Medical

  Showcasing its broad range of connectors’ well suited for use in consumer, medical, industrial, and IoT applications in which small size and high-reliability performance are mission critical, AVX Corporation has released a new sample kit.

A sensor hub integrated as a SoC intended for a broad range of wearable health devices and applications has been announced by imec and Holst Centre (established by imec and TNO).

A Healthcare Centre of Excellence has been announced by Renishaw at its Miskin site, located close to Cardiff, South Wales. The Centre, which was formally opened on 29th September by The Rt. Hon Carwyn Jones AM, First Minister of Wales, provides a facility for the manufacture of custom medical devices, as well as education and training for the life sciences community.

Researchers have found out how a particularly dangerous type of free radicals is formed, and it may lead to a better understanding of ageing. Free radicals destroy our cells, all human organisms are attacked by them and over times they contribute to us ageing. Every time we breathe we bring crucial oxygen into the body. 

Exhibiting behaviour that researchers had never anticipated: The material gives off oxygen and begins oscillating, almost resembling a living, breathing organism, is exposing one type of an oxide structure called perovskite to both water vapour and streams of electrons.

A series of board mount pressure sensors have been released by Honeywell, they have been designed to measure low airflow with high accuracy that is suitable for use in medical devices; heating, air conditioning and ventilation (HVAC) systems; and drones.

  According to the American Cancer Society approximately 5.4 million basal and squamous cell skin cancers are diagnosed each year. Yet, the sun does contribute to the production of Vitamin D, which is necessary for bone health, and perhaps even useful in preventing some cancers. So how does one know how much sun exposure is enough?

In a new study from the neuroscientists at MIT, it has been discovered that mice have brain cells that are dedicated to storing memories of other mice. Found in a region of the hippocampus known as the ventral CA1, store ‘social memories’ these cells help shape the mice’s behaviour toward each other.

A Northwestern Engineering research team has developed a 3D printable ink that produces a synthetic bone implant that rapidly induces bone regeneration and growth. This hyperelastic "bone" material, whose shape can be easily customised, one day could be especially useful for the treatment of bone defects in children. Bone implantation surgery is never an easy process, but it is particularly painful and complicated for children.

A new kind of wearable. It doesn’t track your steps, or how many calories you’ve burned in a day. Nor does it analyse your sleep cycles and record your workouts. This wearable analyses something else, your posture. The UpRight is a posture trainer that does not only read your posture when sitting, but also rectifies it by providing real time biofeedback.