Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering

Credit: Andrea Manfrin, EPFL It's no surprise that using human embryos for biological and medical research comes with many ethical ...

Solar energy could turn the Belt and Road Initiative green

Credit: Zhan Wang The region covered by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has significant potential to be powered by ...

3D body mapping could identify, treat organs, cells damaged from medical conditions

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Medical advancements can come at a physical cost. Often following diagnosis and treatment for cancer and ...

Mimicking the ultrastructure of wood with 3D-printing for green products

Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have succeeded in 3D printing with a ...

New Australian-Pacific scabies treatment has lasting results, study finds

Update of the world's first comparative trial of mass drug administration against scabiesCredit: MCRI Results of a two-year update of ...

Robot arm tastes with engineered bacteria

Credit: Tess Hellebrekers, Soft Machines Lab, Carnegie Mellon University A robotic gripping arm that uses engineered bacteria to "taste" for ...

Confining cell-killing treatments to tumors

Attaching a Velcro-like molecule may prevent immune proteins called cytokines from leaking out of cancerous tissue after injection Cytokines, small ...

A better way to encapsulate islet cells for diabetes treatment

Crystallized drug prevents immune system rejection of transplanted pancreatic islet cellsCredit: Shady Farah CAMBRIDGE, MA -- When medical devices are ...

New biomaterials inspired by nature’s stickiest creatures are on the horizon

NYU Tandon's Jin Kim Montclare wins Department of Defense funding for her work with wet adhesion BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, ...

Bleach-induced transformation for humidity-durable air filters

Credit: DGIST Adding hydroquinone, a skin-bleaching ingredient, to a well-known 'metal organic framework' changes its copper ions in a way ...

Shot could remove side effects from late-stage head and neck cancer therapy

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- For advanced stages of head and neck cancer, one of the best treatments is so aggressive ...

Investigating the impact of drug addiction and pollution on behaviour in humans and wildlife

Credit: University of Portsmouth Scientists from the University of Portsmouth are helping to develop new technology that will aid our ...

Biochip advances enable next-generation sequencing technologies

A review of advances in biochip technology shows it's playing a fundamental role promoting the use of next-generation DNA sequencing ...

Intelligent testing could save lives by defusing ticking time bomb of liver disease

A new way of detecting liver disease decades before it can become fatal has been developed by a team of ...

UTSA to research environmental comfort at the San Antonio Missions

Credit: Photo Courtesy of Marcus Huerta (San Antonio, June 25, 2019) -- Working with local architecture firm Ford, Powell & ...

Tapping into the way cells communicate

A new technology discovered by UConn School of Dental Medicine researchers records cellular communication in real time - providing a ...

Engineering enzymes to turn plant waste into sustainable products

Credit: Stefan Venter, UPIX Photography A new family of enzymes has been engineered to perform one of the most important ...

Branching out: Making graphene from gum trees

Researchers have developed a cost-effective and eco-friendly way of producing graphene using one of Australia's most abundant resources, eucalyptus trees.Credit: ...

Safeguarding Australia’s Great Barrier Reef takes a cultural shift

The deployment of a novel, low cost device to rapidly propagate coral demonstrates a 'cultural shift' in the way science ...

SLAS Discovery announces its July feature article, ‘3D Cell-Based Assays for Drug Screens: Challenges in Imaging, Image Analysis, and High-Content Analysis’