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The surgical room in Israel where one of the kidney transplants took place. | Image courtesy of Itai Ashlagi

Aug 12, 2021

Engineers develop a new algorithm to aid kidney transplant exchanges

Computation & Data, Health, Technology & Society

HT-MEK combines microfluidics and cell-free protein synthesis technologies to dramatically speed up the study of enzymes. | Image by Daniel Mokhtari

Jul 22, 2021

A new tool drastically speeds up the study of enzymes

Stanford graduate student Delaney Miller wearing the energy expenditure monitoring system. | Photo by Andrew Brodhead

Jul 14, 2021

A team of engineers design an accurate wearable calorie burn counter

Health, Technology & Society

The researchers experimented on maize, pictured above, and other crops to test the effect engineered microbes have on plant growth and health. | Courtesy

Jul 6, 2021

Using nature’s miracle bugs to help feed the world

Environment, Health, Technology & Society

A team demonstrates the flexibility and stretchability of their artificial skin. | Photo by Yuqing Zheng

Jul 6, 2021

Engineers develop a practical way to make artificial skin

Health, Materials, Technology & Society

Bendable, shapeable computer circuits, worn on or implanted in the human body, could perform many health-related tasks. | iStock/Ilya Lukichev

Jun 17, 2021

Engineers develop a new technique to manufacture flexible electronics

Electronics & Networking, Health

Joseph DeSimone is an expert in transferring promising technological breakthroughs into real-world products. | Unsplash/Tom Claes

Jun 16, 2021

Joseph DeSimone: How 3D printing is changing medicine

Technology can improve transparency and build patient trust. | Stocksy/Sean Locke

Jun 14, 2021

Tina Hernandez-Boussard: How data improves the quality of health care

Artificial Intelligence, Computation & Data, Health

New research allows a patient with paralysis to “write” their thoughts at some 17 words per minute, setting a new record. | Stocksy/Chris Zielecki

Jun 3, 2021

Krishna Shenoy: How brain-computer connections could end paralysis

Electronics & Networking, Health

New software and hardware taps into the brain to convert thoughts about handwriting into text on a computer screen. | Unsplash/Aaron Burden

May 26, 2021

New software turns ‘mental handwriting’ into words on computer screens

Artificial Intelligence, Health

Parsonnet says every vaccine given is a step in the direction of “normal.” | Reuters/Clodagh Kilcoyne

May 21, 2021

Julie Parsonnet: How faith in herd immunity may be misplaced

Health, Technology & Society

“Peptoids destroy the membranes, not just of herpes but other viruses as well,” Barron said. | Adobe Stock/crevis

May 18, 2021

A bioengineer aims to turn nature’s virus fighters into powerful drugs

Tang’s lab showed how it was possible to make microfluidic experiments far more efficient. | Unsplash/Yingchih

May 12, 2021

To make particles flow more efficiently, put an obstacle in their way

With applications in health care, forensic genetics, and human evolution, mathematical biology is more relevant than ever. | Stocksy/Liliya Rodnikova

May 3, 2021

Noah Rosenberg: How biology is becoming more mathematical

Computation & Data, Health, Technology & Society

A new technology enabled young, healthy adults to move 42 percent faster than when they were wearing normal shoes. | TONL

Apr 27, 2021

Engineers use ankle exoskeletons to greatly increase walking speed

What was most surprising was that viscoelasticity can have such a dramatic impact on the ability of cells to migrate. | Shutterstock/Komsan Loonprom

Apr 22, 2021

How do cells migrate? The process is key to many biological processes

Jim Swartz: “This could be how we make sure the world never has to suffer a pandemic like COVID-19 again.” | Photo by Andrew Brodhead

Mar 17, 2021

A scholar shows how a rapid-response vaccine could stop pandemics

Health, Technology & Society

Markus Covert explores the history of vaccines and mRNA production. | iStock/DrAfter123

Mar 8, 2021

The long — and very, very short — journey to the COVID-19 vaccines

Health, Technology & Society

When the CRISPR scissors isn’t the right tool for the job, an assist from nanobodies could put the right DNA fix in place. | Adobe Stock/elenabsl

Mar 2, 2021

Fantastic voyage: Nanobodies could help CRISPR turn genes on and off

Blood centers, struggling to maintain supplies in the face of physical distancing practices, hope Zika testing is reconsidered. | iStock/Motortion

Mar 2, 2021

Should the United States keep screening all blood donations for Zika?

Health, Technology & Society

In a laboratory, gloved hands are removing the cap from a syringe.

Feb 9, 2021

Injectable gels could release medicines over time using fewer needles

Health, Materials

We’ll need new and better instruments and processes to understanding the workings of the brain. | Adobe Stock/highwaystarz

Feb 5, 2021

Jin Hyung Lee: How can we systematically cure brain diseases?

Artificial Intelligence, Health

We’re closer to understanding Parkinson’s and other diseases where the brain circuitry seems to be malfunctioning. | iStock/filo

Feb 2, 2021

Mark Schnitzer: How to better understand the brain

“We’re opening up a window onto a world of cognition that has been opaque to science until now.” | Image by Gil Costa

Jan 29, 2021

Researchers develop a system that shows decision making in real time