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Tiny Magnetic Robots Could Treat Bleeds In Brain

Researchers have created nanoscale robots which could be used to manage bleeds in the brain caused by aneurysms. The development could enable precise, relatively low-risk treatment of brain aneurysms, which cause around 500,000 deaths globally each year. The medical...

Pupil With Cancer Able To Attend School Using Robot

A south-west London pupil with cancer is being helped to keep up with school lessons by an interactive robot. Howard’s school attendance had dropped below 50% after he started intensive weekly chemotherapy in January, following his diagnosis of a rare kind of...

Paralysed Woman Inspires Mammogram Robot

A woman who is paralysed from the chest down is helping scientists in York develop a robot so people with mobility issues can receive breast screening. Jane Hudson, 53, from Harrogate, was unable to get an accurate mammogram because she could not get into the right...

Could Edible Robots Be Future Of Food And Medicine?

In a recent perspective review published in the journal Nature Reviews Materials, researchers collate and discuss ongoing progress in edible materials and how these materials can be used to develop robotic foods and edible robots. They reference more than 150...