Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering

The water repelling characteristic that plants possess inspired Texas A&M researchers to develop a way to control the hydrophobicity of ...

New chemical tools to modify and study biomolecules

Credit: J. Waser/B. Fierz (EPFL) Understanding the structure and metabolism of cells and living organisms is essential for the development ...

Proteins trapped in glass could yield new medicinal advances

Credit: Small: Volume 15, Issue 24, Atom Probe Tomography for 3D Structural and Chemical Analysis of Individual Proteins Gustav Sundell, ...

BioImage Archive — A new hub for biological images

EMBL-EBI announces the launch of the BioImage Archive, a large-scale, centralized data resource to host reference imaging dataCredit: EMBL-EBI EMBL's ...

Using a common anticonvulsant to counteract inflammation

Breakthrough and unique research helps scientists reposition papaverine as a novel drug to treat inflammation that is implicated in sepsis ...

Bionic catalysts to produce clean energy

How you and your friends can play a video game together using only your minds

Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Telepathic communication might be one step closer to reality thanks to new research from the ...

When kinetics and thermodynamics should play together

How the salinity of water affects calcium carbonate nucleationCredit: Washington University in St. Louis The formation of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) ...

Transformer cells: Shaping cellular ‘behaviour’

Scientists listed the most promising technologies in cell therapy Scientists from the Sechenov University, conjointly with their fellow Chinese and ...

Treating cancer: 3D tumor models of triple-negative breast cancer improves drug testing

Dr. Hossein Tavana, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at The University of Akron (UA), has received a grant of ...

BioSA — Bridging the gap with biodegradable metals

Credit: Project BioSA Millions of patients all over the world undergo surgical procedures related to bone defect repair every year. ...

Pharmaconutrition — Modern drug design for functional studies

Bitter (taste) receptor with health effect?Credit: Dr. Antonella Di Pizio / Leibniz-LSB@TUM Antonella Di Pizio and Maik Behrens of the ...

Scientists propose gait-based biometric identification method for the old with wearable devices

Credit: SIAT Human gait is a unique feature that could be used for robust identity recognition. Gait-based identity recognition method ...

Insects inspire greener, cheaper membranes for desalination