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New Bio-Inspired Device Doubles Strength of Rotator Cuff Repairs

A new surgical device, inspired by the gripping mechanism of python teeth, has been developed to improve the success rate…

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Incredible New Technique Measures Forces As Small as a Virus With Unprecedented Precision

Super-resolved photonic force microscopy for detecting ultra-weak interaction forces between nanoparticles and surfaces. Credit: Lei Ding A collaborative research team…

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The MRI That Couldn’t Read Minds

MIT researchers have determined that the DIANA MRI method, initially claimed to detect direct neural activity, actually produces signals from…

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Complete Gene Insertion Now Possible in Human Cells

Researchers at the Broad Institute have improved gene-editing to efficiently insert entire genes into human cells, offering potential for single-gene…

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Texas A&M’s Synthetic Solution to Knee Pain

Osteochondral defects often necessitate knee replacements. New research at Texas A&M aims to develop synthetic cartilage-capped plugs (CC-ROPs) as a…

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15 Years in the Making – Scientists Invent “Living Bioelectronics” That Can Heal Skin

Jiuyun Shi holds a small device he and a team of University of Chicago scientists invented that integrates living cells,…

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