Bioengineering
Bioengineering
Erasing a genetic mutation
Researchers reverses a liver disorder in mice by correcting a mutated gene.Using a new gene-editing system based on bacterial proteins,...
Synthesizing textiles from sugar
In the future, the clothes you wear could be made from sugar. Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology...
Self-healing bioengineered muscle grown in the laboratory
Bioengineers have grown living skeletal muscle that looks a lot like the real thing. It contracts powerfully and rapidly, integrates...
Experts create intelligent ‘plaster’ to monitor patients
Medical engineers said Sunday they had created a device the size of a plaster which can monitor patients by tracking...
Light-Based Chip Inspired by Our Brain
In a recent paper in Nature Communications, researchers from Ghent University report on a novel paradigm to do optical information...
Logical circuits built using living slime molds
A future computer might be a lot slimier than the solid silicon devices we have today. In a study published...
Benchtop Human
Significant progress toward creating "homo minutus" -- a benchtop human -- was reported at the Society of Toxicology meeting on...
Bioengineered bacteria produce biofuel alternative for high-energy rocket fuel
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the Joint BioEnergy Institute have engineered a bacterium to synthesize pinene, a...
A first dance, on a next-generation bionic limb
Hugh Herr, director of the Biomechatronics Group at The MIT Media Lab, strolls onto the TED2014 stage in a pair...
A brain connected by Bluetooth to an artificial hand
A 15-year-old high school sophomore from Westford, Nathan has earned international renown — and a nice chunk of money —...
Electric ‘thinking cap’ controls learning speed
Caffeine-fueled cram sessions are routine occurrences on any college campus. But what if there was a better, safer way to...
Researcher uses DNA therapy in lab mice to improve cochlear implant functionality
One in a thousand children in the United States is deaf, and one in three adults will experience significant hearing...
Bioengineers design ‘living materials’ to produce conductive materials
Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that can conduct electricity or emit light. An artist's rendering of a...
Bioengineering Students Develop Cheap Blood Sugar Testing Kit
Clemson University bioengineering students have created a cost-effective, blood sugar testing kit for diabetics. The kit works in similar fashion...
Reducing anxiety with smartphone app
Playing a science-based mobile gaming app for 25 minutes can reduce anxiety in stressed individuals, according to research published in...
Bioengineered bacteria sense, remember, and report on their experience in the gut
It's a jungle in there. In the tightly woven ecosystem of the human gut, trillions of bacteria compete with each...
Thermal vision
The first room-temperature light detector that can sense the full infrared spectrum has the potential to put heat vision technology...
Bionic plants
Nanotechnology could turn shrubbery into supercharged energy producers or sensors for explosives. Imaging the fluorescence of carbon nanotubes inside leaves...
Scientists coax E. coli to resist radiation damage
Capitalizing on the ability of an organism to evolve in response to punishment from a hostile environment, scientists have coaxed...
Silk-Based Bioengineering Implants
Study shows that fixation devices derived from silkworm silk are potentially attractive alternatives to metal and synthetic-based systems When a...