New Strategies for Addressing Antibiotic Resistance Offer Promise, but Time is Running Out 

New Strategies for Addressing Antibiotic Resistance Offer Promise, but Time is Running Out

New Strategies for Addressing Antibiotic Resistance Offer Promise, but Time is Running Out 789 444 IEEE Pulse

As antibacterial resistance increases—now thought responsible for an estimated 5 million deaths worldwide each year—scientists are investigating two distinct approaches to combating this deadly problem: Develop new antibiotics that defy pathogen resistance or design methods that hone antibiotic selection and fight individual infections better

Artificial Intelligence Aided Ethics in Frontier Research

Artificial Intelligence Aided Ethics in Frontier Research

Artificial Intelligence Aided Ethics in Frontier Research 789 444 IEEE Pulse

Emergent technologies are frequently demonized due to the fear of the unknown. The doubts and alarms are more often than not sparked by their own developers, in a secret wish to become the masters of such fears, and thereby increase their control and influence upon laymen

Smart Contact Lenses Keep an Eye on Healt

Smart Contact Lenses Keep an Eye on Health

Smart Contact Lenses Keep an Eye on Health 789 444 IEEE Pulse

Contact lenses offer an ideal position to monitor glucose and other health factors, but developing safe and easy-to-wear smart lenses remains a challenge

Designing Devices for Vulnerable Populations: What Needs to Change?

Designing Devices for Vulnerable Populations: What Needs to Change?

Designing Devices for Vulnerable Populations: What Needs to Change? 789 444 IEEE Pulse

The health and well-being of refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and stateless communities are often at risk due to political, logistical, and security challenges associated with providing adequate and timely medical aid to the deserving groups.

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Engineering Superiority

The Famous engineer Henry Petroski once wrote about one of his students who asked, “Why do engineering students feel superior to those of us studying in nontechnical fields?”

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Digital Human Modeling and Medicine 150 150 IEEE Pulse

Digital Human Modeling and Medicine

This text, Digital Human Modeling and Medicine, is a comprehensive overview in 32 chapters distributed within six sections of the state-of-the-art and applications of the field of human modeling and applications in medicine

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From Mentorship to Success: A Tapestry of Experiences in the IEEE EMBS Student Mentoring Program 150 150 IEEE Pulse

From Mentorship to Success: A Tapestry of Experiences in the IEEE EMBS Student Mentoring Program

Unveiling the powerful voices of mentors, mentees, and volunteers in the IEEE EMBS Student Mentoring Program

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Join the EMBS

In an era where technology is expanding at a rapid rate and the needs for medical application of these technologies has never been greater, the intersection between engineering, medicine and biology is a critical place to be. The IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society is well-positioned to serve as a central gathering point for both of these major disciplines.