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Medical & healthcare

Portable, practical, inflatable: surgery in the bubble

Micro-actuator could find use in microfluidics and drug delivery

Nanoscale device can capture and release tumour cells

Liquid-nitrogen-cooled sensors could improve brain research

Bright sparks in the winter gloom

Porcupine quills inspire design of new medical technologies

Device could mass-produce nano-patterned materials

Sensor measures individual particles in a blood sample

A Nuffield-Both breathing machine, adapted by George Smith-Clarke

December 1956: improving iron lungs

Curved LCD display can be embedded in contact lenses

Technology could assist with treatment of damaged corneas

3D printing set to hit the mainstream