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Tips For Weather Emergencies

CPR: Important Role In The Opioid Crisis

Extreme weather can happen anywhere at any given time, and there are some steps that you can take to help protect yourself and loved ones in the event of a weather emergency, are you prepared? In regards to a weather emergency there is more to being prepared than planning on boarding up windows, stocking supplies, …

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Ingestible Diagnostics Sensor

Ingestible Diagnostics Sensor

MIT researchers have created an ingestible diagnostics sensor equipped with genetically engineered bacteria which can help to diagnose gastrointestinal problems, as published in Science.   Living cells combined with ultra low power electronics comprise this bacteria on a stick method, which converts bacteria responses into wireless signals that can be read on a smartphone, furthering …

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