New Study: Everyday Pleasures Can Boost Cognitive Performance
MINDWATCH study reveals cognitive peaks with everyday pleasures. Listening to music and drinking coffee are the sorts of everyday pleasures that can impact a person’s…
Biomedical Engineering News
Worms With a Superpower – Stanford Scientists Unravel Secrets of Regeneration
In some organisms, damage to one body part can trigger healing in another area. Recent findings indicate that this whole-body response isn’t a side effect:…
New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s Disease
Researchers from Pritzker Molecular Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell, demonstrated that their compound can eliminate the autoimmune response linked to multiple sclerosis….
Advanced Nerve Visualization With Photoacoustic Imaging
Scientists investigate the unique absorption spectra of myelinated nerves as a way to visualize and differentiate them from their surroundings. Invasive medical procedures, such as…
Pioneering Single-Pixel Technology Achieves 3D Imaging of Living Cells
Researchers have pioneered a 3D-SPI method that allows high-resolution imaging of microscopic objects, presenting a transformative approach for future biomedical research and optical sensing. A…
Unraveling the Secrets to Brain Diseases – When Proteins Get Stuck at Solid
Viewing proteins at the nanoscale offers insights for treating neurodegenerative diseases. Many diseases affecting the brain and nervous system are linked to the formation of…
Johns Hopkins Engineers Develop Deep-Learning Technology That May Aid Personalized Cancer Therapy
A team of engineers and cancer researchers from Johns Hopkins has developed a deep-learning technology capable of accurately predicting protein fragments linked to cancer, which…
Game-Changing Potential – New Tiny Human Heart Model Carries Massive Implications
A team of researchers, led by Professor Yaakov Nahmias from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and Tissue Dynamics Ltd., has made…
Healing Power of Light: Biomimetic Materials Pulsed With Low-Energy Blue Light Can Reshape Damaged Corneas
A new study reveals that biomimetic materials, when pulsed with low-energy blue light, can reshape damaged corneas, including increasing their thickness. The findings have the…
New Technology Restores Cold Sensation in Amputees’ Phantom Limbs
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have developed one of the smallest, most intense, and fastest refrigeration devices, known as the wearable thin-film…
“Magic Cocktail” Generates Lung’s Most Critical Immune Cell in the Lab
The development of a new cell culture model for human alveolar macrophages is set to propel research into respiratory illnesses. This innovation will aid in…
Breaking Bacterial Barriers: New Strategy Improves Treatment of Chronic Wound Infections
Scientists have developed a new strategy to improve the delivery of drugs to chronic wound infections. Chronic wounds, which are persistent open sores or damaged…
New “Smart” Implant Coatings Warn of Early Failure and Resist Infections
Researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have recently developed innovative “smart” coatings for orthopedic surgical implants. These coatings have the ability to monitor stress…
Scientists Develop a New Promising Treatment for Tinnitus
A new innovative treatment device tackles the hissing sound of silence. Tinnitus, the ringing, buzzing, or hissing sound of silence, ranges in severity from being…
Solid Tumor Eradication: MIT’s Vaccine Delivers a Boost to T Cell Cancer Treatment
An MIT research team has made a breakthrough in improving the effectiveness of engineered T cells, or chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells, in treating…
Unlocking the Secrets of the Heart – Scientists Create a Miniature Heart in a Petri Dish
Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have successfully induced stem cells to mimic the process of human heart development, resulting in a “mini-heart”…
New Microscopy Imaging Technique: RESORT Unveils Living Systems Like Never Before
A team of researchers has developed a new imaging technique called RESORT, combining the benefits of super-resolution fluorescence and vibrational imaging. RESORT, which uses laser-based…
Scientists Induce Hibernation-Like State Using Ultrasound Stimulation of the Brain
Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a method to induce a torpor-like state in mammals using ultrasound stimulation of the brain, according…
