Biotechnology
Apr 8, 2022
Bio-inspired technology could one day lead to a bionic eye
A new design for eye and brain implants draws its inspiration from nature.
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Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 31, 2022
Easy test can see if breeding bulls have the right stuff
Forget sending bull semen out for complicated laboratory tests to learn whether the agricultural animal is highly virile.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 20, 2022
'Worm-on-a-chip' device could someday help diagnose lung cancer
Dogs can use their incredible sense of smell to sniff out various forms of cancer in human breath, blood and urine samples. Similarly, in the lab a much simpler organism, the roundworm C. elegans, wriggles its way toward ...
Biotechnology
Feb 25, 2022
3D micromesh-based hybrid printing for microtissue engineering
Bioprinting is widely applicable to develop tissue engineering scaffolds and form tissue models in the lab. Materials scientists use this method to construct complex 3D structures based on different polymers and hydrogels; ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 25, 2022
Faster, more efficient living cell separation achieved with new microfluidic chip
A Japanese research team created a new way to sort living cells suspended in fluid using an all-in-one operation in a lab-on-chip that required only 30 minutes for the entire separation process. This device eliminated the ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 24, 2022
Transparent ultrasound chip improves cell stimulation and imaging
Ultrasound scans, best known for monitoring pregnancies or imaging organs, can also be used to stimulate cells and direct cell function. A team of Penn State researchers has developed an easier, more effective way to harness ...
Soft Matter
Feb 3, 2022
Researchers shed light on role of kinetics in fluid transport
Remco Hartkamp, Max Döpke and Fenna Westerbaan van der Meij, researchers at the Delft University of Technology department Process & Energy, are shedding new light on the role of surface reaction rates of liquid in electrokinetic ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 20, 2022
'Lab on a chip' can measure protein-DNA interactions
New nanophotonic tweezers developed by Cornell researchers can fit on a chip less than one-inch square, making it easier and more efficient to manipulate single molecules using light in order to investigate biological systems.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jan 18, 2022
Halting antibiotic resistance is a little less futile
A new experimental platform developed at Rice University promises to speed up the discovery of how infectious bacteria become resistant to antibiotics.Â
Bio & Medicine
Jan 18, 2022
Nanobubbles provide pathway to build better medical devices
Researchers from the University of Sydney Nano Institute and School of Chemistry have revealed that tiny gas bubbles—nanobubbles just 100 billionths of a meter high—form on surfaces in unexpected situations, providing ...
