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 other on a daily basis...
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Thermal vision
The first room-temperature light detector that can sense the full infrared spectrum has the potential to put heat vision technology into a contact lens. Unlike...
Bionic plants
Nanotechnology could turn shrubbery into supercharged energy producers or sensors for explosives. Imaging the fluorescence of carbon nanotubes inside leaves of an Arabidopsis plant using...
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 the model bacterium Escherichia coli...
Human brains ‘hard-wired’ to link what we see with what we do
Your brain's ability to instantly link what you see with what you do is down to a dedicated information 'highway', suggests new UCL-led research. Credits:...
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 person suffers a broken bone,...
New gene for bipolar disorder discovered
Team of researchers searched for the foundations of manic-depressive disorder in about 24,000 people First on top of the world and then in the depths...
Soft robotic fish moves like the real thing
Soft robots — which don’t just have soft exteriors but are also powered by fluid flowing through flexible channels — have become a sufficiently popular...
Stanford bioengineer develops a 50-cent paper microscope
When Manu Prakash, PhD, wants to impress lab visitors with the durability of his Origami-based paper microscope, he throws it off a three-story balcony, stomps...
Postdoctoral Associate : Berkeley, CA, United States
The King lab, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, is seeking a creative, motivated, and highly skilled Postdoctoral Associate...
Bacteria learn to mass produce spider’s silk
It may be the birth of a new supermaterial – not long ago, spider silk materials were considered science fiction. Despite being a bio-material and...
Intelligent people are more likely to trust others
Intelligent people are more likely to trust others, while those who score lower on measures of intelligence are less likely to do so, says a...
Decision-making center of brain identified
Although choosing to do something because the perceived benefit outweighs the financial cost is something people do daily, little is known about what happens in...
Scientists ‘herd’ cells in new approach to tissue engineering
Researchers at UC Berkeley found that an electrical current can be used to orchestrate the flow of a group of cells, an achievement that could...
The Cyborgs Era Has Started
Medical implants, complex interfaces between brain and machine or remotely controlled insects: Recent developments combining machines and organisms have great potentials. In a new review,...
