A team of scientists from RMIT University in Australia has conducted the first-ever trials of a smart capsule designed to improve our understanding of intestinal gas. With the ability to measure the ...

Scientists from RMIT University in Australia have tested the world’s first smart capsule designed to measure the amount of gas in the stomach, improve our understanding of it, and help target ...

We've already heard about swallowable capsules that can transmit video from within the digestive tract. Pictures will only tell you so much, though. That's why researchers from Australia's RMIT and ...

Checking up on the health of your gut and its resident microbes is soon to be as easy as swallowing a gas-sniffing capsule no bigger than a vitamin. Around 20 percent of people will suffer at least ...

RMIT and Monash University researchers have developed a hi-tech gas sensing capsule that transmits directly to mobile phones. The gadget, outlined today in the journal Trends in Biotechnology, ...

Working out what is upsetting your stomach could soon be as simple as swallowing a capsule and checking your mobile phone. Melbourne researchers have developed a high-tech capsule that can monitor the ...

Researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia have developed a gas-sensing capsule that, when swallowed, can electronically report important data about the human gastrointestinal system by ...

High-tech gas sensing capsules that can send data from inside the gut direct to a mobile phone have been developed by scientists, opening new possibilities for diagnosis, treatment and health analysis ...

To study the human gut and the microbes that live within it, scientists have a couple of options. They can grab a small piece of tissue from the gastrointestinal tract or collect a sample of fecal ...