Everyday enzymes, now grown in plants
Myriad industrial processes rely on enzymes, from making orange juice to manufacturing denim jeans. Emerging research is transforming how these enzymes get made.
Apr 9th, 2019
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'Stained glass' technique kills deadly hospital bacteria
Scientists have discovered a technique similar to medieval stained glass-making that can completely eradicate the deadliest hospital infections within hours.
Apr 9th, 2019
Read moreDesigner organelles in cells produce synthetic proteins (w/video)
Scientists create membraneless organelles to build proteins in living cells / Incorporation of synthetic amino acids allows completely new chemical functionality.
Mar 29th, 2019
Read moreEngineers grow prevascularized tissue for cardiac patches
Patching up a heart needs the help of tiny blood vessels. Aligning dense vascular structures in engineered cardiac patches can help patients recover from a heart attack.
Mar 28th, 2019
Read moreEngineered vessels evolve into living tissue
In one of the longest follow-up studies of its kind, researchers found that their specially bioengineered blood vessels evolved into living tissue after human implantation.
Mar 28th, 2019
Read moreAdhesive formed from bee spit and flower oil could form basis of new glues
Researchers are looking to a bee 'glue' as a model for a bioinspired adhesive because of its unique properties and ability to remain sticky through a range of conditions.
Mar 27th, 2019
Read moreMicrogels let medical implants fight off bacteria
Implants coated in microgel flecks could be key to reducing surgical infections.
Mar 26th, 2019
Read moreWearable sensors mimic skin to help with wound healing process
Researchers have developed skin-inspired electronics to conform to the skin, allowing for long-term, high-performance, real-time wound monitoring in users.
Mar 26th, 2019
Read moreScientist constructs artificial photosynthetic cells
New system paves the way to construct energetically-independent artificial cells.
Mar 25th, 2019
Read moreTraffic control of cells
Researchers develop a hydrogel whose stiffness and permeability to cells can be controlled with light.
Mar 25th, 2019
Read moreRevealing the rules behind virus scaffold construction
New insights into epistasis could impact future drug delivery and therapeutic strategies.
Mar 19th, 2019
Read moreSnaring bacteria in DNA-based nets the way white blood cells do
Today's antibiotics are not particularly engineered to coordinate their fight against bacteria with white blood cells, the body's own first line of defense against infectors, but a new study gives hope that that could change.
Mar 18th, 2019
Read moreSweat holds most promise for noninvasive testing
Researchers created the world's first continuous-monitoring device that tests sweat as effectively as blood but in a noninvasive way and over many hours.
Mar 15th, 2019
Read moreResearchers create a hydrogel contact lens to treat serious eye disease
Researchers have created a hydrogel that could one day be made into a contact lens to more effectively treat corneal melting, a condition that is a significant cause for blindness world-wide.
Mar 12th, 2019
Read moreIncreasingly complex mini-brains
Scientists produce brain organoids with primitive eyes using computational fluid dynamics.
Mar 7th, 2019
Read moreNew squid study brings bio-inspired engineers ever closer to building smart skin (w/video)
Marine biologists report a paradigm-shifting discovery in how specialized organs in squid skin, called chromatophores, contribute to the squid's camouflage via an elegant interplay of pigmentary action and structural coloration.
Mar 7th, 2019
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