AirPods-sized fluorescence analytical device holds promise for timely home molecular testing
Advances in medical technology have improved health in part by bringing key aspects of care, once difficult to access, into the home. Tracking symptoms and even screening for certain types of illness outside of a laboratory or clinical setting puts more control into the hands of patients.
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A 3D-printed battery designed at Queen's University Belfast could speed up energy storage research.
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A quantum problem once described as impossible for classical computers has now been solved using relatively modest hardw…
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