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This allows researchers to show exactly how the blood cells change shape when the painkiller ibuprofen is released.

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Researchers have found a method which could make it possible to prevent life-threatening complications caused by leaking sutures.

Suturing a wound with a needle and thread was invented by man more than 5,000 years ago. This surgical premise has not altered much since then: incisions or tears in the tissue can be put together more or less properly depending on the fingertip sensation of the person doing the surgery and the instruments.

The construction industry as a sink for carbon dioxide? This is being worked on by researchers at Empa’s Concrete & Asphalt lab.

Brain-spine technology that helps a paralysed man walk and a laser beam that diverts lightning were among inventions that caught our eye in 2023.

Using a novel technique for defect detection, researchers from EPFL have settled a long-running dispute over laser additive manufacturing procedures.

Current drones used to hoist fire hoses up tall buildings and drop fire retardants are made of plastics and cannot fly near a fire.

Researchers in Switzerland and the UK have developed a heat-resistant drone that could be used to help fire fighters and rescue workers.

ETH Zurich and EPFL have launched a major renewable energy initiative to develop solutions to stock and transport green power.