A smartphone app that identifies severe jaundice in newborn infants by scanning their eyes exhibits comparable diagnostic performance to expensive screening devices
Read article: Smartphone app successfully detects jaundice in newborn babies
A wearable microneedle array continuously monitors multiple biomarkers in interstitial fluid
Read article: Multi-tasking microneedle sensor tracks glucose, alcohol and lactate levels in real time
A desktop air curtain system could protect healthcare workers from exposure to infectious diseases
Read article: Desktop air curtain could block viral spread in hospitals
A novel miniature microscope functions as a window into the brain of freely behaving rodents in real time
Read article: A window into the brain – anywhere, anytime
A living cardiac pump-on-a-chip could help researchers study how the heart works and investigate new treatments for heart disease
Read article: Miniature heart replica could help optimize cardiac disease treatments
An OCT-guided laser platform enables rapid blood vessel coagulation to maintain a blood-free surgical field during brain tissue resection in mice
Read article: Dual-wavelength fibre-laser platform enables bloodless brain surgery
Scientists use rational design to create a functional polymer for advanced healthcare monitoring and therapeutic applications
Read article: Stretching the limits: novel material produces highly conductive, stretchable bioelectronics
A coiled artificial muscle uses radiofrequency heating to perform complex mechanical tasks
Read article: Soft medical robots show promise for performing wireless surgery
Combining mid-infrared spectroscopy with deep learning could provide a rapid, cost-effective way to identify the ageing mosquitoes that transmit the malaria parasite
Read article: AI and infrared spectroscopy identify the age and species of mosquitoes
The IOP Publishing journal, Measurement Science and Technology, explores the challenges and opportunities of advanced measurement systems
Read article: Next-generation measurement systems: future challenges and opportunities
