Mobile Banking Sees Success in Senegal

Financial services are reaching the world’s poorest by mobile phone.

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The Accidental Art of Microfluidic Devices

An exhibit of microscopic art has been launched by the journal Lab on a Chip.

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Multistep Diagnostics on Paper

A credit-card-sized diagnostic device can perform a task normally carried out by complex equipment.

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Drug Device for Hearing Loss

An implant could deliver drugs directly to the cochlea.

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Breathing New Life into Old Lungs

Lungs grown in the lab have been experimentally transplanted into live animals.

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How to Grow Lung Tissue

Lung tissue was grown on the decellularized scaffolding of an old lung to yield a transplantable organ.

Flexible Touch Screen Made with Printed Graphene

Sheets of atom-thick carbon could make displays that are super fast.

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Implantable Electrodes Target Pancreatic Cancer

Researchers use electric fields to get cancer drugs directly to tumors.

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A Paper Test for Liver Damage

A startup rolls out a cheap, disposable microfluidics test.

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Detecting Single Cancer Molecules

A new test could predict prostate cancer recurrence much earlier.

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