Bioengineering
Bioengineering
Origami ninja star inspires new battery design
Credit: Jonathan Cohen/Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, NY – A new disposable battery that folds like an origami ninja star could power...
Flight of the RoboBee
Increasingly, researchers are designing robots with forms and functions that defy our expectation of what a machine can be or...
New devices, wearable system aim to predict, prevent asthma attacks
Researchers have developed an integrated, wearable system that monitors a user’s environment, heart rate and other physical attributes with the...
How the names of organisms help to turn ‘small data’ into ‘Big Data’
Innovation in ‘Big Data’ helps address problems that were previously overwhelming. What we know about organisms is in hundreds of...
The organizer of body axes
In humans and in animals, the correct position of tissues, organs and appendages is essential. Two body axes (the head-tail...
Turning human waste into next generation biofuel
A brand new outdoor laboratory has been recently launched at UNIST and this is expected to convert human waste into...
Fast, stretchy circuits could yield new wave of wearable electronics
Credit: Image courtesy of Yei Hwan Jung and Juhwan Lee/University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON, Wis. — The consumer marketplace is flooded...
Simple attraction: Researchers control protein release from nanoparticles without encapsulation
A U of T Engineering team has designed a simpler way to keep therapeutic proteins where they are needed for...
Faster, more efficient CRISPR editing in mice
University of California, Berkeley scientists have developed a quicker and more efficient method to alter the genes of mice with...
Making injectable medicine safer
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Bring the drugs, hold the suds. That summarizes a promising new drug-making technique designed to reduce serious...
ORNL demonstrates large-scale technique to produce quantum dots
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 19, 2016 – A method to produce significant amounts of semiconducting nanoparticles for light-emitting displays, sensors,...
Fighting the Zika virus with the power of supercomputing
Rutgers is taking a leading role in an IBM-sponsored World Community Grid project that will use supercomputing power to identify...
Tampering the current in a petri dish
Electricity plays a key role in cell studies, but practical issues linked with the shape of the laboratory cultureware have...
Dynamic DNA polymers can be reversed using biocompatible techniques
DNA-based straight and branched polymers or nanomaterials that can be created and dissolved using biocompatible methods are now possible thanks...
Mille-feuille-filter removes viruses from water
A simple paper sheet made by scientists at Uppsala University can improve the quality of life for millions of people...
New implantable VAD for severe heart failure in kids shows encouraging results in sheep
The number of children with severe heart failure is increasing. Over the last decade, ventricular assist devices (VADs) have become...
Ingestible robot operates in simulated stomach
Credit: Melanie Gonick/MIT In experiments involving a simulation of the human esophagus and stomach, researchers at MIT, the University of...
An old new weapon against emerging Chikungunya virus
Since 2013, the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus has spread rapidly through South America and the Caribbean, and is now threatening Southern...
A personalized virtual heart predicts the risk of sudden cardiac death
When electrical waves in the heart run amok in a condition called arrhythmia, sudden death can occur. To save the...
Performing cellular surgery with a laser-powered nanoblade
Credit: Alexander N. Patananan To study certain aspects of cells, researchers need the ability to take the innards out, manipulate...