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Electricity-conducting bacteria yield secret to tiny batteries, big medical advances
Scientists have made a surprising discovery about how strange bacteria that live in soil and sediment can conduct electricity. The...
Apr 5, 20192 min read
Quantum physics and origami for the ultimate get-well card
Paper-based diagnostic tests are cheap, convenient and biodegradable. However, their use is limited by conventional dyes - which are not...
Apr 4, 20194 min read
Harnessing photonics for at-home disease detection
In the not-too-distant future, each of us may have a simple device - small enough for our nightstand or our pocket - that keeps us...
Apr 4, 20192 min read
New tool uses RNA sequencing to chart rich maps of cellular and tissue function
A new technique developed by scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard gives an unprecedented view of the cellular...
Apr 3, 20193 min read
From foam to bone: Plant cellulose can pave the way for healthy bone implants
Researchers from the University of British Columbia and McMaster University have developed what could be the bone implant material of the...
Apr 1, 20192 min read
New 3-D printing approach makes cell-scale lattice structures
A new way of making scaffolding for biological cultures could make it possible to grow cells that are highly uniform in shape and size,...
Mar 28, 20193 min read
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