Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering

Credit: EPFL Effective protein engineering can give us control over the generated products inside a cell. However, for many of ...

Sound sense: Brain ‘listens’ for distinctive features in sounds

University of Pittsburgh researchers explore how the auditory system achieves accurate speech recognitionCredit: Shi Tong Liu/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (March ...

Harvard researchers’ immune-silent stem cell technology licensed to Sana Biotechnology

Developed through Harvard's Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator, innovations could lead to novel cell therapies to treat diseaseCredit: Mary Todd Bergman, Harvard ...

Will cyborgs be made from melanin? Pigment breakthrough enables biocompatible electronics

Scientists have achieved a billion-fold increase in the electrical conductivity of melanin, that could unleash its potential in safe, sustainable ...

Virtual reality enables real-time, internal view of patient anatomy during treatment

Innovative technology improves efficiency of interventional radiology treatments increasing portability and patient access to IR AUSTIN, TEXAS (March 26, 2019)--Immersive ...

Like racecars and geese, cancer cells draft their way to new tumor sites

New research gives boost to fighting disease through cell metabolismCredit: Reinhart-King Laboratory/Vanderbilt University NASCAR has nothing on cancer cells when ...

University of Arizona researchers making drinking water safer

A $1.2M Department of Defense grant will help UA engineers further research into removing PFAS from groundwater suppliesCredit: U.S. Air ...

Model learns how individual amino acids determine protein function

Technique could improve machine-learning tasks in protein design, drug testing, and other applications A machine-learning model from MIT researchers computationally ...

New cellulose-based material gives three sensors in one

A multiparameter Pressure-Temperature-Humidity Sensor based on Mixed Ionic-Electronic Cellulose AerogelsCredit: Thor Balkhed Cellulose soaked in a carefully designed polymer mixture ...

New CRISPR-powered device detects genetic mutations in minutes

The device could be used to rapidly diagnose genetic diseases or to evaluate the accuracy of gene-editing techniquesCredit: Keck Graduate ...

Hollings researcher receives funding to harness power of imaging

Thierry Pécot, Ph.D., a researcher at Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina, received a grant from ...

Team led by Stanford and MIT predicts the useful life of batteries with data and AI

Credit: Younghee Lee/CUBE3D Graphic If manufacturers of cell-phone batteries could tell which cells will last at least two years, then ...

In vivo data show effects of spaceflight microgravity on stem cells and tissue regeneration

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 25, 2019-A new review of data from 12 spaceflight experiments ...

SUTD researchers develop a hydrogel for enhanced cell encapsulation and delivery