University of Twente

While some blood clots can be removed via a tool that's inserted into the affected vein or artery, others are harder to reach. Those other clots could one day be treated using "millirobots" that auger their way through the patient's blood vessels.

A new research project at the University of Twente could be of great use to anti-poaching efforts, by mixing motion sensors with machine learning to recognize when wildlife is responding to a nearby threat.

​Getting a tattoo certainly isn't known for being a comfortable process. It can also cause damage to the skin, plus it results in bio-hazardous used needles that need to be properly disposed of. A new needle-free technique, however, gets around all of those problems.

​Three years ago, the city of Los Angeles covered the surface of the LA Basin with 96 million shade-providing floating balls, in order to keep the water beneath from evaporating. Now, a new study suggests that the making of the plastic balls may have have used up more water than they saved.

​One of the more debilitating symptoms of Parkinson's disease is something known as "gait freeze," wherein the person temporarily loses the ability to step forward while walking. Scientists have come up with something that significantly reduces the problem, however – shoes with lasers in them.

​​After stroke patients finish their programs at rehabilitation clinics, it's important to know how they progress at home. That's why a student at the University of Twente developed a sensor-laden suit that transmits data to therapists via the internet.​

Duchenne muscular dystrophy causes the victim's muscles to shrink throughout their lifetime, often to the point that the arms and legs can't be used at all. That's why the A-Gear project is designing two arm-worn exoskeletons, intended to help Duchenne patients retain the use of their arms.

On the latest Russian Soyuz capsule to dock with the station, NASA sent along a pair of high-tech ForceShoes to monitor astronauts as they exercise to make sure they get the full benefits of their workouts.

A team of researchers from the University of Twente in the Netherlands, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Germany’s University of Freiburg have developed a micro-engine that burns oxygen and hydrogen, but there’s a small problem; they’re not sure how the thing works.

A prototype lab-on-a-chip device is able to count the number of sperm in an ejaculate sample, and can differentiate between those that are and are not motile.

Dutch researchers developed a way to store electronic spin information into silicon, which could then be manipulated by a new spintronics transistor developed by Toshiba.