1+ hour, 35+ min ago  (481+ words) Human gut-on-chip model reveals fibroblasts, hormones and motion drive IBD severity and cancer risk in new study. The study addresses a major gap in IBD research: the lack of human models that accurately reflect disease complexity. Animal models often fail…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (596+ words) More than two decades after the AN/PVS-14 changed modern warfare by giving ordinary infantry the ability to fight at night, the U. S. Army is preparing for another major step in battlefield vision technology. The Army has chosen three defense companies…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (286+ words) Dental plaque from medieval skeletons reveals its widespread use as a toxic cure. Researchers have advanced the study of late-medieval mercury treatments by analyzing concentrations in dental calculus instead of bone for the first time. While the use of mercury…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (150+ words) Practicing sutures on an orange helps medical learners develop hand control, stitch precision, and proper spacing before working on real skin. This simple and low-cost training method provides a safe practice surface for improving basic suturing techniques and stitching accuracy....

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (119+ words) Interesting Engineering This balloon-based therapy is used to help open nasal passages and improve airflow. The treatment is commonly associated with snoring and sinus relief procedures. Balloon-based airway therapy is used to treat patients with sinusitis, nasal congestion, and snoring....

6+ day, 28+ min ago  (516+ words) The stitch-free implant uses conductive hydrogels to maintain close contact with arteries, offering a potential new treatment for hypertension. Engineers at Penn State have created a soft electronic implant that wraps around a major artery and lowers blood pressure using…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago  (444+ words) UC Irvine researchers built a battery-free wearable sweat sensor that tracks multiple health biomarkers and self-regenerates. Scientists have developed a wearable, battery-free sweat sensor that can continuously track multiple health biomarkers by regenerating its sensing surface and drawing power wirelessly…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (603+ words) A decade after this paralyzing accident, Patterson is regaining independence through this BCI surgery. Brandon Patterson hasn't moved his fingers in nine years due to a spinal cord injury. But recently, he felt them twitch. There was no physical movement,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (610+ words) Researchers in China have turned wastewater pollution into a valuable fertiliser ingredient using AI chemistry. A Chinese team has developed a method of converting nitrate in wastewater into ammonia. Used as a core ingredient in urea fertilizer, this new waste-to-resource…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (521+ words) ICVP brain implant reaches third patient milestone, advancing artificial vision via direct brain stimulation trials. A wireless brain implant designed to restore artificial vision has been successfully implanted in a third blind participant as part of an ongoing clinical study…...