Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering

Credit: University of Warwick - Most high-value chemicals are currently produced using fossil fuels - industrial chemistry's use of petroleum ...

UIC research paves way for next-generation of crystalline material screening devices

Chemical engineer teams up with a pharmaceutical industry consortium for better drug screeningCredit: Meenesh Singh/UIC Researchers at the University of ...

Scientists develop the ‘evotype’ to unlock power of evolution for better engineering biology

Credit: Simeon Castle A defining characteristic of all life is its ability to evolve. However, the fact that biologically engineered ...

Machine learning reduces microscope data processing time from months to just seconds

Credit: IBEC Ever since the world's first ever microscope was invented in 1590 by Hans and Zacharias Janssen --a Dutch ...

Researchers used smart watches to monitor changes in quality of life during lockdowns

Data on 20-40 age group reveals: They sleep more, walk less and feel unhappierCredit: Tel Aviv University In a first-of-its-kind ...

Are heavy metals toxic? Scientists find surprising new clues in yeast

Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley study maps potential toxicity of lanthanide metals used in medicine, electronicsCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab Lanthanides are ...

Srinivas Rangarajan wins NSF CAREER award for catalytic transfer hydrogenation research

Lehigh University computational chemical engineer to advance fundamental understanding of promising approach for safe, streamlined, cost-effective biomass and CO2 conversionCredit: ...

Clever biomolecular labelling enables identification of immune cells

Research team led by the University of Göttingen develops new strategy for labelling peptidesCredit: Nikolaos Kaplaneris, University of Göttingen Biomolecules ...

NIH grant boosts computational search for cancer drugs

Computer scientist Lydia Kavraki and team developing toolkit to model protein-ligand interactionsCredit: Image courtesy of Rice University HOUSTON - (June ...

Controlling insulin production with a smartwatch

Credit: ETH Zurich Many modern fitness trackers and smartwatches feature integrated LEDs. The green light emitted, whether continuous or pulsed, ...

Virginia Tech to advance brain, cancer research with focused ultrasound

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute invests in MRI-guided focused ultrasound facility with support from Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial ...

Cells/colony motion index of oral keratinocytes predicts epithelial regenerative capacity

June 6, 2021

The cells/colony motion index determined by non-invasive, quantitative measurements via optical flow algorithm is correlated with epithelial regenerative capacity of ...

UMass Amherst food scientists aim to make plant-based protein tastier and healthier

June 4, 2021

New journal paper explores the scientific complexitiesCredit: UMass Amherst As meat-eating continues to increase around the world, food scientists are ...

Ten-fold increase in carbon offset cost predicted