Biotech
New Blood Analyzer Tells Human from Animal Samples on the Spot
The system could someday provide fast results at a crime scene
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Biotech
Using Light to Control Cells Holds Promise across the Body
Optogenetics could aid vision, blood glucose, and more
Medicine
Failure of Genetic Therapies for Huntington’s Devastates Community
Hopes were high for drugs designed to lower levels of a mutant protein, but development has stalled
Biotech
COVID Innovations: Vaccines for Variants, Drone Deliveries, Print-Your-Own Shots, and More
Next-generation COVID-19 vaccines will not only tackle different versions of the virus but will provide solutions across the world at a fraction of the cost
Biotech
Scientists Grew Tiny Tear Glands in a Dish—Then Made Them Cry
Organoids made of tear-producing cells offer chances to study, and possibly treat, eye disorders
Biotech
AI System Can Sniff Out Disease as Well as Dogs Do
Researchers are training algorithms to emulate trained dogs’ ability to detect cancer and other diseases, perhaps including COVID-19
Biotech
Printing a Brain Aneurysm in a Dish
Scientists make and treat a 3-D-printed model of a ballooning blood vessel
Engineering
2020’s Top 10 Tech Innovations
Scientific American and the World Economic Forum sifted through more than 75 nominations for the most innovative and potentially game-changing technologies in 2020. The final top 10 span the fields of medicine, engineering, environmental sciences and chemistry. And to win the nod, the technologies must have the potential to spur progress in societies and economies by outperforming established ways of doing things...
Biotech
Hand Transplants Demonstrate the Nervous System’s Amazing Adaptability
A radical procedure restores touch and grasping in former amputees
Biotech
Bionic Eye Tech Learns Its ABCs
An experiment stimulates monkeys’ brain to generate shape perceptions
Computing
DeepMind’s AI Makes Gigantic Leap in Solving Protein Structures
Google’s deep-learning program for determining the 3-D shapes of proteins stands to transform biology, scientists say
Biotech
Metal-Breathing Bacteria Synthesize High-Tech Material
Bacterial breathing helps to build a futuristic “2-D” semiconductor
Technology
Whole-Genome Synthesis Will Transform Cell Engineering
A big advance in synthetic biology
Medicine
Digital Medicine Can Diagnose and Treat What Ails You
Therapeutic and diagnostic apps and bots are almost here
Medicine
Microneedles Could Enable Painless Injections and Blood Draws
Fewer trips to medical labs make care more accessible
Technology
A Vision for the Next Decade of Human Genomics Research
An article in Nature lays out 10 bold predictions for a field whose extraordinary achievements are just the beginning of what could be possible
Public Health
Election Science Stakes: Medicine and Public Health
Scientific American’s senior medicine editor Josh Fischman talks about issues in medicine and public health that will be affected by this election.
Neuroscience
AI Assesses Alzheimer’s Risk by Analyzing Word Usage
New models used writing samples to predict the onset of the disease with 70 percent accuracy
Biotech
New Tinnitus Treatment Alleviates Annoying Ringing in the Ears
A noninvasive device designed to rewire brain circuits reduced symptoms of tinnitus in a large, exploratory clinical trial
Biotech
3-D Printing inside the Body Could Patch Stomach Ulcers
In vivo bioprinting might also help repair hernias and treat infertility
