The U.S. Department of Education has awarded $895,000 to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) through its program, Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAAN). With the funds, WPI will provide six needs-based fellowships to U.S. […]
Medical professionals from the National Defense Medical College (NDMC) in Japan recently participated in a subject matter expert exchange with their counterparts at the Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD). NDMC is Japan’s six-year university-level […]
The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Vanuatu and UNICEF have issued a request for tender inviting drone companies to bid on a contract to provide the logistical services to deliver vaccines via drones […]
Researchers at MIT have developed an ingestible sensor equipped with genetically engineered bacteria, that can diagnose bleeding in the stomach or other gastrointestinal problems. Called a “bacteria-on-a-chip”, the technology combines sensors made from living cells […]
Researchers from the University of California San Diego are set to launch a pilot clinical trial of a noninvasive, low-cost, single-use tattoo-like wearable that measures the user’s glucose levels. The sensor is flexible and ultra-thin, […]
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) will launch its new $39.7 million, 45,000-square-foot building in May of 2018. The Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS) has been under construction since 2015 […]
UCLA Health Sciences received a $20 million commitment from Los Angeles commercial real estate developers, Eugene and Maxine Rosenfeld, to expand and revitalize its learning resource center, which currently houses the UCLA Simulation Center. The […]
Researchers at the University of Alicante in Spain and the training center of the firm OASI have developed an innovative simulator for training emergency health procedures that is capable of creating unforeseen situations for which […]
A recent paper published in the journal Disability and Rehabilitation examines the potential benefits of using virtual reality (VR) to help paralyzed individuals improve their mobility. Using feedback from both patients and providers, researchers created […]
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is leading a team of private companies that propose to set up a network of distribution centers that would use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to make medical deliveries […]
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