News tagged with bioengineer

Life Sticks: Bioengineer Publishes Sticky Insights in journal Science

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sticky is good. A University of California, San Diego bioengineer is the first author on an article in the journal Science that provides insights on the “stickiness of life.” The big idea i ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Scientists control complex nucleation processes using DNA origami seeds

The construction of complex man-made objects--a car, for example, or even a pizza--almost invariably entails what are known as "top-down" processes, in which the structure and order of the thing being built ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Better by design: Engineering flu vaccines

A new computerized method of testing could help world health officials better identify flu vaccines that are effective against multiple strains of the disease. Rice University scientists who created the method ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientist develop technique for eliminating reblockage of arteries

An easily implementable technique to avoid reblockage of arteries that have been cleared through angioplasty and stent insertion has been developed by researchers led by Prof. Boris Rubinsky of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Improved test can screen fungal pests for biofuel sources

(PhysOrg.com) -- Those pesky fungi that wreak havoc on such important crops as corn and wheat just might be the key to low-cost biofuel production, report Cornell researchers who have improved a method to ...

Biology /

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New method monitors critical bacteria in wastewater treatment

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new technique using sensors to constantly monitor the health of bacteria critical to wastewater treatment facilities and have verified a theory that copper is ...

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created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0