How Kelly Coverdale is advancing the nation’s biomedical device industry
Kelly Coverdale is advancing Australia’s biomedical industry at a leading innovator – and supporting the next generation of engineering in ...
Tag: biomedical engineering
Biomedical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes.
Diamond-coated medical implants aren’t for looks: they have real benefits
Kate Fox is following up her pioneering work with bionic electrodes by seeing if nanodiamonds can help make better titanium ...
Students win global competition with cholesterol-busting nanofilter
Proving the best designs are often found in nature, students from the University of Sydney have taken out first place ...
Diabetes treatment is moving towards a needle-free future
It’s a way of life for the millions of people with Type 1 diabetes: one injection to test blood sugar ...
Engineering researchers flag a golden future for new, non-toxic cancer treatments
Cancer treatments have come a long way, but still have toxic side effects. Australian researchers are hoping to solve these ...
An ingenious sensor promises to make cancer treatment safer for patients
A life-saving temperature sensor devised by Jacqueline Savage could give cancer patients a much better chance of surviving treatment.
Biomedical engineers, telecommunications experts and more named as 2019 Eureka Prize winners
The winners of the 2019 Australian Museum Eureka Prizes were revealed last week, and engineers had a strong showing across ...
Plasma coatings show promise for decreasing infection and rejection rates for bone implants
Australia’s ageing and active population is seeing the number of orthopaedic implants rise. A team is working on a coating ...
3D printer that creates lifelike tumours for research takes out top design award
A world-first 3D bioprinter with the ability to replicate the structure of cancer cells has been awarded the 2019 Good ...
Australian bioengineering inspirations, from the pacemaker to the bionic eye
Australia’s innovative engineers have played a major role in developing the world’s biomedical capabilities.
