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Synthetic Melanin Protects from Radiation Damage
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new biomaterial, selenomelanin, that can help protect people from radiation. The new substance, chemically synthesized and produced by bacteria, helps protect cells from radiation more...
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NASA Launches "Lunar Loo" Challenge to Design a Reduced Gravity Toilet
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has set an exciting, yet ambitious timeline to get us back to the moon by 2024! But instead of merely planting a flag, playing a round of golf, and collecting some rocks to bring home,...
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Printing Skin, Bones for Surgeries on Way to Mars
Traveling to Mars, our closest planet and which may one day serve as another base for humanity, is very far away. Any practical mission there and back will take years. The health of the astronauts undertaking such a journey will be paramount,...
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Medtronic's Micra Pacemaker Survives Flight to Space
This is an update to a recent story of ours on the first pacemaker in space. The Medtronic Micra is the smallest pacemaker currently available. It's so small that it's delivered via a catheter and attached to the endocardium of the heart, where its...
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Medtronic's Tiny Micra Pacemaker Going on a Space Flight
These days astronauts are some of the healthiest and physically robust individuals that NASA can get a hold of. But one day we may see all kinds of people going to space, even those with heart conditions. Shelbi Klingsporn, a Nebraska high school...
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NASA and HeroX Announce Winners of the Space Poop Challenge
A few months ago, we wrote about a NASA and HeroX design challenge that would address a dirty, overlooked, but absolutely necessary component of space travel: human waste collection. NASA's Space Poop Challenge had over 5000 submissions from a...
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Miniature Sensor Measures Velocity of Blood Flow Below Skin
Kyocera Corporation out of Kyoto, Japan has announced the development of a tiny optical sensor for measuring blood flow within subcutaneous tissue. Readings from such a device may help assess how injured tissue is healing, produce evidence...
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New Acetone Breathalyzer May Replace Blood Glucose Testing for Managing Diabetes
Having the ability to check glucose levels without taking a blood sample would transform diabetes care and improve the lives of people living with the disease. One way of doing this is to measure the concentration of acetone in exhaled breath,...
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Smart Contactless Clothing Monitors Vital Signs
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and ECLAT Textiles announced iSmartweaR, a clothing line designed to monitor vital signs. Its main feature is that it's contactless, allowing you to move without restrictions as you track...
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