Breakthrough: First hybrid sensing approach
Texas engineers innovated a first-ever hybrid sensing approach that allows the device to possess properties of the two predominant types of sensors in use today.
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3D printing nano-ink
A 3D-printable polymer nanocomposite ink has incredible properties — and many applications in medicine, aerospace, and electronics.
Sensor rapidly detects multiple sepsis biomarkers
The Wyss Institute's eRapid electrochemical sensor technology now enables specific and multiplexed detection of blood biomarkers at low cost.
Smart microrobots swim through vessels
Scientists have developed tiny elastic robots that can change shape depending on their surroundings. They stand to revolutionize targeted drug delivery.
Sensors in the shoe help with postural damage
Engineers use carbon nanotube composite coatings for novel sensors that could enable smart textiles.