Rutgers researchers have created an automated blood drawing and testing device that provides rapid results, potentially improving the workflow in hospitals and other health-related institutions to allow health care practitioners to spend…
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Artificial muscles give soft robots superpowers
Origami-inspired muscles are both soft and strong, and can be made for less than $1 Researchers at Harvard and MIT have created origami-inspired artificial muscles that add strength to soft robots, allowing…
Implantable device targets pancreatic cancer. Chemotherapy delivered directly to tumors
Pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, in part because it is very difficult for chemotherapy drugs to reach the pancreas, which is located deep…