Universal flu vaccine. Flu longer will be a mandatory element of autumn and winter thanks to the new vaccine that covers a vast majority of flu strands around the world.
Cardboard helmet saves lives. With urban bike programs booming, there’s a growing need for a light, foldable helmet available from a vending machine. Meet EcoHelmet.
Thermal lens to peer into living cells. Advances in mid-IR photothermal imaging have allowed researchers to achieve chemical images of structures less than a micron across. The "thermal lens" approach is similar to"the mirage effect that you see on a hot summer day over a road surface."
3D printer mends bones. The new "hyperelastic bone" can be manufactured on demand, eliminating the need to take out another part of a bone (graft). With the new method a new bone can be printed the same day.
Water next rocket fuel? Researchers led by NASA are hoping to launch a satellite called "CubeSat" where water will be used not as a propellant but to be split into hydrogen and oxygen and use them as fuel.
Photo caption: MIP imaging allowed the Purdue team to visualize tiny, sub-micrometer lipid droplets. Courtesy of Optics and Photonics
