MED-TECH | Nicotine pouches aid smoking decline — FDA official
Zyn nicotine pouches, which have gained increasing popularity in the United States, could serve as transitional products away from smoking,...
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CORONAVIUS | Israel develops ultraviolet system to disinfect rooms amid COVID-19 outbreak
JERUSALEM -- Israeli researchers have developed an advanced device for quickly disinfecting rooms, especially in hospitals, as part of the...
CORONAVIRUS | Apple partners with CDC, White House to launch COVID-19 website, app
WASHINGTON -- Apple has developed a new website and app that will provide a screening tool for COVID-19 symptoms and...
HEALTH | Scientists identify new HIV strain, first in nearly 20 years
WASHINGTON -- A team of U.S. researchers have identified a new strain of HIV, the first time a new subtype...
TELECOM | 5G, robots contribute to surgeries in China
BEIJING, CHINA -- Robots guided by doctors in a remote location through 5G wireless technology have completed major portions of...
SCI-TECH | Scientists remotely manipulate brain cells using smartphone
WASHINGTON -- Scientists in the United States and Republic of Korea developed a device that can control neural circuits in...
MED-TECH | Scientists create new technique to 3D print heart scaffold
WASHINGTON -- Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University used soft and living materials to create a biological scaffold, making a step...
MED-TECH | Israel launches cells, organs 3D bio-printing center
JERUSALEM -- The Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) launched Wednesday an advanced center for three-dimensional (3D) printing of cells, tissues...
MED-TECH | Tiny robotic tool developed to detect, kill cancer cells: study
WASHINGTON -- Canadian scientists developed a kind of magnetic "tweezers" that can precisely bring minuscule bead robot into live human...
MED-TECH | Scientists develop potential therapy for aggressive breast cancer
WASHINGTON -- American and Chinese researchers developed an experimental therapy that can reduce the spread of a kind of hard-to-treat...