biohybrid systems

The roots of a plant can become electrically conducting and store energy just by watering with conjugated oligomers
The bean plant with electronic roots (the dark roots). Credit: Thor Balkhed The roots of
A proof-of-concept for biologically-based soft robotics

A robotic gripping arm that uses engineered bacteria to “taste” for a specific chemical has

Fusing nanotech, bacteria and fungi to create “bionic mushrooms”

Researchers take an ordinary white button mushroom and supercharge it with clusters of tightly-packed cyanobacteria

Living bio-hybrid system links biological materials and electronic devices

Interdisciplinary approach makes linking biological materials and electronic devices possible One of the biggest challenges

First Implantable Artificial Kidney with a Microchip

Vanderbilt University Medical Center nephrologist and Associate Professor of Medicine Dr. William H. Fissell IV,