Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering

For hypertension, generic drugs could be as good an option as brand-name drugs while costing only half as much, study ...

Nanoplastics and other harmful pollutants found in disposable face masks — Regulation and research urgently needed, say experts

Credit: Swansea University Swansea University scientists have uncovered potentially dangerous chemical pollutants that are released from disposable face masks when ...

The micro-environment of breast cancer in three dimensions

Penn State researchers develop a prototype platform to culture and study tumor growthCredit: Ozbolat Lab/Penn State Cancerous tumors thrive on ...

Strategic formulation of common cement could have a big impact on water purification

Powerful combinatorial analysis amplifies limited experimental data to find the right cement ingredients for water purificationCredit: U.S. Geological Survey Department ...

Researchers advance 3D printing to aid tissue replacement

Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. -- Professor Arda Gozen looks to a future someday in which doctors can hit a button ...

Harvard University licenses its nasal swab collection technology to Rhinostics

The combined technologies could reduce labor and time required for COVID-19 diagnostic testing 10-fold, and facilitate future diagnostic testing of ...

Northern Red Sea corals pass heat stress test with flying colors

EPFL scientists are beginning to understand why corals in the Gulf of Aqaba, along with their symbiotic algae and bacteria, ...

Story tips: Stealthy air leak detection, carbon to chemicals and recycling goes large

Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Buildings - The mirage effect A team of researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...

Will your future clothes be made of algae?

Researchers at the University of Rochester and Delft University of Technology used 3D printing to create a novel, environmentally-friendly material ...

Towards a treatment for myotonic dystrophy: First 3D model with patient cells

Credit: IBEC Myotonic dystrophy is a hereditary degenerative neuromuscular disease that occurs mainly in adults, affecting about 50,000 people only ...

An animal able to regenerate all of its organs even when it is dissected into three parts

A surprising discovery in the Gulf of EilatCredit: Tal Zaquin An extraordinary discovery in the Gulf of Eilat: Researchers from ...

Research with neutrons for better mRNA medicines

Credit: AstraZeneca. First published in Nigel Davies et al.; Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acid, Volume 24, 4 June 2021, Pages 369-384, ...

Nanotechnology offers new hope for bowel cancer patients

Credit: University of South Australia Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via tiny nanoparticles ...

World’s first fiber-optic ultrasonic imaging probe for future nanoscale disease diagnostics