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Octopus-inspired sucker transfers thin, delicate tissue grafts and biosensors
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Thin tissue grafts and flexible electronics have a host of applications for wound healing, regenerative medicine and...
Oct 20, 20203 min read


All-terrain microrobot flips through a live colon
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A rectangular robot as tiny as a few human hairs can travel throughout a colon by doing back flips, Purdue...
Oct 20, 20203 min read


New NIST project to build nano-thermometers could revolutionize temperature imaging
Cheaper refrigerators? Stronger hip implants? A better understanding of human disease? All of these could be possible and more, someday,...
Oct 12, 20207 min read


UCI biochip innovation combines AI and nanoparticle printing for cancer cell analysis
Electrical engineers, computer scientists and biomedical engineers at the University of California, Irvine have created a new...
Oct 8, 20202 min read


Nanoparticles can turn off genes in bone marrow cells
Using specialized nanoparticles, MIT engineers have developed a way to turn off specific genes in cells of the bone marrow, which play an...
Oct 6, 20205 min read


Zebrafish embryos help prove what happens to nanoparticles in the blood
A variety of nanoparticles are designed for targeted drug delivery, but unfortunately only a very small proportion of the injected...
Oct 5, 20203 min read
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