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A laboratory system that selectively removes paraffin wax from small areas of preserved tissue samples. It uses controlled heat, minimal solvent, and vacuum-assisted removal to prepare only the area needed for analysis. Tissue samples preserved in paraffin are widely used in cancer research and clinical testing, but conventional preparation can be slow and may affect the sample; this approach helps preserve more of the tissue while enabling faster, more precise analysis with less solvent. Potential uses include cancer biomarker research, clinical tissue analysis, and histology and forensic testing.

A suite of rapid diagnostic technologies that detects bacteria capable of breaking down beta-lactam and carbapenem antibiotics using colour-changing assays and light-producing biosensors, supporting faster antibiotic-resistance screening, clinical decision-making, and treatment research.

A cancer vaccine that combines dead cancer cells with two ingredients that boost the immune system: a small piece of DNA (CpG-1826) and an immune signalling protein (IL-27). Together, these train the immune system to attack tumours and remember them, helping protect against the cancer coming back. Most cancer vaccines use either cancer cell material or immune boosters, but not both together, and older ways of delivering IL-27 were slow and complicated; this vaccine offers a simpler way to combine the cancer target and the immune boosters in one shot, while letting doctors adjust the amount of each. Potential uses include preventing cancer in people at high risk, slowing tumour growth in patients already diagnosed, and preventing cancer from coming back after treatment.

A compact device that converts mechanical vibrations into electrical energy using a moving permanent magnet, a stationary coil, and a flexible spring structure. Its rotating mass can passively adjust the device's resonant frequency as the vibration environment changes, allowing it to continue generating power across a wider range of operating conditions. Conventional vibration energy harvesters often work efficiently only at one specific frequency, so power output can drop significantly when machinery changes speed; this design tunes itself mechanically without batteries, motors, sensors, or electronic controls, and in testing it increased the operating bandwidth compared with a fixed-mass design while generating enough power to potentially support wireless electronic systems. Potential uses include self-powered wireless sensors for industrial machinery, predictive maintenance and equipment monitoring, vehicle and transportation monitoring, structural-health monitoring, and battery-assisted or battery-free Internet-of-Things devices.