Using Fish Scales to Make Wearable Electronics More Sustainable
Flexible temporary electronic displays may one day make it possible to sport a glowing tattoo or check a reading, like that of a stopwatch, directly…
Flexible temporary electronic displays may one day make it possible to sport a glowing tattoo or check a reading, like that of a stopwatch, directly…
Precision measurements can aid understanding of disease, infection and vaccines. Biology can be murky, and medicine involves dealing with very complex mixtures of molecules. A…
New study of heat-resistant protein class reveals unusual shape and ability to prevent dangerous clumps associated with neurodegenerative diseases. Researchers at the University of Tokyo…
Researchers from the group of Hans Clevers have developed a new genetic tool to label specific genes in human organoids, or mini organs. They used…
To stop the spread of disease, it could be used to coat phone screens and keyboards, as well as the inside of catheters and breathing…
An international team of scientists have discovered a new material that can be 3D printed to create tissue-like vascular structures. In a new study published…
Approach focuses on 3D structures to simplify protein creation. Researchers have developed a process that could sharply reduce the work involved in computational protein design,…
Biological toolkit could help enable new manufacturing approaches to sustainable materials and targeted therapies. Synthetic biology researchers at Northwestern University have developed a system that…
Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have improved upon the 3D bioprinting technique they developed to engineer skeletal muscle as a potential therapy…
A deep-learning model identifies a powerful new drug that can kill many species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Using a machine-learning algorithm, MIT researchers have identified a…
A team of Cambridge scientists working on the intersection between biology and computation has found that random gene activity helps patterns form during the development…
Ultrathin crack-based sensors operate on a principle similar to a spider’s sense organ and display remarkable sensitivity to movement. People rely on a highly tuned…
Renewable device could help mitigate climate change, power medical devices. Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a device that uses a natural…
Biological toolkit for composing genetic programs in mammalian cells could help enable new therapies for difficult-to-treat diseases. A new synthetic biology toolkit developed at Northwestern…
Scientists have determined the structure of the protein complex that gives cyanobacteria their unique ability to convert weak, filtered sunlight into usable energy. Their findings…
A team of researchers in Canada have successfully trialed a new handheld 3D skin printer, which treats severe burns by ‘printing’ new skin cells directly…
Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin report in the journal Science that they have developed a new strategy to protect honey bees from…
Engineers design bionic ‘heart’ for testing prosthetic valves, other cardiac devices. As the geriatric population is expected to balloon in the coming decade, so too…