Techniques could lead to personalized wearable and implantable devices. Hearing aids, dental crowns, and limb prosthetics are some of the medical devices that can now be digitally designed a... Read more
Using ion gradients across hydrogels, researchers developed a “soft power” source that they hope can one day power implantable devices. In an effort to create a power source for... Read more
Silk is biocompatible, biodegradable, and extremely hardy Spiders use their silk to catch lunch. Now physicists are using it to catch light. New research shows that natural silk could be an... Read more
Electrical stimulation, brain “cooling” and drug-delivery devices are all being developed as antiseizure tools Epilepsy affects some 2.7 million Americans—more than Parkinson’s d... Read more
A researcher from the UK’s University of Reading has warned of possible future infection issues for recipients of medical implants. The cause for concern is not biological, though. Dr.... Read more