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Pioneering pharmaceutical and food industry innovation with organs-on-chips

• Organ-on-a-chip systems (OoCs), which use stem cells and microelectronics to digitally model human biology, are transforming biomedical research.
• In France, Netri, the winner of a CES 2025 Innovation Award, has emerged as the leader of a revolution in the making. Earlier this month, the Lyonnaise scale-up opened a new production facility to cope with growing demand for the new technology.
• Company CEO Thibault Honegger explains how OoCs work and how they can drive research and innovation in healthcare, cosmetics and the food industry.
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A gloved hand uses a pipette to add red liquid into culture plates in a laboratory setting.
A person checks their heart rate on a smartwatch while holding a smartphone. The setting is natural, with trees in the background.
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Wireless Power Transfers: ERWPT breaks new ground with electric fields

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Researchers have developed a kirigami-inspired mechanical computer with no electronic components.
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IoT and soft robotics: is mechanical computing making a comeback?

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In a bright, modern office, a group of four people is engaged in a brainstorming session. A man is writing on a whiteboard, while three others, seated around a wooden table, are discussing and looking at a laptop. Colorful sticky notes are visible on the board. The space is decorated with colorful curtains and hanging lamps, creating a dynamic and collaborative atmosphere.
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Launching new technologies: “Sometimes it’s better to wait for the right moment”

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Soft Robotics Lab – ETH Zürich (lab head: Prof. Robert Katzschmann (not in the picture). From left to right: Jose Greminger (Master student), Pablo Paniagua (Master student), Jakob Schreiner (visiting PhD student), Aiste Balciunaite (PhD student), Miriam Filippi (Established researcher), and Asia Badolato (PhD student).
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When will we see living robots? The challenges facing biohybrid robotics

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person wearing bioelectronic fibre arrays for dual-ECG signal acquisition / credit: Wenyu Wang and Yuan Shui
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Bioelectronics: disease monitoring sensors that can be printed directly onto human skin

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Artificial pollination: robotic solutions that aim to supplement the work of bees

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