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Alternative medicine
fromNature
1 week ago

Magnetic gel injected into the heart could stop strokes

A magnetic hydrogel fluid injected into the heart seals the left atrial appendage to prevent stroke-causing clots in patients with irregular heartbeats.
Alternative medicine
fromNatural Health News
8 months ago

Breakthrough MIT "bubble wrap" water harvester pulls safe drinking water from desert air without electricity

MIT engineers developed a device that extracts drinking water from air using hydrogel and passive cooling, functional in arid regions without external power.
fromArs Technica
10 months ago

Scientists made a stretchable lithium battery you can bend, cut, or stab

"All such batteries could [only] operate [for] a short time, sometimes a few hours, sometimes a few days," says Liwei Lin, a mechanical engineering professor at UC Berkeley and senior author of the study.
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