HealthBreakthroughs
Mizzou engineers developed a 4D printed bioadhesive that bonds to wet tissue and changes shape with body heat. Here's how the material science works.
Deep dive: How 4D Printing Adds a Time Dimension
HealthBreakthroughs
Organ chip space medicine technology flew on Artemis II, testing personalised bone marrow chips to study deep space radiation effects on astronaut health.
Deep dive: How an organ chip works
Space
A UK-led mission is launching fluorescent C. elegans worms to the ISS inside a shoebox-sized Petri Pod to study bone, muscle and radiation effects…
Deep dive: How to run a biology lab in orbit
HealthBreakthroughs
A clinical trial shows spinal cord stimulation can restore walking and sensory feedback in people with complete spinal injuries, a biomedical engineering first.
Deep dive: How spinal cord stimulation restores walking
HealthInnovation
China has approved the world's first commercial brain computer interface implant. Neuracle's coin-sized device reads neural signals to restore hand movement in paralysis patients.
Deep dive: How a Brain Computer Interface Implant Works
HealthInnovation
Nine engineers behind cochlear implants, brain-computer interfaces, and spinal stimulation share the 2026 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
Deep dive: How Neural Interfaces Work
Electronics & Communications
Engineers at the University of Queensland have developed a biorobotics system that transforms common darkling beetles into remotely controlled search and rescue agents. The…
Deep dive: Bioelectrical Stimulation and Micro-Scale Robotics