The Trump administration’s broad cuts to federal science budgets and staff are significantly impacting the U.S. research and development community. From National Institute of Health (NIH) labs to top-tier universities, scientists and engineers are facing stalled projects, hiring freezes, and growing uncertainty as efforts to reduce the federal workforce and suspend research funding take hold.…
Researchers say ingestible sensor could help with diagnosing GI disorders
Engineers at MIT and Caltech have developed an ingestible sensor that could more easily diagnose gastrointestinal motility disorders. This advance could help with the diagnosis of constipation, gastroesophageal reflux disease and gastroparesis. The engineers designed their tiny sensor to detect a magnetic field produced by an electromagnetic coil located outside of the patient’s body. The…