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A biotech company is booking space on a future commercial space station to manufacture artificial retinas in orbit that could restore sight to thousands of blind patients. The breakthrough could turn space into a medicine factory.
Scientists have created tiny, printed artificial neurons that can communicate with living mouse brain cells, opening doors to smarter brain implants and energy-efficient AI. The breakthrough could help people control prosthetic limbs with their thoughts and may one day restore function lost to diseases like Alzheimer's.
Perth researchers are developing an artificial placenta that could give extremely premature babies three to four more weeks to grow before facing the outside world. The device, powered by the baby's own heartbeat, mimics the womb's life support system.
A medical breakthrough allowed a patient to survive for two full days without natural lungs, kept alive by an external artificial-lung system until a donor organ became available. This achievement marks a major step forward in bridging the gap between organ failure and life-saving transplants.
Scientists at MIT have developed electrically powered artificial muscle fibers that mimic how biological muscles work, bringing us closer to silent, lightweight prosthetics and robots. These breakthrough fibers bundle together just like real muscle and operate without bulky motors or noisy pumps.
A 33-year-old man dying from influenza survived after surgeons built an innovative artificial lung system that kept him alive for two crucial days. Two years later, he's thriving with new transplanted lungs.
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A research merger in Hong Kong is producing unexpected wins, including electronic artificial skin that combines pressure sensing with visual detail. The breakthrough shows how combining different scientific fields can speed up real-world solutions.
Scientists at the University of Twente and Radboudumc are building a working human retina on a microchip, eliminating the need for animal testing while speeding up treatment for rare eye diseases. They've already successfully combined the first two retinal layers, something never achieved before.
A Texas company has created an artificial egg that hatches healthy chicks without extra oxygen, opening doors for critically endangered species. The breakthrough technology could rescue damaged eggs and boost breeding programs for birds on the brink of extinction.
A Texas biotech company claims it successfully hatched chicks using artificial eggs that don't need extra oxygen, potentially opening new doors for saving endangered birds. While the breakthrough hasn't been peer-reviewed yet, the technology could help rescue damaged eggs and boost breeding programs for species on the brink.
Researchers at Colossal Biosciences successfully grew baby chicks in transparent 3D-printed shells, a breakthrough that could help save endangered bird species. The artificial eggs use a special membrane that lets embryos breathe just like real shells do.
A Texas biotech company successfully hatched 26 chickens in artificial eggs, bringing New Zealand's extinct giant moa one step closer to walking the earth again. The transparent, 3D-printed eggs solve a major challenge in bringing back the massive bird that vanished 500 years ago.
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A biotech company has successfully hatched 26 baby chickens from 3D-printed artificial eggshells, opening new doors for saving endangered birds. The breakthrough could help species whose eggs are too large for any living bird to incubate.
A Dallas biotech company has successfully grown baby chicks in transparent 3D-printed artificial eggs, marking a breakthrough that could help resurrect extinct bird species like the dodo. The technology also shows promise for advancing organ transplant research and understanding how life develops.
Scientists in Spain have proven that artificial wetlands can slash water pollution by up to 80 percent, offering a powerful nature-based solution to protect lakes and rivers. The breakthrough shows these green systems work even when treating unpredictable pollution from cities and farms.
A Texas biotech company has successfully hatched 26 chickens using breakthrough artificial eggs that could bring New Zealand's extinct giant moa back to life within a decade. The technology might also save endangered birds struggling to reproduce in captivity.
A Dallas biotech company successfully hatched healthy chickens using 3D-printed artificial eggs, a breakthrough that could help save endangered birds. The innovation could eventually bring extinct species back to life.
A biotech company just hatched over two dozen healthy chickens using completely artificial eggs, opening new possibilities for saving endangered birds. The breakthrough could help species on the brink of extinction while advancing efforts to bring back the dodo and other lost birds.
Scientists in Brazil have developed artificial saliva using a sugarcane protein that shields teeth from decay-causing acids. The breakthrough could transform dental care for cancer patients who lose their ability to produce saliva after radiation treatment.
Conservationists in northern Queensland celebrated a breakthrough when an endangered palm cockatoo successfully hatched and began raising a chick inside a handcrafted artificial tree hollow. The achievement offers new hope for a species with fewer than 2,000 individuals remaining in the wild.
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