Microbial production of natural rainbow colorants
Integrated strategies of systems metabolic engineering and membrane engineering led to the production of natural rainbow colorants comprising seven natural ...
Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering
Drone improves odor management in water treatment plants
Credit: SNIFFDRONE, ATTRACT initiative (GA 777222, Horizon 2020). The bad odors produced by the Waste Water Treatment Plants, known as ...
Control over water friction with 2D materials points to ‘smart membranes’
Dramatic decrease in friction when water is passed through nanoscale capillaries made of grapheneCredit: The University of Manchester The speed ...
UMass Amherst researchers create intelligent electronic microsystems from green material
Credit: UMass Amherst A research team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst has created an electronic microsystem that can intelligently ...
Microgel coating gives donor cells a boost in reversing pulmonary fibrosis
Single cell encapsulation in gel can optimize cell-based therapyCredit: Jae-Won Shin and Sing-Wan Wong/UIC Researchers at the University of Illinois ...
Efficiently “switching on” bacteria to produce high-value chemicals
Credit: University of Warwick - Most high-value chemicals are currently produced using fossil fuels - industrial chemistry's use of petroleum ...
UIC research paves way for next-generation of crystalline material screening devices
Chemical engineer teams up with a pharmaceutical industry consortium for better drug screeningCredit: Meenesh Singh/UIC Researchers at the University of ...
Scientists develop the ‘evotype’ to unlock power of evolution for better engineering biology
Credit: Simeon Castle A defining characteristic of all life is its ability to evolve. However, the fact that biologically engineered ...
Machine learning reduces microscope data processing time from months to just seconds
Credit: IBEC Ever since the world's first ever microscope was invented in 1590 by Hans and Zacharias Janssen --a Dutch ...
Researchers used smart watches to monitor changes in quality of life during lockdowns
Data on 20-40 age group reveals: They sleep more, walk less and feel unhappierCredit: Tel Aviv University In a first-of-its-kind ...
Srinivas Rangarajan wins NSF CAREER award for catalytic transfer hydrogenation research
Lehigh University computational chemical engineer to advance fundamental understanding of promising approach for safe, streamlined, cost-effective biomass and CO2 conversionCredit: ...
Clever biomolecular labelling enables identification of immune cells
Research team led by the University of Göttingen develops new strategy for labelling peptidesCredit: Nikolaos Kaplaneris, University of Göttingen Biomolecules ...
NIH grant boosts computational search for cancer drugs
Computer scientist Lydia Kavraki and team developing toolkit to model protein-ligand interactionsCredit: Image courtesy of Rice University HOUSTON - (June ...
Controlling insulin production with a smartwatch
Credit: ETH Zurich Many modern fitness trackers and smartwatches feature integrated LEDs. The green light emitted, whether continuous or pulsed, ...
Virginia Tech to advance brain, cancer research with focused ultrasound
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute invests in MRI-guided focused ultrasound facility with support from Edward N. & Della L. Thome Memorial ...
Cells/colony motion index of oral keratinocytes predicts epithelial regenerative capacity
The cells/colony motion index determined by non-invasive, quantitative measurements via optical flow algorithm is correlated with epithelial regenerative capacity of ...
UMass Amherst food scientists aim to make plant-based protein tastier and healthier
New journal paper explores the scientific complexitiesCredit: UMass Amherst As meat-eating continues to increase around the world, food scientists are ...
Ten-fold increase in carbon offset cost predicted
Credit: Trove Research The cost of offsetting corporate carbon emissions needs to increase ten-fold to drive meaningful climate action, says ...
What makes good fibroblasts go bad?
NSF grant funds study of fibrosis progression using hydrogels engineered to mimic living tissueCredit: UVA Engineering Fibrosis, the stiffening of ...
New tech predicts chemotherapy effectiveness after one treatment
Early prediction of treatment efficacy may help improve quality of life for people with breast cancerCredit: (Quing Zhu lab) While ...
