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'Flying Batteries' Could Help Microdrones Take Off
IEEE Spectrum | March 6, 2025

Although they're a staple of sci-fi movies and conspiracy theories, in real life, tiny flying microbots--weighed down by batteries and electronics--ha...

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AI to Democratize Access to Cheap, High-Throughput Cardiotoxicity Testing
Bio-IT World | March 4, 2025

Researchers have trained an AI model to reconstruct the electrical signals inside of heart cells based on recordings taken from outside those cells, o...

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Wearable Patch Reads Muscle Activity Remotely
American Society of Mechanical Engineers | February 25, 2025

A wearable ultrasound device developed by a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego addresses many problems of the current medic...

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Engineered Microbes Make Plant Hormones a Sustainable Harvest
The Scientist | February 24, 2025

As plants grow, they are guided by hormones that regulate development and environmental responses. One class of hormones, strigolactones (SLs), act as...

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New microactuator system could shrink power supplies for drones, robotics and medical devices
R&D World | February 24, 2025

The challenge of powering tiny robots and medical implants may have just gotten a boost. Researchers at UC San Diego and CEA-Leti have developed a mic...

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The Sum of the Parts Is Greater Than the Whole
Hackster | February 22, 2025

New energy storage tech boosts microdrone flight times by dynamically reconfiguring multiple solid-state batteries and recycling energy....

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How butterfly wings could help advance cancer research: UCSD study
Fox 5 San Diego | February 20, 2025

A team of researchers at UC San Diego have discovered a unique way to analyze the extent of fibrosis using butterfly wings. The team specifically used...

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How natural nanomotors could propel new drug delivery systems
Chemistry World | February 13, 2025

Biological cells including bacteria, sperm cells and microalgae show promise for precision treatments. For example, several groups have recently inves...

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What sweat can tell us about our health
CNN | January 21, 2025

Researchers have discovered biomarkers in sweat that could play a role advancing everything from precision medicine and nutrition to diagnosing things...

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Microbial Cell Factories Help Scientists Produce Understudied Plant Hormones in Bulk
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | January 17, 2025

Researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of using microbial cell factories to amplify the production of scarce plant hormones. The researchers de...

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Skin Patch Could Monitor Your Blood Pressure
U.S. News & World Report | November 21, 2024

A wearable patch the size of a postage stamp that can monitor blood pressure continuously could soon help people manage their hypertension. Researcher...

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Stick It to Hypertension
Hackster | November 20, 2024

A new measurement device has recently been unveiled by a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego that could make continuous moni...

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