Show Notes 17 April 2026


Researchers Develop 3D Printed Lab-Grown Ear Cartilage

3DPrinting.com https://3dprinting.com/news/researchers-develop-3d-printed-lab-grown-ear-cartilage/

3D Printed Ear Video ETH Zurich YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01U6KC35dKw

Novel prosthetic design combines AI and 3D printing to improve fit

Robert Egan MedicalXpress.com

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-03-prosthetic-combines-ai-3d.html

AI blood test finds silent liver disease years before symptoms

Johns Hopkins Medicine

ScienceDaily.com https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/03/260305223204.htm

AI Liver Disease Research Paper Science Translational Medicine

Science.org 

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adw2603

The Future of Mobility: How Advanced Robotic Prosthetics are Restoring Touch and Motion

Kevin Famuyiro 

Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/doctors-scientists/innovations/technology/story/advanced-robotic-prosthetics-surgery-sensors-bionic-limbs

Inside world's first hydrogen-powered cruise scheduled to set sail this year

Erin Deborah Waks

MSN

https://www.msn.com/en-ae/travel/cruises/inside-world-s-first-hydrogen-powered-cruise-scheduled-to-set-sail-this-year/ar-AA1ZspvQ

Life May Have Started as Sticky Goo, Long Before Cells Even Existed

Jess Cockerill

ScienceAlert.com 

https://www.sciencealert.com/life-may-have-started-as-sticky-goo-long-before-cells-even-existed

Bioengineered neuronal ‘circuit board’ mimics conditions of the human brain

Biotech-today.com

https://biotech-today.com/bioengineered-neuronal-circuit-board-mimics-conditions-of-the-human-brain/

Chinese Scientists Create ‘Organic’ Electric Car Batteries Using Plastic

Neha Bhatia

GreenMatters.com

https://www.greenmatters.com/pn/chinese-scientists-create-organic-electric-car-batteries-using-plastic-in-breakthrough-research