New light-controlled gel makes big strides in soft robotics
Inspired by the way plants grow toward light sources, a phenomenon known as phototropism, bioengineers from the University of California, Berkeley have created a hydrogel...
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Bioengineered cytomegalovirus protects monkeys from HIV equivalent
A new study by researchers in the US has shown that an ancient virus can be modified to help in the fight against the simian...
Advanced Biological Computer Developed
Using only biomolecules (such as DNA and enzymes), scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed and constructed an advanced biological transducer, a computing...
Bacterial Hair: It’s Electric
Some bacteria grow electrical hair that lets them link up in big biological circuits, according to a University of Southern California biophysicist and his collaborators....
Swiss entrepreneur gives Harvard $125 million for bioengineering research
The Swiss entrepreneur and philanthropist will enable the Wyss Institute to advance its efforts to find solutions to complex bioengineering challenges, from developing tools to...
Largest Genetic Sequencing Study of Human Disease
Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London have led the largest sequencing study of human disease to date, investigating the genetic basis of six autoimmune...
3D Printed bioresorbable splint used for first time
Baby’s life saved with groundbreaking 3D printed device from University of Michigan that restored his breathing. Every day, their baby stopped breathing, his collapsed bronchus...
Ant Study Could Help Future Robot Teams Work Underground
Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much-despised insect whose painful bites and extensive...
Bioengineering Study Finds that Bacteria Organize According to ‘Rich-Get-Richer’ Principle
Bacteria on a surface wander around and often organize into highly resilient communities known as biofilms. It turns out that they organize in a rich-get-richer...
Researchers chart epigenomics of stem cells that mimic early human development
Scientists have long known that control mechanisms known collectively as "epigenetics" play a critical role in human development, but they did not know precisely how...
Breakthrough Bioengineered Blood Vessels Enter Clinical Trials
Humacyte, Inc., announced the accomplishment of significant milestones in the clinical development of its innovative bioengineered blood vessel technology – the first off-the-shelf, human-derived, artificial...
Cow blood prevents globs of nano gold
A protein from bovine blood can keep gold nanoparticles from clumping in a solution—a discovery that could lead to improved biomedical applications. (Credit: Sergio Dominguez-Medina/Link...
Bioengineering Tissue to Rebuild Damaged Bones and Organs
From the chimera in Greek mythology to the sphinx in ancient Egypt, humans have imagined making creatures from pieces of different organisms for millennia.Tissue engineering,...
This Bacterium Can Do Division, Compute Logarithms And Take Square Roots
MIT engineers have transformed bacterial cells into living calculators that can compute logarithms, divide, and take square roots, using three or fewer genetic parts. ILLUSTRATION...
Paper-Thin Flexible ‘Skin’ Monitors Heart Health
Zhenan Bao, a professor of chemical engineering at Stanford, has developed a heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill and no wider than a postage...
