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Luring Stem Cells into Wounds

Hydrogel with biomolecules for healing
Specially engineered hydrogels can be loaded with growth factors that attract stem cells for wound healing, [MORE]

Automated Cell Culture

eVOLVER
With a relatively inexpensive set up, a bioengineer at Rice University built an automated cell culture prototype that controlled timing, temperature [MORE]

Injectable Hydrogel for Diabetic Ulcers

Rice University Graduate Student Nicole Carrejo Analyzes a Sample of K2(SL)6K2
Treating diabetic foot ulcers is an art left behind. Little [MORE]

Light Activated Nanomotor Drills Through Cells and Membranes

Motorized Nanomachines
The notion of a single molecule nanomotor, spinning at two to three million revolutions per second is mind-boggling in [MORE]

Nanotube Electrodes for Brain Implants

Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube
Most brain implants are made of metal wires, which can work but are not ideal. They can kill [MORE]

Gut-Biome Sensor

Jeffrey Tabor
Synthetic biologists at Rice University are working to create bacterial sensors that can detect different kinds of inflammation associated [MORE]

Advanced Microendoscope for Esophageal Cancer Screening

Biopsies are usually taken from patients suspected of having esophageal cancer, but often the tissue is benign. To address this, [MORE]

Knee Brace that Generated Electricity as it Flexes

Energy Generating Knee Brace
Electrical engineers at Rice University have built an electrical generator that attaches to a knee brace and [MORE]

Microsupercapacitors for Wearable Devices

Boron-Infused Microsupercapacitor for Wearables
First, some simple definitions. A capacitor is an electrical device that stores electrostatic field energy between its [MORE]

Self-Assembling Protein Fibers 

Creating a Self-Assembling Protein
“Amyloid” brings to mind a rogue’s gallery of human afflictions, from Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s to atherosclerosis and [MORE]

Synthetic Collagen Fibers for Tissue Scaffolds

Working on Synthetic Collagen
Before artificial organs can become a reality, bioengineers have to develop superior scaffolds that will hold the [MORE]

Magnetically-Guided Imaging Agent

Silicon Mesoporous Particle
Nanoparticles containing iron oxide not only provide improved imaging, but also can be manipulated inside the body by [MORE]

Pedipowering Medical Devices

Shoe Generator
This piece, from Rice University, shows a concept-stage prototype for an electrical generator built into a shoe which [MORE]

Designing Rotors for Nanomachines

Anatoly Kolomelsky, PhD
First think of a Crookes radiometer-that child’s toy resembling a light bulb with a spinning vane inside.  [MORE]