Category: Technology & Devices
New laser machine promises painless removal of tattoos without any scar
PicoSure, the new laser machine designed to delete tattoos, promises to almost completely remove a tattoo without leaving any shading or scars. PicoSure, which initially went on sale in the United State, is being tested in the Centre for Laser […]
NEA eyes drones in dengue fight
SINGAPORE – Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones could be used by the National Environment Agency (NEA) as its latest weapon against the dengue scourge. NEA told My Paper that it is assessing various proposals it has received. The use […]
Now, surgery can permanently alter your eye color
Colored lenses are often used by people who are unhappy with their eye color, but a number of people can now undergo a surgery that is currently being conducted by just four doctors in the world, including an Indian doctor, […]
Needle-sized robot offers hope to brain hemorrhage sufferers
Scientists have developed a new robot which could help in surgery to relieve the damaging pressure caused by hemorrhaging in the brain. That is the basic premise of a new image-guided surgical system under development at Vanderbilt University. It employs […]
High-tech gadgets can be produced on the cheap thanks to common salt
Common salt could be the answer of producing low cost high-tech gadgets after researchers found that it can allow mass commercial production of silicon nanostructure, which has a large range of applications from electronics to biomedicine. By melting and absorbing […]
Japanese researchers develop highly efficient probe for DNA analysis
Researchers at RIKEN and Japanese firm K.K.DNAFORM have developed a highly efficient and reliable fluorescent probe, known as Eprobe, for PCR DNA amplification techniques and DNA analysis in hybridization experiments. This technology will enable the development of new, advanced assays […]
Nailing that elusive dengue vaccine
LYON – It has been a 20-year endeavour and the tests are still ongoing, but vaccine giant Sanofi Pasteur is so confident its dengue vaccine will work that it has already built a 300 million euro (S$504 million) plant to […]
Portable screening device that detects cancer early developed
Researchers led by Gang Li from Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences are developing a new portable device that can provide point-of-care diagnostic testing to detect cancer at its earliest stages, a new […]
Rubber-like protein in insects finds medical applications
RESILIN, a natural polymeric rubber-like protein with outstanding elasticity found in insects (anthropods) that enable them to jump, hop or flasp their wings has been discovered to have major potential uses in medicine, according to scientists. In an article published […]
Vaccines ensure rabies won’t jump to humans
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – There will be no human rabies outbreak because the government has prepared ample vaccines, according to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) chief Chang Feng-yee (張峰義). Anyone bitten or scratched by a wild mammal or a stray cat […]
