Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering

Hundreds of VA inventions available through license agreementsCredit: Eugene Russell/VA The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Monday a ...

Acoustic waves can monitor stiffness of living cells

Technique sheds light on cells' health and development; may be useful for precision medicine CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT engineers have ...

RUDN biochemists found a way to stop the immortality of cancer cells with oligonucleotides

RUDN biochemists found a way to reduce the activity of telomerase (the enzyme of cell immortality) 10 timesCredit: Natalia Deryugina ...

A bioengineered factory for T-cells

Injectable sponge-like gel enhances the quantity and quality of T-cellsCredit: Harvard University Bone marrow transplants, also known as hematopoietic stem ...

New device simplifies measurement of fluoride contamination in water

Credit: Marie-Thé and Etienne Roux Adding fluoride to water has been common practice in a number of countries, including the ...

Better architectural design could prevent youth suicide

Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Suicide among younger people is often so spontaneous that it can be prevented if ...

Nitrogen gets in the fast lane for chemical synthesis

'Great gift to industry': Rice University chemists discover way to simplify synthesis of valuable precursor for drugs, other compoundsCredit: Jeff ...

Rice U. lab adds porous envelope to aluminum plasmonics

Scientists marry gas-trapping framework to light-powered nanocatalystsCredit: Image courtesy of LANP/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Feb. 8, 2019) -- When Rice ...

When sequencing fails to pinpoint a rare disease

Combining proteomics, genomics improves diagnostic accuracy for congenital neutropenia Routine sequencing has given unprecedented insight into the genetics of rare ...

How the brain responds to texture

Neurons respond to a variety of features of a surface, creating a high-dimensional representation of texture in the brainCredit: Matt ...

Wyss Center neurologist awarded prestigious Pfizer Research Prize

The Pfizer Research Prize is awarded for outstanding research in SwitzerlandCredit: Pfizer 8 February 2019, Wyss Center, Geneva - Maxime ...

Turning a porous material's color on and off with acid

Credit: Photo credit: Hisaki I. et al., Acid Responsive Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks, Journal of the American Chemical Society, January 7, ...

Gummy-like robots that could help prevent disease

Credit: EPFL Human tissues experience a variety of mechanical stimuli that can affect their ability to carry out their physiological ...

National Academy of Engineering elects 86 members and 18 foreign members