Bioengineering

UOW researchers are in the midst of developing an innovative brain implant to help treat people with mental illnesses such...

An ambitious 3D-printed heart project aims to make a natural organ replacement for patients possible within a decade. But the...

A method for bioengineering living human ears garnered a first-place award at the World Technology Summit in New York City,...

Diseases affecting the kidneys represent a major and unsolved health issue worldwide. The kidneys rarely recover function once they are...

If we wanted to count the number of people in a crowd, we could make on the fly estimates, very...

Computer scientists from the University of East Anglia are working to create a virtual birthing simulator that will help doctors...

Cambridge scientists have uncovered the mechanism by which bacteria build their surface propellers (flagella) – the long extensions that allow...

If you think with the release of every new i-device the world is getting closer to thought-controlled smart tech and...

MIT researchers have found a way to boost lithium-air battery performance, with the help of modified viruses. MIT researchers find...

A new method for developing stem cells enables the production of liver and pancreatic cells in “clinically relevant” quantities for...

Young animals are known to repair their tissues effortlessly, but can this capacity be recaptured in adults? A new study...

Recent advances in robotics technology make it possible to create prosthetics that can duplicate the natural movement of human legs....

The bone-regeneration kit relies on a collagen platform seeded with particles containing the genes needed for producing bone. In experiments,...

Kwabena Boahen got his first computer in 1982, when he was a teenager living in Accra. “It was a really...

Navigate the brain in a way that was never before possible; fly through major brain pathways, compare essential circuits, zoom...

A self-described "biohacker" had a big electronic chip — almost as large as a deck of cards — inserted beneath...

The Opto-electrical effect can be used to control the passage of DNA molecules through nanopore sensors, thereby leading to more...

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron is one of the good guys. Known simply as Bt, it is an abundant member of the estimated...

Scientists have created a virtual model of the brain that daydreams like humans do. Researchers created the computer model based...

Today, scientists from IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) published a breakthrough drug-delivery technique, demonstrating...