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A Microrobot for Intravascular Treatments

December 24, 2018

A particular challenge in intravascular treatments is the control of submillimeter guidewires. This requires a new microrobotics approach. A soft magnetic microrobot is required, consisting of (1) a flexible polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) [more...]

Primoceler Inc and SCHOTT AG to Join Forces

July 13, 2018

Schott, the specialty glass and glass-ceramics giant, owned by the Carl Zeiss Foundation, has entered into an agreement to acquire Primoceler Oy, a Finnish pioneer in glass micro bonding, based in Tampere. Primoceler’s hermetic [more...]

Medical Sensors Design Conference

June 24, 2018

Rapid advances in medical technology, and the increasing need to store and rapidly access data are making sensors an important part of the medical landscape. At the Medical Sensors Design Conference June 25 through 26 at the McEnery [more...]

Vibrating Sensors Could Identify Blood Biomarkers

December 2, 2017

Purdue University researchers have found a method of identifying biological markers in small amounts of blood that they believe could be used to detect a myriad of diseases, infections and different medical conditions at early stages. [more...]

2nd Microfluidics Congress: USA-2017

July 24, 2017

Global Engage is pleased to announce the Microfluidics Congress: USA, which will be held on July 24-26th, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue. There will also be pre-meeting training courses. For more [more...]

Skin Vaccination with Microneedle Patch

July 23, 2017

Biodegradable micro-needle patch (image credit: Georgia State University) A boosting skin vaccination with a biodegradable microneedle patch and protein constructed from sequences of influenza virus subtypes could improve the effectiveness [more...]

‘Smart’ Insulin Patches Developed at UNC

July 4, 2017

Glucose-responsive “smart insulin patches” like this one developed by UNC and N.C. State could one day simplify the way people manage diabetes.( Image credit: COURTESY OF ZHEN GU) For the 29 million Americans living with diabetes, a [more...]

Faster Biosensor for Healthcare Developed

April 27, 2017

DGIST research team led by Professor CheolGi Kim has developed a biosensor platform which has 20 times faster detection capability than the existing biosensors using magnetic patterns resembling a spider web. The sensing capability of a [more...]

Ingestible Sensor Is Powered by Stomach Acid

February 19, 2017

The small, ingestible voltaic cell is sustained by the acidic fluids in the stomach. (Credit: Diemut Strebe) Researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the US have designed and developed an indigestible electronic device [more...]

Cell Smasher

February 18, 2017

Real-time on chip mechanical analysis with micro hammer(Image credit: UCSB) The world’s tiniest hammer will allow UCSB researchers to get a cellular-level understanding of what happens when force is applied to brain cells.  We’re all [more...]
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