Control a Prosthesis With Your Mind
New brain-machine interfaces that exploit the plasticity of the brain may allow people to control prosthetic devices in a natural ...
Month: May 2013
Human Brain Cells Developed in Lab, Grow in Mice
A key type of human brain cell developed in the laboratory grows seamlessly when transplanted into the brains of mice, ...
Nanosponges Soak Up Toxins Released by Bacterial Infections and Venom
These nanosponges, which thus far have been studied in mice, can neutralize “pore-forming toxins,” which destroy cells by poking holes ...
The Organist
When molecular biology methods failed her, Sangeeta Bhatia turned to engineering and microfabrication to build a liver from scratch.Liver cells ...
Robotic insects make first controlled flight
Last summer, in a Harvard robotics laboratory, an insect took flight. Half the size of a paper clip, weighing less ...
6th International Summer School in Biomedical Engineering
The main objective of the International Summer School is to provide in depth education on techniques of recording and analyzing ...
