For wearable electronics to live up to their promise for health care monitoring, they need to do at least two things: transform from rigid to soft to accommodate changing structural needs, and heal their own normal wear-and-tear. ...
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Consumption of medical drugs such as painkillers, antibiotics, antidepressants and antivirals is rising at breakneck speed. Sales of such drugs are set to reach USD 1.8 trillion worldwide by 2026. The trend reflects the aging ...
Apr 13, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) in Brazil have developed an electrochemical sensor that detects Parkinson's disease at different stages. The device was ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Researchers at ETH Zurich, Empa and EPFL are developing a 3D-printed insole with integrated sensors that allows the pressure of the sole to be measured in the shoe and thus during any activity. This helps athletes or patients ...
Mar 15, 2023
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Human sweat contains chemical information including blood metabolites, ion concentrations, and nutrients. Monitoring this information using a wearable sensor can allow non-invasive (i.e., without blood sampling), real time ...
Feb 15, 2023
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Engineers at MIT and Caltech have demonstrated an ingestible sensor whose location can be monitored as it moves through the digestive tract, an advance that could help doctors more easily diagnose gastrointestinal motility ...
Feb 13, 2023
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Serotonin is an important chemical messenger in the central nervous system. It falls under the category of so-called neuromodulators and is responsible for transmitting information between nerve cells in the brain and the ...
Dec 16, 2022
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Rice University synthetic biologists have developed a new way to study a sensory system that salmonella, E. coli and other pathogens use to sicken millions of people each year.
Dec 12, 2022
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Cambridge researchers have developed a method for measuring overall fitness accurately on wearable devices—and more robustly than current consumer smartwatches and fitness monitors—without the wearer needing to exercise.
Dec 1, 2022
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Today, viral illnesses like COVID-19 are tracked using multiple different methods, including lab data, health care visits and wastewater surveillance. According to new data conducted by scientists at the Scripps Research ...
Sep 23, 2022
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