Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering

Researchers develop a mathematical model to explain the complex architecture of termite moundsCredit: (Image courtesy of Guy Theraulaz/Harvard SEAS) Following ...

Canadian researchers create new form of cultivated meat

Layered sheets of cells stack up to slabs of lab-made meatCredit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, Jan. 19, 2021 -- McMaster ...

Dartmouth researchers pilot FLASH radiotherapy beam development for treatment of cancer

Dartmouth researchers convert a standard linear accelerator used for delivery of radiation therapy cancer treatment, to deliver an ultra-high-dose rate ...

Story tips: Volcanic microbes, unbreakable bonds and flood mapping

Credit: Anna-Louise Reysenbach/NSF, ROV Jason and 2018 ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Biology - Volcanic microbes Oak Ridge National Laboratory contributed ...

How short circuits in lithium metal batteries can be prevented

Credit: Illustration: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology There are high hopes for the next generation of high energy-density lithium metal ...

Proposing a new drug to treat tuberculosis utilizing state-of-the-art computer simulations

In silico drug design for inhibiting the cell division of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and suppressing its growth based on high-precision molecular ...

Semiconductor chip that detects exhaled gas with high sensitivity at room temperature

For use in IoT chemical sensors that can diagnose diseases through breath testsCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL ...

Lasers & molecular tethers create perfectly patterned platforms for tissue engineering

January 18, 2021

Credit: Batalov et al., PNAS, 2021 Imagine going to a surgeon to have a diseased or injured organ switched out ...

New delivery method promises relief from antipsychotic medication’s adverse side effects

January 15, 2021

Delivering drug straight to the brain could cut required dose by as much as 75 per centCredit: Georgia Kirkos, Mcmaster ...

Breathing easier with a better tracheal stent

January 15, 2021

Pitt researchers demonstrate first successful use of biodegradable magnesium-alloy stent for pediatric patientsCredit: Materialise Pediatric laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS), a narrowing ...

Electromagnetic stimulation may improve arm and hand function after spinal cord injury

BrainQ Technologies awards funding to Drs. Androwis and Kirshblum for pilot study of BQ therapy at Kessler Foundation for restoring ...

Wits University scientists artificially infect mosquitoes with human malaria to advance treatment

Wits University scientists, with local and global partners have artificially infected mosquitoes with human malaria and identified a new chemical ...

GM plant grows insect sex pheromone compounds needed for green pest control in agriculture

GM plant to give boost to green insect controlsCredit: Kurt Miller Photography RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The camelina plant, a source ...

Expanding the biosynthetic pathway via retrobiosynthesis