Dancing toward better physical rehabilitation
Highly trained dancers provide insights for researchers helping design improved rehab programs for people with mobility impairments. The next step could include rehab robots as dance partners.
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Shape-shifting materials could be crucial in tight spaces – such as inside our bodies
Programmable materials that can change shape could have all manner of potential uses.
The future of genetic enhancement is not in the West
Regulations, funding and public opinion around genetically enhancing future generations vary from country to country. Here's why China may be poised to be the pioneer.
Genome editing poses ethical problems that we cannot ignore
That genetic editing techniques have become as straightforward as they have poses questions for how we want them to be used.
Will next-generation wearable sensors make us healthier?
We can already track plenty of body data, but to really make a difference, wearables need to consistently collect clinically valuable information that can be used to improve health.
Phantom menace: augmented reality eases missing limb pain
Many amputees experience pain in their missing limbs, but allowing them to “see” their missing limbs in action through augmented…
Advancement in polymer synthesis
Researchers have developed a new method of polymer synthesis based on two processes: “segregation” and “templating”. These…
Largest ever human-engineered protein created
A variant of a protein naturally used to manufacture the essential amino acid histidine has been designed and successfully…
Monkey brain implant may help disabled people to ‘feel’
Monkeys fitted with brain implants can “feel” different surfaces of identical virtual objects, a new study shows, paving…
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