Civil engineering professor recognized for impact on sustainable urban development
A global expert on landfill managementCredit: UT Arlington Sahadat Hossain's passion is trash. The environmental and civil engineering professor at ...
Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering
Texas Heart Institute wins prestigious grant to develop wireless and leadless pacemakers
Doctors and engineers at Texas Heart Institute, Rice and UCLA collaborate to advance cardiac devicesCredit: Texas Heart Institute Texas Heart ...
Perovskite solar cells get an upgrade
Rice University materials scientists use inorganic ingredients to limit defects, retain efficiencyCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 5, 2019) ...
Physics of windshield-cracking raindrops could demolish kidney stones
New models of a phenomenon first seen in the circular cracking of supersonic jet windshields flying through rain could point ...
Nanoparticle orientation offers a way to enhance drug delivery
Coating particles with 'right-handed' molecules could help them penetrate cancer cells more easilyCredit: Jihyeon Yeom CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT engineers ...
3D-printed plastics with high performance electrical circuits
Rutgers innovation could lead to better drones, satellites, biomedical devicesCredit: Md Naim Jahangir Rutgers engineers have embedded high performance electrical ...
Fractionation processes can improve profitability of ethanol production
Credit: Marianne Stein URBANA, Ill. - The U.S. is the world's largest producer of bioethanol as renewable liquid fuel, with ...
Light-based ‘tractor beam’ assembles materials at the nanoscale
Credit: Vincent Holmberg/Matthew Crane/Elena Pandres/Peter Pauzauskie Modern construction is a precision endeavor. Builders must use components manufactured to meet specific ...
Atomic-level analysis of bone aims to predict and lessen fractures in diabetics
Research will look at the mechanics behind why diabetics face increased risk of fractureCredit: Rensselaer TROY, N.Y. -- People with ...
Scientists create ‘artificial leaf’ that turns carbon into fuel
Converts harmful carbon dioxide into useful alternative fuelCredit: University of Waterloo Scientists have created an "artificial leaf" to fight climate ...
Eelgrass acid and resveratrol produced by cell factories for the first time
Scientists are now able to produce a wide range of sulfated aromatic compounds such as antifouling eelgrass acid, resveratrol and ...
New database enhances genomics research collaboration
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Sharing datasets that reveal the function of genomic variants in health and disease ...
UMass Amherst researchers develop new technology to detect foodborne disease
Food scientist awarded two USDA grants to study better ways to identify pathogensCredit: UMass Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst food ...
Artificial intelligence learns muscle anatomy in CT images
Credit: Yoshinobu Sato Personalized medicine has stirred the imagination of drugs and therapies that are individually tailored to patients. In ...
UTA to study bridge safety during floods, ecological impact of bridge construction
Examining the safety and environmental impacts of bridgesCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington researcher has received two ...
Vera Serganova and Valery Fokin became Laureates of 2019 George Gamow Award
Mathematician Vera Serganova and chemist Valery Fokin became Laureates of 2019 George Gamow AwardCredit: From private archive The G.A. Gamow ...
Double-sided tape for tissues could replace surgical sutures
New adhesive that binds wet surfaces within seconds could be used to heal wounds or implant medical devicesCredit: Felice Frankel ...
Montana State researchers win $3 million NIH grant to study gut immune system
Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN -- One day, instead of requiring a painful needle injection, vaccinating against a ...
Building a better way to figure out how cells work
New platform enables faster and easier measurement of cell-generated forcesCredit: Photo illustration by Joy Smoker When the best tool for ...
AI reveals nature of RNA-protein interactions
Credit: 2019 KAUST A new computational tool developed by KAUST scientists uses artificial intelligence (AI) to infer the RNA-binding properties ...
