech Produced from Brain Signals
A neuroscience lab created a virtual speech-generating vocal system that produces natural sounding human speech by interpreting activity in the brain.
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Simple Process Devised for Synthetic Mother-of-Pearl
Researchers in the U.S. and Europe developed a simple, inexpensive, and sustainable process to grow synthetic nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl.