Biomedical Engineering

The Ultimate Incubator: The Brave New World of Bionic Babies

IEEE Spectrum: The womb is home to the most complex feat of human biology: the transformation from embryo to fetus to baby. But that magnificent conversion would be impossible without the placenta, the life-giving organ that the developing fetus is tied…

Micro-Aneurysm-On-A-Chip to Model Vascular Disease

Medgadget: An international research collaboration, including teams from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Brown University, and MIT, has developed an AI platform that can assess blood flow characteristics through microvasculature. The system relies on a microfluidic chip that mimics…

This High School Student Invented An Eye-Tracking Test To Detect Brain Disorders

Forbes: Alay Shah, 17, of Plano West Senior High School, Plano, Texas, placed in the top ten at the 2021 Regeneron Science Talent Search by designing an eye-tracking algorithm…

Scientists grew tiny tear glands in a dish — then made them cry

Nature: Organoids made of tear-producing cells offer chances to study, and possibly treat, eye disorders. At first, it took a long time — up to a day — to make the cells cry. But, with experience and a little prodding,…