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Horseshoe Crab
Michael Bartlett will engineer wearable, whole-body sensing networks with a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research.
The horseshoe crab is often referred to as a “living fossil” because its evolution has been virtually stagnant for millions of years. Despite its lack of evolu...
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An MIT team has fabricated a hydrogel-based material that mimics the structure of the lobster’s underbelly, the toughest known hydrogel found in nature.
The membrane’s structure could provide a blueprint for robust artificial tissues.
A lobster’s underbelly is lined with a thin, translucent membrane that is b...
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New study on water jets impacting liquid droplets resembles Harold “Doc” Edgerton’s high-speed photos of a bullet fired through an apple. Analysis could help tune needle-free injection systems. Credit: Courtesy of researchers, and Tiny Giants
The results may help engineers develop a way to inject drugs witho...
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08-29
A microfluidic technique quickly sorts bacteria based on their capability to generate electricity. Image: Qianru Wang
Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation or environmental cleanup.
Living ...
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08-28
Animals have evolved all manner of adaptations to get the nutrients they need. For nectar-feeding bats, long snouts and tongues let them dip in and out of flowers while hovering in mid-air. To help the cause, their tongues are covered i...
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08-26
Modeled after an earthworm, Meshworm is a soft autonomous robot that moves via peristalsis, crawling across surfaces by contracting segments of its body.
Earthworms creep along the ground by alternately squeezing and stretching muscles ...
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08-25
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and MIT have genetically engineered muscle cells to flex in response to light, which may one day enable highly articulated, flexible robots.
Many robotic designs take nature as their muse: st...
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08-23
A Soyuz spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2017 using a conventional, fuel-intensive engine. UW researchers have developed a mathematical model that describes how a new type of engine — one that promises ...
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08-21
Determining when and how quickly a liquid will convert to a vapor has been stymied by questions about how – and how much – the temperature changes at the point where the liquid meets the vapor, a concept known as temperature discontinu...
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08-21
Georgia Tech undergraduate student Gaurav Byagathvalli and Assistant Professor Saad Bhamla with examples of butane lighters they used to create the inexpensive ElectroPen – an electroporator device useful in life sciences research. Cre...
Horseshoe Crab Michael Bartlett will engineer wearable, whole-body sensing networks with a Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research. The horseshoe crab is often referred to as a “living fossil” because its evolution has been virtually stagnant for millions of years. Despite its lack of evolu...
An MIT team has fabricated a hydrogel-based material that mimics the structure of the lobster’s underbelly, the toughest known hydrogel found in nature. The membrane’s structure could provide a blueprint for robust artificial tissues. A lobster’s underbelly is lined with a thin, translucent membrane that is b...
New study on water jets impacting liquid droplets resembles Harold “Doc” Edgerton’s high-speed photos of a bullet fired through an apple. Analysis could help tune needle-free injection systems. Credit: Courtesy of researchers, and Tiny Giants The results may help engineers develop a way to inject drugs witho...
A microfluidic technique quickly sorts bacteria based on their capability to generate electricity. Image: Qianru Wang Microbes screened with a new microfluidic process might be used in power generation or environmental cleanup. Living ...
Animals have evolved all manner of adaptations to get the nutrients they need. For nectar-feeding bats, long snouts and tongues let them dip in and out of flowers while hovering in mid-air. To help the cause, their tongues are covered i...
Modeled after an earthworm, Meshworm is a soft autonomous robot that moves via peristalsis, crawling across surfaces by contracting segments of its body. Earthworms creep along the ground by alternately squeezing and stretching muscles ...
A Soyuz spacecraft launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in 2017 using a conventional, fuel-intensive engine. UW researchers have developed a mathematical model that describes how a new type of engine — one that promises ...
Determining when and how quickly a liquid will convert to a vapor has been stymied by questions about how – and how much – the temperature changes at the point where the liquid meets the vapor, a concept known as temperature discontinu...
Georgia Tech undergraduate student Gaurav Byagathvalli and Assistant Professor Saad Bhamla with examples of butane lighters they used to create the inexpensive ElectroPen – an electroporator device useful in life sciences research. Cre...