An Interest In:
Web News this Week
- March 28, 2024
- March 27, 2024
- March 26, 2024
- March 25, 2024
- March 24, 2024
- March 23, 2024
- March 22, 2024
Swallowing this smart nano pill could stop us from making diet mistakes
It's not always talked about in polite company, but your body produces a lot of gases scientists know little about.
A new smart pill, designed at Melbourne's RMIT University, could help us learn more and may eventually assist in customising what we eat to suit our bodies
Researchers from the Centre for Advanced Electronics and Sensors have developed the pill, which can measure intestinal gases, and they have now undertaken the first animal tests using the technology to examine the impact of fibre on the gut.
RMIT professor Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh, whose previous work has included pollution-detecting sensors, told Mashable Australia the development could tell us more about issues linked to intestinal gases, including colon cancer, irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease. Read more...
More about Health, Australia, Science, Tech, and Dev DesignOriginal Link: http://feeds.mashable.com/~r/mashable/tech/~3/VRotR4yjW80/
Mashable
Mashable is the top source for news in social and digital media, technology and web culture.More About this Source Visit Mashable