biomolecular engineering

Breakthrough in biomolecular engineering: Building nanotubes with protein crystals creates opportunities

Nanobionics Supercharge Photosynthesis

via Rice University

Rice University bioscaffold material degrades as bone grows to replace it

LEFT: The system being developed by UH Cullen College of Engineering researchers diagnoses disease by blocking holes with pathogens and some other connected material, in this case silver particles, preventing light from shining through. RIGHT: This is a close-up of nanoholes blocked by these particles. Credit: Jiming Bao Research Group

Diagnosing diseases with smartphones

Discovery of a New Way to Make Foams Could Lead to Lightweight, Sustainable Materials

Georgia Tech professor Yulin Deng is shown with an experimental setup that demonstrated the operation of a new solar-induced direct biomass-to-electricity hybrid fuel cell. (Georgia Tech Photo: John Toon)

Solar-Induced Hybrid Fuel Cell Produces Electricity Directly from Biomass

Hybrid Nanomaterials

Research Paves Path for Hybrid NanoMaterials That Could Replace Human Tissue or Today’s Pills

KAIST announces a novel technology to produce gasoline by a metabolically-engineered microorganism

NYU-Poly Nano Scientists Reach the Holy Grail in Label-Free Cancer Marker Detection: Single Molecules

Researchers Step Closer to Custom-building New Blood Vessels

Small packages delivering huge results

Advanced Paper Could Be the Foundation For Inexpensive Biomedical and Diagnostic Devices

Out-Of-This-World Nanoscience: A Computer Chip That Can Assemble Itself?