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...
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...
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...