Biomedical technology

Improving hearing in an increasingly noisy world

As knowledge increases about how auditory troubles develop, new technological advances are set to cut through the clamour. Meeting a few friends in a noisy café can mean straining to hear all the conversation. It can be ...

Dentistry

Artificial intelligence assists in dental care and jaw surgery

A dentist inserting a tooth implant must know the exact location of the nerve canal in the patient's lower jaw to plan the size and position of the implant, along with the overall procedure. This requires X-ray images in ...

Immunology

Fats can help tag medical implants as friend or foe

Rice University bioengineer Omid Veiseh and collaborators have found that lipid deposition on the surfaces of implants can play a mediating role between the body and implants, with some lipids acting as peacekeepers while ...

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