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New $150 gadget lets your smartphone detect cancer with laboratory precision

While smartphone spectrometers are already being used to help detect cancer, they have only been able to evaluate...

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MIT researchers invent an ingestible battery powered by stomach acid

MIT researchers have developed a new safe-to-swallow battery powered by stomach acid. The technology could significantly...

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Solar-power system could provide clean drinking water in rural India for the first time

A solar-powered purification system could slake the thirsts of rural India with clean drinking water for the first...

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World's first 3D-printed heart-on-a-chip could help end animal testing

When it comes to medical breakthroughs, the most exciting advances tend to involve technology that can lead to...

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Brain implants allow paralyzed man to feel his fingertips again

New brain implant technology has given a paralyzed man a whole new lease on life. Since a devastating car accident...

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Biodesign Competition winners announced - algae takes center stage

When it comes to design, mother nature has a lot to teach us. The field of Biodesign has emerged as an exciting...

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Mobile cooler designed by 22-year-old Will Broadway could save 1.5 million lives

Transporting vaccines in developing countries can be precarious. Highly sensitive to temperature, vaccines can...

Biodesign Competition to ideate the X-Prize for regenerative building

Biodesign Architecture Competition extends deadline to Sept 6th

Calling all future-forward architects and designers! How can we create buildings that heal themselves, ourselves,...

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Shining lasers on human blood could help detect tumors

A team of University of Michigan researchers have discovered how to use lasers to see intricate cell structure...

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Designers, get ready for the BioDesign Competition - cash prize of $1000

Calling all future-looking designers and architects! We've got a cool new design competition coming up for you...

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INFOGRAPHIC: How greenery contributes to your health and wellbeing

The benefits of a little greenery are endless and include amongst other things, improved health, happiness, and...

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New Aging: Architect Matthias Hollwich's new book explores how we can live smarter now to live better forever

New Aging: Live Smarter Now to Live Better Forever by Matthias Hollwich with Jennifer Krichels and illustrations...

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INTERVIEW: 5+Design's Michael Ellis Discusses How Architecture Can Fight Obesity

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in America, and countries around the world are quickly following suit....

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New SCiO sensor app lets anyone explore their world on a molecular level

Related: World's first pocket spectrometer measures the molecular makeup of nearly everything A CES 2016 Tech...

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Low-tech alarm protects South African slums from devastating fires

Dealing with a house fire is a nightmare scenario no matter where you live -- but in the slums of South Africa,...

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