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Doctors with AR glasses are looking at a projection of a human brain

Revolutionizing healthcare with AR

Dr. Jennifer Silver, a dental surgeon, is using augmented reality glasses, a technological innovation, to reduce patients' pre-op nerves.

Quinn Myers

By Quinn Myers

A laboratory employee holds a miniaturized medical implant with tweezers

Implants for life

Brain-computer interfaces and active medical implants allow paralyzed, deaf, and blind people to move, hear, and see again. Miniaturized solutions enable this medical progress.

A woman in a protection suit walks through a lab.

mRNA: Message in a bottle for the immune system

New mRNA vaccines send a blueprint for specific proteins to cells, training the immune system to fight viruses. Long ignored, mRNA is now a promising area of medical research, with potential to protect against diseases like cancer, malaria, and HIV.

Doctors watch HD monitors while performing minimally invasive robotic surgery

Illuminating the Human Body

Modern tools for minimally invasive surgery have evolved from candlelight and mirrors to advanced fiber optics, enabling precise, life-saving operations. This evolution drives broader innovations in global health, such as AI, robotic surgeries, and promising cancer treatments.

Marius Amschler stands in front of a cullet warehouse and holds a vial up to the camera

Circling back to the future

With its ambitious sustainability goals, SCHOTT is prioritizing a circular economy. Its Tubing division and the healthcare company Sanofi have teamed up to return unused glass vials to production for the first time — a far from easy undertaking.

Scientist inspecting miniaturized glass-based semiconductor packaging

Unlocking the full potential of AI in healthcare

Fully realized AI systems could save millions of lives, so what’s holding it back? Glass semiconductor chips solve silicon's limitations, powering AI innovations in healthcare for precision and life-saving advancements.

A woman wearing an iLet Bionic Pancreas on her hip eats lunch with a friend.

Life with type 1 diabetes

Inspired by his son’s diagnosis, Ed Damiano developed the iLet Bionic Pancreas, an automated insulin delivery system that is revolutionizing diabetes care.

Two hands holding a lab-on-a-chip with a 3D graphic of a DNA helix emerging from it.

Lab-on-a-chip: the future of diagnostics

Lab-on-a-chip tech could make diagnostic testing cheaper, faster, and home-friendly.

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