Medical innovations
20 Results
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Environment Impacts Immunity
The article describes an experiment conducted by scientists which resulted in the discovery that the environment impacts immunity!
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Germ Fighter Discovered
The article describes a new compound found in soil that actually acts as an antibiotic, so it helps fight bacteria! This could possibly lead to new medications that fight diseases tha…
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Measles Outbreak
The article describes a sudden measles outbreak and how it was traced back to Disney parks in California. Health officials believe that visiting crowded areas is still safe, however, …
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Teens Help Save the World
The article describes medical innovations created by teenagers! These teens spent months on their research and building these projects to wow the judges at a science and engineering c…
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Are Your Medications Safe?
Scientists have uncovered that the FDA has been covering up fraud in medical trials! This means that some medications may not be as safe as you think they are!
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3D Printed Faces
This article describes 3D printing prosthetic faces for patients who have lost part of their face due to an accident, injury, or infection. The new faces are created by scanning the p…
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Science Finds the Best Hiding Spot
The article describes how Cornell University scientists were inspired to find the best zombie apocalypse hiding spot! They will reveal their findings later at a conference, and they w…
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Mice Help Teach About Human Disease
Mice and humans do not look the same, and they definitely do not act the same, but human and mouse genes are 85 to 90 percent similar to each other! This means that learning about mic…
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Virtual Wounds and Virtual Healing
The article describes a virtual program created to simulate the spread of bacteria and diseases in the body. Scientists are able to see how the body handles the bacteria, and they can…
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Why Do Knuckles Crack?
Scientists have finally solved the mystery of why knuckles make a cracking noise. The debate about why the noise is made has been going on for years, and a group of scientists decided…
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Conjoined Twins
The article describes conjoined twins who were connected at the head. They recently underwent surgery to separate, and they are now recovering. The article describes the rare conditio…
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) has many uses - more than just helping robots overcome the human race. AI can actually help scientists, doctors, and engineers accomplish tasks all over t…
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Masked Hypertension
The article describes masked hypertension. This is a condition in which a patient's blood pressure is measured to be a normal pressure at the doctor's office, but the blood pressure r…
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All About Penicillin
The article describes penicillin, its discovery, uses, and how bacteria are becoming more and more resistant. Students will learn about the discovery of the antibiotic and about antib…
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Glowing Gloves
The article describes a new type of glove that was created that may help with crime scene investigations in the future. The gloves have living material in them, and the living materia…
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Safe Plastics
People buy BPA free bottles to be safe, however they are unaware that BPA free plastics may still contain harmful chemicals.
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Humanoid Robots
Scientists and engineers want to start using humanoid robots to grow organs that can be used for transplants!
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Phantom Cell Phone Buzzes
The article describes the possible reasons behind phantom cell phone buzzing. If you feel your phone vibrate when it really hasn't more than once a day, you may be addicted to your ce…
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Parasite Rash
A woman went on vacation and returned with an itchy rash which turned out to be a parasite that infected her by biting and entering her leg. These parasites don't normall infect humans!
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3D Printing Glass
Scientists can now 3D print using glass! The video shows how they are able to do so! This new innovation allows for the advancement of many different technologies!
