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Robotics and augmented reality improve precision in complex jaw surgery

RAMRS consists of two modules. The first, robot‑assisted osteotomy, uses an optical tracking system and a collaborative robotic arm to guide the bone saw. A hand‑eye calibration procedure determines the exact pose of the robot's end‑effector relative to a tracking marker.

17 Jun 2026

U-M Health neurosurgeons complete first human implant of wireless brain computer interface

Neurosurgeons at University of Michigan Health completed the first-in-human implant of a Paradromics Inc., wireless brain-computer interface, or BCI, as part of a national clinical trial for patients with difficulty speaking.

17 Jun 2026

Smartphone apps and wearables help heart disease patients stay active

Smartphone apps, fitness trackers and wearable devices help people with heart disease get more physical activity in their daily lives, according to an analysis of previous research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

17 Jun 2026

Engineered cartilage grafts improve surgery for narrowed child airways

A study led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrated a new method of using decellularized cartilage with patient-specific cells to help enlarge the pediatric airways narrowed as a result of severe subglottic stenosis.

17 Jun 2026

New pico-calorimeter detects antibiotic resistance via direct heat traces

When living cells grow, divide, or respond to drugs, they give off tiny amounts of heat that offer information about what the cells are doing. But since these heat signals are so vanishingly small, they have been traditionally impossible to measure directly.

17 Jun 2026

Synthetic biology platform unmasks hidden bacterial targets of bacteriophages

An interdisciplinary team of Rice University researchers has uncovered previously unknown relationships between bacteriophages - viruses that infect bacteria - and their bacterial hosts, offering a powerful new tool for next-generation microbiome engineering.

17 Jun 2026

Retinal photographs may reveal early Alzheimer's disease risk

Often called "the window to the soul," the eyes may also offer clues about something less poetic but just as important: the health of the brain.

16 Jun 2026

New AI model protects patient privacy in ECG data

A common misperception exists that electrocardiograms (ECGs) simply contain data about heart activity.

16 Jun 2026

JMIR articles address AI clinical decision-making and health care worker burnout

JMIR Publications released two feature stories in its News and Perspectives section. Shalini Kathuria Narang's "Can Humanlike Reasoning Be Replicated in Large Language Models for Clinical Decision-Making?" and Sara Novak's "How Health Care Workers Can Manage Digital Fatigue" offer complementary looks into the capabilities of artificial intelligence in diagnostics, and the real-world exhaustion faced by medical professionals managing digital systems.

16 Jun 2026

Real-time brain stimulation improves gait for Parkinson's patients

UC San Francisco researchers have developed a new form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) that adjusts in real time as a person walks, helping improve gait and reduce falls in people with Parkinson's disease.

16 Jun 2026

Purdue develops next-generation platform to accelerate cancer drug discovery

Researchers at the Purdue Institute for Cancer Research (PICR) have developed a next-generation technology platform designed to dramatically accelerate one of the slowest and most challenging stages of cancer drug discovery: identifying promising compounds that could eventually become new therapies.

16 Jun 2026

Machine learning identifies natural compound to treat lung disease

A new study published in Engineering has combined machine learning (ML) and experimental validation to identify dihydromyricetin (DHM), a natural flavonoid, as a potent inhibitor of the TGF-β/ALK5 signaling cascade with therapeutic potential for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF).

16 Jun 2026

Bionic cooling skin accelerates healing and combats wound infections

As the global burden of infected wounds continues to rise-with over 300 million surgeries performed annually and postoperative infections affecting 5–20% of patients-conventional wound dressings face a critical limitation: no single product has successfully integrated protective function, wearing comfort, and efficient antibacterial activity.

15 Jun 2026

Engineered silica nanoparticles destroy prostate tumors in preclinical study

Prostate-targeted, engineered nanoparticles made of amorphous silica are effective in killing prostate tumors directly while enhancing anti-tumor immunity, according to a preclinical study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Cornell College of Engineering.

15 Jun 2026

Engineered blood clots form faster to stop severe bleeding

Blood clotting is one of the body's oldest survival mechanisms-a biological defense that has protected humans from dangerous bleeding for millions of years.

15 Jun 2026

Simple color cues help stroke patients control prosthetic devices

Controlling a robotic arm, a prosthetic hand, or a rehabilitation device is harder than it looks. Picking up an egg, for example, requires just the right amount of force: too little and it falls, too much and it breaks.

15 Jun 2026

UVA joins SPARK GLOBAL initiative to accelerate the development of new medicines

The University of Virginia has joined the SPARK GLOBAL initiative to accelerate the development of new medicines and find solutions for the most urgent and complex healthcare challenges of our time.

15 Jun 2026

New blueberry-sized ingestible sensor tracks internal body temperature

In a hospital or at home, temperatures are usually taken using an oral or forehead thermometer, but these do not always accurately reflect the core body temperature.

15 Jun 2026

AI-powered deep brain stimulation improves walking in Parkinson's patients

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been used for more than three decades to treat motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

15 Jun 2026

AI could help food systems detect pathogens, fraud, and contamination faster

A systematic review of 161 peer-reviewed publications found that AI research in food safety has expanded rapidly, rising from one study in 2012 to 46 in 2023. The review shows that machine learning and deep learning are being studied for pathogen detection, chemical contamination prediction, food fraud screening, outbreak surveillance, and regulatory decision-making, but data gaps, class imbalance, privacy limits, and model interpretability remain major barriers.

15 Jun 2026