MIT engineers demonstrated a bariatric balloon that can be inflated in the stomach and then degraded by shining light on the seal, which is made of a novel light-sensitive polymer. A variety…
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Researchers Create ‘Living Concrete’ From Bacteria
Researchers have developed a new approach to designing more sustainable buildings with help from Bacteria. In a study published in the journal Matter, CU Boulder researchers describe their strategy for using bacteria…
Xenobots – World’s First Living Robots created using Super Computer and Frog Cells
Tiny ‘xenobots’ assembled from cells promise advances from drug delivery to toxic waste clean-up A book is made of wood. But it is not a tree. The dead cells have been repurposed…
An 18-carat gold nugget made of plastic
ETH researchers have created an incredibly lightweight 18-carat gold, using a matrix of plastic in place of metallic alloy elements. No one wants to wear a heavy watch on their wrist, even…
Machine keeps human livers alive for one week
Researchers from the University Hospital and ETH Zurich have developed a machine that repairs injured human livers and keep them alive outside the body for one week. This breakthrough may increase the…