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The NSF funded Engineering Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (CBBG) focuses on ecologically friendly, cost-effective solutions, inspired by nature, for development and rehabilitation of resilient and sustainable civil infrastructure systems. It serves as a nexus for two transformative trends in engineering: biologically-based design and sustainability. The center propels the US […]
Tailocins are proteins produced by bacteria that target specific species of other bacteria, destroying them. When a bacterium produces tailocins, it kills the original bacterium but protects other individuals of the same species by killing other competing bacteria.
To better model the structure and performance of human muscles, researchers are using silkworm silk to grow muscle cells aligned in 3-dimensional space. Previously, muscle cells were grown on flat 2D petri dishes, which did not allow muscle cells to align accurately and led to poorer model muscle cell performance. Muscle […]
Cross‐kingdom communication via non‐coding RNAs is a recent discovery. Exogenous microRNAs (exog‐miRNAs) mainly enter a host through diet. Generally considered unstable in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, some exogenous RNAs may resist these harsh conditions, especially if transported in extracellular vesicles. They could then reach the intestines and more probably exert a […]
BioEHSC is a competition for high school students to learn about and participate in bioengineering research. Teams must select a problem in biology or medicine and perform research to design a solution in 7 weeks. At the end of the competition, teams present their solution to a panel of judges, composed […]
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I imagine that the neurological circuits underlying these processes are governed by both 2d spacing maps with their brains as…
to reduce the impact of car accidents, it may be possible to study the force diverting physics of cockroaches to…
you see this type of head-bobbing stability in many avian creatures related to pigeons like chickens. the head ability to…
not like they taught horses how to run! this is an example of convergent evolution where both sea creatures and…
The brain functions in a similar way with neuronal connections. our brains are able to utilize the multiplicity of connections…