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A Revolution in Cardiac Care: Rapidly Produced Artificial Heart Valves

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In a world where heart disease remains a leading cause of death, advancements in cardiac care are always a welcome sight. A team of researchers has made a significant breakthrough in producing artificial heart valves, creating them in less than 10 minutes. This rapid production method, known as...

Is this the first ever living, programmable organism?

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Not bot, not beast: scientists create first ever living, programmable organism A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world’s first “living robots”. This week, a research team of roboticists and scientists published their recipe for making a new lifeform called xenobots from stem...

MIT engineers a moisture-responsive workout suit

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Engineers at MIT have designed a moisture-responsive workout suit. Ventilating flaps are lined with live cells and can open and close in response to an athlete’s sweat. The flaps (which range from thumbnail- to finger-sized) are lined with live microbial cells that shrink and expand in response to...