bioengineering
The Clever Evolutionary Engineering That Keeps Penguins Ice-Free
Understanding this prerequisite to the penguin lifestyle has proven difficult, but Chinese researchers now have some answers.
Optical Engineers Weld Together Individual Neurons for the First Time
A new tool for making and repairing brains.
Engineers Combine Biological Energy-Harvesting with Electronic Circuits
The future promises bomb-sniffing dogs on a chip and so much more.
This Synthetic Bio Company Is Hacking Microbes to Build the Smells of the Future
Ginkgo Bioworks is re-wilding our noses with raw biological smells by drilling right down into an organism’s DNA.
Living, Hearing Copy of van Gogh's Ear Goes on Display
Lend your ear to this tale of art, history, and science.
How Synthetic Lifeforms Will Help Us Survive On and Off Earth
Artificial organisms may be the key to saving our planet, and colonizing others.
How to Hack a Normal Printer to 3D Print Coronary Arteries
We’re well on our way to mass-producing functioning bioprinted hearts.
How a Hacked Virus Is Bringing Us Closer to Artificial Photosynthesis
In new experiments, virus particles are tasked with transporting energy in organic light antennae.
This 'Psychic Robot' Is Here to Fix Your Mistakes Before They Happen
An algorithm that is able to compute human intent.
The Strange, Ethically Ambiguous World of Biological Art
Australian artist Oron Catts is at the bleeding edge—literally—of a discipline that meddles with life for the sake of art.