Health & Medicine
One day you could swallow batteries to power ingestible medical devices
25 Aug 2016
Non-toxic, edible batteries could one day power ingestible devices for diagnosing and treating disease
World's first Leprosy vaccine developed in India to go on trial soon
24 Aug 2016
If first-of-its-kind leprosy vaccine developed in India shows good results, a pilot vaccination programme will be extended to other high-prevalence districts in the country
Scientists find a salty way to kill MRSA
23 Aug 2016
App helps dementia patients find memories
20 Aug 2016
Malarial parasite boosts survival in Ebola patients
17 Aug 2016
People infected with Ebola virus were 20 per cent more likely to survive if they were co-infected with malaria-causing Plasmodium parasites, according to data collected at an Ebola diagnostic laboratory in Liberia in 2014-15
Now, scientists fear smallpox outbreak as permafrost melts
16 Aug 2016
Russian scientists are warning of the threat of born-again smallpox re-emerging from graves in the Arctic where permafrost is melting due to climate change
Five ways bioengineers want to use 3-D printing
16 Aug 2016
Now that 3D printing has made it easier to generate custom-made prosthetics, bioengineers are looking ahead at manufacturing actual cellular material