Vaccination

Using smart sensors to ensure vaccine safety

In most methods used today, clinical trials designed to evaluate the safety of a new drug or vaccine employ self-report questionnaires, asking participants how they feel before and after receiving the treatment. A new study ...

Biomedical technology

Research team develops faster, cheaper COVID tests

A University of Georgia nanotechnology research group entered the race to develop a rapid test for COVID-19 in August 2020, running experiments on a new sensor for an American manufacturing company. The group, led by Yiping ...

Sports medicine & Kinesiology

Gait reveals mood, energy, fatigue levels

Can you tell how energetic or fatigued a person is, just by looking at how they walk? That's what Ali Boolani, Associate Professor of Physical Therapy in the Lewis School of Health Sciences at Clarkson University, and Shafique ...

Surgery

Smart glove to train young surgeons

A glove is being trialed at Liverpool Hospital that gives surgical trainees instant and accurate feedback. Researchers say the gloves could also be used by musicians and artists.

Biomedical technology

What your sweat says about your health

Sweating it out through exercise may be a New Year's resolution but it could also help to provide new insights into the state of your health, according to new sensing technology being developed at Simon Fraser University.

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