❤️ Health Tech
Health Tech, or digital health, helps us understand and take control of our own health. But we also cover more traditional health news like medicines, vaccines and medical procedures.
🧒 A new app can detect autism in children
A new app records eye movements in kids to evaluate the probability of autism.
🦾 Swedish inventors build a suit that reduces spasms
Mollii is the name of the invention that helps people affected by, among other things, Parkinson's or stroke to move better. The suit works by stimulating the body with electrical signals.
💉 A new malaria vaccine shows better results than expected
In a study, a new vaccine provides 77% protection against malaria. The vaccine can be mass-produced cheaply.
📱 A new app will help women with urine leakage
An app with information and exercise programs can reduce the discomfort for women with urinary incontinence.
📗 The book that explores why we age and why we don't have to
The first person to turn 150 may already be born, says David Sinclair. He is one of the foremost profiles in longevity research and explores the subject in the book "Lifespan: Why We Age ― and Why We Don't Have To".
🌸 Scientists can now predict what the whole pollen season is going to look like
The daily forecasts for grass pollen levels can now be supplemented with forecasts for what the whole season will look like.
👨💻AI creates whole new proteins
Researchers have created an AI that quickly creates and sorts proteins. A breakthrough for the science of making medicine.
⛑ Smart bandages can detect covid
Bandages with sensors for temperature and tension in the skin can self-monitor so that the wound heals better. The same bandage could also potentially be used to alert for Covid-symptoms.
🌏 Corona makes it easy to be optimistic about coopetition
The recent vaccine race could be the first impressive example of how cooperative competition, or coopetition, on a larger scale will fold out in the 2020s, writes Anna Rennéus Guthrie.