Nano-Noodles

Uh oh, spaghetti-o! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Foodies know, there’s a type of pasta for every occasion! Not just meat or cheese – we’re talking filters, biofuels, even wound healing! Really! But how do they get ‘em that small? Usually, we’d use nanofibers.

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A Helping Finger

We can all use a helping … finger? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Even doctors make mistakes. We’re all human after all! Or at least for now…Dun! Dun! DUN! Enter robots – good robots – and Hongbo Wang’s team at the University of Science

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Brain-blowing

Your brain is a masterpiece! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Scientists have long scratched their heads studying brains. But brain tissue is a scarce resource! Can we make more brains? Enter Yuanwei Yan and Xueyan Li from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They developed a

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Printed Cure

Get my medicine! From the printer! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Liver cancer is increasingly treatable, especially with surgery. But cancer cells can remain, growing new tumors. Souha H. Youssef and team at University of South Australia said, not so fast. They three-D printed

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Tiny Cancer Heroes

Go ahead cancer, make my day! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Our bodies naturally fight cancer by making killer cells or NK cells. Could we help NK cells become MORE Lethal Weapons? Enter Guk Park Seong and a team from the Ulsan National Institute

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Surgery Stickers

You’re putting WHAT inside me?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Intestinal surgery can lead to life-threatening fluid leaks. Ultrasound is a tool that images our insides, but it has a hard time distinguishing fluids. For example, normal stomach fluids versus abnormal bleeding. Jiaqui  Liu

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Fungal Construction

Doesn’t Bob the Builder seem like a fun-gi? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Wood, steel, concrete – SO last season! What’s the next ‘it’ construction material?  Ross McBee from Columbia University and his teams bet on LIVING BRICKS! They started with brick-shaped molds full

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Super Skin

Wearable tech… for your BIRTHDAY SUIT?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Imagine losing your sense of touch. You can move and pick things up, put your clothes on… But… no feelings!  Could we improve touch sensitivity? Enter Anna Coclite and team at Graz University

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Chill Pill

Pain got you HOT HEADED? Take a chill pill! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Pain is no fun for anyone. We FEEL it because our nerves send pain signals from wounds to our brains. Mercifully, we can stop our nerves from sending those signals.

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Fungal Construction

Doesn’t Bob the Builder seem like a fun-gi? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Wood, steel, concrete – SO last season! What’s the next ‘it’ construction material?  Ross McBee from Columbia University and his teams bet on LIVING BRICKS! They started with brick-shaped molds full

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