Hacker News with Generative AI: Bioengineering

Knitted microtissue can accelerate healing (news.mit.edu)
Treating severe or chronic injury to soft tissues such as skin and muscle is a challenge in health care.

Medical Technology, Bioengineering, Healthcare

5 points by gnabgib 1 day ago | 0 comments

DARPA exploring growing bio structures of "unprecedented size" in microgravity (sam.gov)

Space Exploration, Bioengineering, Microgravity

175 points by Jimmc414 2 days ago | 82 comments

Bacteria in Polymers Form Cables That Grow into Living Gels (caltech.edu)
Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such as mucus, form long cables that buckle and twist on each other, building a kind of "living Jell-O."

Biology, Materials Science, Bioengineering

59 points by gmays 42 days ago | 3 comments

Cyborg cockroaches can now be mass-produced in a robotic factory (scmp.com)
Researchers have taken the concept of cyborg insects to the next level – automated mass production that could turn out cybernetically controlled bugs every 68 seconds, a technology that may prove useful in search-and-rescue operations or factory inspections.

Robotics, Bioengineering, Insects, Technology

4 points by larrysalibra 82 days ago | 0 comments

Lignin discovery could help turn trees into affordable green chemicals (phys.org)
Trees are the most abundant natural resource living on Earth's land masses, and North Carolina State University scientists and engineers are making headway in finding ways to use them as sustainable, environmentally benign alternatives to producing industrial chemicals from petroleum.

Sustainable Materials, Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Bioengineering

5 points by PaulHoule 119 days ago | 0 comments

Robot controlled by a king oyster mushroom blends living organisms and machines (cnn.com)

Robotics, Biology, Artificial Intelligence, Bioengineering

12 points by mooreds 180 days ago | 1 comments

Smart mask for exhaled breath condensate harvesting and analysis (science.org)

Health, Medical Technology, Sensors, Bioengineering

24 points by bookofjoe 189 days ago | 2 comments

'smart' insulin that responds to changing blood sugar levels in real time (theguardian.com)

Diabetes, Healthcare, Bioengineering, Artificial Intelligence

28 points by sorokod 207 days ago | 8 comments

Maglev titanium heart now whirs inside the chest of a live patient (newatlas.com)