University of Massachusetts Amherst team introduces high-performing ‘green’ electronic sensor. Writing in the journal NanoResearch,…
Browsing: Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the use of biological systems, organisms, or their components to develop innovative technologies and products that improve health, agriculture, industry, and the environment. By combining biology with tools from fields like genetics, engineering, and computer science, biotechnology enables breakthroughs such as gene editing, synthetic biology, biopharmaceuticals, and sustainable biofuels. It plays a critical role in addressing global challenges—from fighting disease and enhancing crop resilience to reducing pollution. Explore this page for the latest advances, applications, and research shaping the rapidly evolving world of biotechnology.
Researchers develop a new way to create 3D scaffolds for biomedical applications. In the movie…
Scientists uncover how oral secretions of the cotton leaf worm trigger defense responses in a…
Hydrogen is an essential commodity with over 60 million tons produced globally every year. However…
Report offers guidelines to help prevent viruses from tainting biopharmaceutical drugs. Over the past few…
Microneedles made of silk-based material can target plant tissues for delivery of micronutrients, hormones, or…
Biological structures sometimes have unique features that engineers would like to copy. For example, many…
University of Oklahoma Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center and Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation…
Columbia researchers design biocompatible ion-driven soft transistors that can perform real-time neurologically relevant computation and…
Brain-inspired electronics with organic memristors offer an energy and cost-efficient platform for various AI and…
University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers advance neuromorphic computing. Only 10 years ago, scientists working on…
Pterosaurs were the largest animals ever to fly. They soared the skies for 160 million…
Researchers at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and the University of Cambridge have…
Bacteria on nanowires convert sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to organic building blocks. If humans…
Researchers from Cambridge University and the University of California San Diego have 3D-printed coral-inspired structures…
There’s a new disease-detecting technology in the lab of Sanjiv “Sam” Gambhir, MD Ph.D., and…
A variety of companies with MIT ties are working to address aspects of the Covid-19…
Technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devices. The brain is one…