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New smart bedding technology monitors residents' wellbeing in healthcare settings

Aussie medtech company Sleeptite and RMIT University researchers have secured a US patent for smart bedding technology designed to monitor residents' wellbeing in healthcare settings and identify falls risk so carers can intervene.

26 Oct 2026

UCL scientists design symbolic AI digital twins to treat cancer

In a new paper published in Cell Reports Medicine, the UCL team outline how they, in collaboration with a University of Cambridge team, developed a new type of treatment-predicting computer program that uses an individual's detailed genetic fingerprint to explore which treatments, if any, may kill their cancer – especially when standard treatments have failed.

26 Oct 2026

Implantable drug-delivery device could help prevent recurrence of glioblastoma

Patients with glioblastoma, an aggressive type of brain tumor, usually undergo surgery to remove the tumor. However, it's difficult for surgeons to remove all of the cancer cells, and the tumor often recurs.

26 Oct 2026

Smart probe makes aggressive breast cancer cells glow during surgery

Surgical removal of a tumor remains the primary defense against most solid cancers. However, for surgeons in the operating room, differentiating between the outer edges of a tumor and healthy tissue is a challenge.

26 Oct 2026

KAIST team develops neural chip to track Alzheimer's drug response

What happens in the brain after an Alzheimer's drug is administered? A joint research team led by KAIST has used a small, implantable neural chip to wirelessly monitor real-time changes in a neurotransmitter involved in memory and learning.

26 Oct 2026

New augmented reality technology guides surgeons to hidden tumors

A research collaboration in Gothenburg has developed technology that creates an interactive 3D image of an organ during surgery.

26 Oct 2026

New archiving technique reveals past gene activity in cells

Information on what a cell did a few hours or days ago is generally unavailable to researchers, who can only measure the cell's current status.

26 Oct 2026

One in three young adults turns to AI for substance use

More than 32% of participants in a Rutgers study reported using ChatGPT and similar chatbots for substance-use information.

26 Oct 2026

SAFE Structure Designs supports nonprofit providing prosthetic legs to amputees

SAFE Structure Designs, a Las Vegas-based defense engineering and manufacturing company led by President and CEO Johnny Buscema, is supporting 50 Legs as a donor and raising awareness of its work helping children and adults with limb loss access quality prosthetic legs.

24 Oct 2026

Digital tools and phone coaching boost cancer genetic testing uptake

About 10% of cancers are linked to an inherited genetic variant, but as few as 1 in 15 cancer patients eligible for genetic testing complete it.

23 Oct 2026

$New ultrasound platform detects early-stage stress fractures without radiation$

New ultrasound platform detects early-stage stress fractures without radiation

Tibial stress fractures are among the most common overuse injuries affecting military personnel, but they can be difficult to identify in their earliest stages.

23 Oct 2026

EEG monitoring offers new way to detect cybersickness

For years, developers of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies have worked to address an unwanted side effect many users experience: cybersickness, a type of motion sickness triggered by moving digital content.

23 Oct 2026

Low-power implantable neural chip tracks communication across brain regions

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a therapeutic technique that delivers electrical pulses to specific areas of the brain via an implant to modulate neural activity.

23 Oct 2026

BioUK Awards 2026 celebrate outstanding achievement and breakthrough innovations from across the life sciences

BioUK, the not-for-profit membership organization focused on catalyzing success in UK life sciences, today announced the winners of the 18th annual BioUK Awards following a ceremony hosted at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.

From BioUK 23 Oct 2026

Electronic implant lowers blood glucose and reduces weight in mice

Type 2 diabetes is becoming increasingly common worldwide. Unlike type 1 diabetes, it is often linked to obesity, a sedentary lifestyle and excess energy intake over many years.

23 Oct 2026

Brain-computer interface enables unresponsive ICU patients to control sounds

Unresponsive ICU patients in a new Columbia study were able to raise and lower the frequency of a beeping tone with their minds, via noninvasive EEG electrodes that recorded and translated their brainwaves.

23 Oct 2026

AI scoring tool may guide skin biopsy decision

Mayo Clinic researchers have found that an artificial intelligence (AI) tool may provide dermatologists with additional information to help assess whether skin lesions are cancerous and inform their clinical decisions about whether to biopsy or monitor them, according to a study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

22 Oct 2026

Hands-on device training improves pediatric resident communication skills

New research from Advocate Health's Advocate Aurora Research Institute suggests that giving pediatric residents hands-on training with medical devices may help them communicate more effectively with the families of children frequently hospitalized in pediatric units.

22 Oct 2026

Large-scale meteorological patterns linked to Ebola virus outbreaks

A study led by the University of Malaga has shown that outbreaks of Ebola virus do not occur randomly over time; rather, their appearance is linked to specific large-scale meteorological patterns, even with oscillations occurring in regions thousands of miles away from Central Africa, where they are currently suffering from an epidemic of this disease, which can be fatal.

22 Oct 2026

New medical adhesive patch sticks securely but detaches with ease

Most people remember the sharp sting of removing a bandage from the knee. For people with fragile skin, however, this moment can be more than brief discomfort.

22 Oct 2026