Simple New System Keeps Microscopes in Focus Automatically

The new autofocus technique could eliminate much of the labor involved in high-throughput microscopy

Scanning the Body with Sound

Caltech researchers have developed a system that can perform deep ultrasound imaging on whole cross-sections of the human body.

Stretchy, Soft, and Sticky: Advancing the Next Generation of Wearable and Implantable Sensors

Wei Gao and his lab have developed a flexible interface for medical sensing that moves with the body and a closed-loop therapeutic platform that can adhere to wet tissue.

New IBMS10 Award Honoring Mory Gharib

New IBMS10 Award Honoring Mory Gharib

Lihong Wang Elected to the National Academy of Medicine

Wang, a leader in developing novel imaging technologies, is among 100 newly named members of the advisory academy.

New "Smart Capsule" to Study the Health of the GI Tract

PillTrek offers a swallowable way to monitor a variety of biomarkers in the complex environment of the gut

AI-Assisted Technique Offers Safe, Effective, Painless Breast Imaging Alternative

The method, which has now been tested on human patients, performs comparably to mammography and MRI without any of the risk or discomfort

John Dabiri and Wei Gao Elected 2025 AIMBE Fellows

John Dabiri, Centennial Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering, and Wei Gao, Professor of Medical Engineering; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute, have been elected to the...

Smart Bandage Clears New Hurdle: Monitors Chronic Wounds in Human Patients

The iCares bandage uses innovative microfluidic components, sensors, and machine learning to sample and analyze wounds and provide data to help patients and caregivers make treatment decisions

Four Faculty Members, Four Alums Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Election to the academy is considered amongst the highest professional honors for scientists.

3D Printing In Vivo Using Sound

New technique for cell or drug delivery, localization of bioelectric materials, and wound healing uses ultrasound to activate printing within the body

Smart Bandage Clears New Hurdle: Monitors Chronic Wounds in Human Patients

The iCares bandage uses innovative microfluidic components, sensors, and machine learning to sample and analyze wounds and provide data to help patients and caregivers make treatment decisions

Printable Molecule-Selective Nanoparticles Enable Mass Production of Wearable Biosensors

Wei Gao's lab has developed a way to print nanoparticles like ink, creating inexpensive sweat sensors that can continuously monitor multiple molecules.

Postdoc Inho Kim selected as the 2024 Innovator of Material Science by the MIT Technology Review:...

Postdoc Inho Kim selected as the 2024 Innovator of Material Science by the MIT Technology Review: 35 Innovators Under 35

Two New Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators Named

Viviana Gradinaru and André Hoelz are among 26 newly selected HHMI investigators who will receive flexible funding to pursue "discoveries that will change our world for the better"

Smart Pills to Help Diagnose Gut Disorders

Azita Emami, Mikhail Shapiro, and Caltech students have developed a technological platform that would allow medical professionals to precisely track in real time the location of a smart pill as it...

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