Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering

March 21, 2019

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about half of all Americans will have periodontal disease at ...

UCI engineers aim to pioneer tissue-engineering approach to TMJ disorders

Solutions have been hampered by past failures, proximity of jaw joint to brain Irvine, Calif., March 20, 2019 - Here's ...

As if by magic: TGen develops program that lights up cancer-causing mutations

LumosVar -- a name inspired by Harry Potter -- could help physicians provide genomic-based treatments for their patients PHOENIX, Ariz. ...

Computer scientists create reprogrammable molecular computing system

Computer design meets potions class: A little of vial 1 and a little of vial 2 yield six-bit computations encoded ...

Micro and nano materials, including clothing for Olympic athletes

£1.8 million award to scale up researchCredit: Swansea University A research team of materials engineers and performance scientists at Swansea ...

Antibodies from earlier exposures affect response to new flu strains

'After being vaccinated with a new strain of flu, our immune systems appear to be expanding and boosting antibodies generated ...

Surrey creates innovative lab test to develop easy-to-swallow medicine for children

In an article published by the European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, scientists compared traditional sensory tests and the new in ...

CRISPR/Cas libraries open new avenues in cancer research

Innovative methods lead to foundation of start-up Vivlion GmbHCredit: Uwe Dettmar Unfortunately, however, creation of libraries containing high numbers of ...

Human microbiome metabolites tip the scale in intestinal E. coli infections

Human Organ Chips uncover human microbiome metabolites that enhance colon injury by enterohemorrhagic E. coli in human-mouse comparative studyCredit: Wyss ...

Seeing through food and drug fakes and frauds

'Chronoprints' can identify a sample from a video taken as it reacts to disturbance If we could tell authentic from ...

Revealing the rules behind virus scaffold construction

New insights into epistasis could impact future drug delivery and therapeutic strategies A team of researchers including Northwestern Engineering faculty ...

MBL receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Award to fund new imaging scientist

Credit: Anthony Mautino WOODS HOLE, Mass. - Microscopy innovator Abhishek Kumar, Ph.D., has received a national award from the Chan ...

Researchers find cost-effective method for hydrogen fuel production process

Nanoparticles composed of nickel and iron increase the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of water electrolysis in hydrogen fuel productionCredit: Jingyi Chen, ...

Sphingotec reveals novel results on bioactive adrenomedullin at the 39th ISICEM

Data from more than 20,000 patients show that bio-ADM® adds value to clinical decision-making at ICUs and EDs because it ...

Making xylitol and cellulose nanofibers from paper paste

Towards a green and sustainable societyCredit: Kobe University The ecological bio-production of xylitol and cellulose nanofibers using modified yeast cells, ...

From foam to bone: Plant cellulose can pave the way for healthy bone implants

Credit: Clare Kiernan, UBC Researchers from the University of British Columbia and McMaster University have developed what could be the ...

Superbugs have colonized the International Space Station — but there’s a silver lining