The discovery of a protein that serves as a biomarker for brain injuries has led to the creation of the world’s most sensitive organic thin film sensor—and a new way to brain injury during heart surgery.

Human Design Medical (Boston, MA) has launched what it claims is the smallest and most portable continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine. The Z1 device, that weighs only 10 ounces, can fit in the palm of the hand or in one’s coat pocket, and with a 26 decibel rating it is advertised as being quieter than conventional CPAPs.

Sleep easier with the Sleep Bracelet, a wrist-worn device that encourages the body to produce melatonin—the hormone that encourages good sleep.

Nano-based sensors able to be implanted under the skin for a year could provide researchers with new information as to how nitric oxide reacts with both healthy and cancerous cells.

Difficult to treat cancers often produce special proteins that defend tumors from cancer drugs before those even reach their targets. Ferrying drugs safely into tumor cells can turn otherwise untreatable cancers into more manageable diseases.

AIRO, a startup based in Kitchener-Waterloo, Canada has developed a wrist sensor that can track nutrition, stress, sleep and exercise.

A new nano carrier able to deliver drugs to cancer cells could serve as an “all-in-one tool” for fighting cancer.

Designed with people who live in earthquake-prone areas in mind, the Bloom collapsible helmet is compact enough to be included in a basic emergency kit.

To help prevent medication administration errors, the MedEye system identifies pills using computer vision to double-check the types and amounts.

Simple, inexpensive water-filters based on the natural water-purifying properties of plants could help reduce the occurrences of water-borne diseases in areas with no clean drinking water.