Tag: materials science
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University Spin-Off Develops Bone Repair Technology
20 January 2015. A materials science research center and university spin-off company in Ireland are developing a technology using natural materials to repair bones in people and animals. The bone-repair technology is a product of Ireland’s Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research (Amber) center at Trinity College in Dublin and SurgaColl Technologies in Cork, a spin-off…
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New Process Expands Samples for Microscope Magnification
16 January 2015. Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a process for expanding the size of tissue samples that makes possible high resolution images with ordinary laboratory materials and microscopes. The team led by MIT bioengineering professor Ed Boyden published its findings yesterday in the online journal Science Express (paid subscription required). Microscopes have…
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University Prof to Commercialize 3-D Printed Cell Platforms
15 December 2014. A biomedical engineer at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston plans to develop a commercial platform for three-dimensional printing of artificial cells in research, education, and industrial applications. Mark DeCoster, an engineering faculty member at Louisiana Tech, received a $50,000 National Science Foundation I-Corps grant to further develop the idea into a marketable…
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Flexible Pulse Oximeter Designed for Wearable Devices
11 December 2014. Engineers at University of California in Berkeley developed techniques for building inexpensive sensors to measure pulse rate and blood oxygen levels into flexible materials suitable for wearable monitors or fitness devices. The team led by UC-Berkeley electrical engineering professor Ana Arias published its results online yesterday in the journal Nature Communications (paid…
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Technique Devised for 3-D Immunotherapy Injections
9 December 2014. Biomedical engineers at Harvard University designed a biomaterial that in lab animals assembles into a three-dimensional framework for delivery of therapies triggering an immune response to treat cancer and infectious diseases. The team from the lab of David Mooney at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering published its findings yesterday in…
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Patent Issued for Engineered Peptides Forming Hydrogels
4 November 2014. Bioengineers at Kansas State University received a patent for their invention of a peptide, a protein-like compound, that turns into water-based gels for a number of medical applications. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded patent number 8,835,395 to Xiuzhi (Susan) Sun, professor of grain science and bioengineering at Kansas State, as well…
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Child-Safe Coating Devised for Button Batteries
4 November 2014. Engineers and medical researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and hospitals affiliated with Harvard Medical School developed a coating for small batteries that tests show could prevent poisoning when swallowed accidentally by young children. The team from the labs of Robert Langer at MIT and Jeffrey Karp at Brigham and Women’s Hospital…
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Synthetic Blood Thinner Antidote Developed
30 October 2014. Medical and biochemical researchers at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada designed a polymer antidote for heparin that in lab animals neutralizes anti-coagulant activity and appears to be well tolerated. The team led by chemistry and pathology professor Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu published its findings yesterday in the journal Science Translational Medicine (paid subscription…
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Graphene Sensor Offers Clear Optical Access to Brain Cells
22 October 2014. Engineers at University of Wisconsin in Madison developed an implanted transparent sensor made with graphene that allows for imaging and diagnostics in the brain requiring line-of-sight access. The team led by electrical engineering professor Zhenqiang Ma and biomedical engineering faculty Justin Williams published its findings this week in the journal Nature Communications.…
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Simple 3-D Graphene Construction Process Devised
17 October 2014. Materials scientists at Kyoto University in Japan developed a new process that simplifies the building of three-dimension structures with graphene, a light, strong, conductive material with many industrial and commercial applications. Franklin Kim and Jianli Zou from Kyoto’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences published their findings yesterday in the journal Nature Communications…