Biotech

Researchers are training algorithms to emulate trained dogs’ ability to detect cancer and other diseases, perhaps including COVID-19

Scientists make and treat a 3-D-printed model of a ballooning blood vessel

Scientific American and the World Economic Forum sifted through more than 75 nominations for the most innovative and potentially game-changing technologies in 2020. The final top 10 span the fields of medicine, engineering, environmental sciences and chemistry. And to win the nod, the technologies must have the potential to spur progress in societies and economies by outperforming established ways of doing things. They also need to be novel (that is, not currently in wide use) yet likely to have a major impact within the next three to five years. Here’s your guide for the (hopefully) near future. 

Read the full report here.

An experiment stimulates monkeys’ brain to generate shape perceptions

Google’s deep-learning program for determining the 3-D shapes of proteins stands to transform biology, scientists say

A radical procedure restores touch and grasping in former amputees

Fewer trips to medical labs make care more accessible

A big advance in synthetic biology

Therapeutic and diagnostic apps and bots are almost here

Bacterial breathing helps to build a futuristic “2-D” semiconductor

An article in Naturelays out 10 bold predictions for a field whose extraordinary achievements are just the beginning of what could be possible

Scientific American’s senior medicine editor Josh Fischman talks about issues in medicine and public health that will be affected by this election.