Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering

Project expected to enhance patient care toward decreased hospitalizations from heart failureCredit: A. Sue Weisler/RIT Toilet seats with high-tech sensors ...

New test can target and capture most lethal cells in fatal brain cancer

Method signals hope for targeting potential therapeutics to stop most aggressive cellsCredit: Johns Hopkins University A laboratory test developed by ...

All-terrain microrobot flips through a live colon

Credit: Purdue University video/Elizabeth Niedert and Chenghao Bi WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A rectangular robot as tiny as a few ...

NSF renews Rice-based NEWT Center for water treatment

Partnership primed to introduce game-changing technologies to address global needsCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 15, 2020) - The Nanotechnology ...

Rice’s Haotian Wang wins Packard fellowship

Five-year grant will support technology to turn greenhouse gases into fuelCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 15, 2020) -Haotian Wang ...

$1.6 Million grant to reverse urinary incontinence

Electrical stimulation of pelvic floor nerves may re-establish strengthCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston researcher is working to ...

LiU researchers first to develop an organic battery

Ion-selective electrocatalysis on conducting polymer electrodes -- improving the performance of redox flow batteriesCredit: Thor Balkhed Researchers at the Laboratory ...

Reviving cells after a heart attack

Researchers unravel the healing mechanisms of extracellular vesicles and demonstrate their healing power on a heart-on-a-chipCredit: (Image courtesy of the ...

Process to recover metals from batteries licensed by Momentum Technologies

Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Momentum Technologies Inc., a Dallas, Texas-based materials science company that is focused on ...

$1.8M to advance device for detecting COVID-19, cancer, contaminants

A biomedical engineering professor's technology detects and distinguishes ultra-low levels of disease particles, performance-enhancing drugs, contaminants and 'anything worth sensing'Credit: ...

COVID-19 rapid test has successful lab results, research moves to next stages

University of Nevada, Reno engineers and virologists team up for novel approachCredit: Photo courtesy of University of Nevada, Reno. RENO, ...

NTU scientists report plastic could be ‘eco-friendlier’ than paper &cotton in Singapore

Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have modelled the cradle-to-grave environmental impact of using different ...

Start-up with plastic waste recycling solution wins top prize at ideasinc 2020

Credit: NTU Singapore Magorium - a Singaporean start-up seeking to disrupt the construction industry with an innovative plastic waste recycling ...

Research demonstrates a molecular dance that keeps your heart beating