Collaborate Disseminate
Although great advances are occurring in the field of powered prosthetics, the devices typically still require bulky, heavy batteries. Scientists at Rice University are trying to change that, by creating a pneumatic “extra limb” that’s powered by the w… Continue reading Experimental system uses footsteps to power pneumatic prostheses
Earlier this year, scientists at Rice University demonstrated a highly promising approach to tackling ovarian and colorectal cancer that centered on “drug factory” beads that could be implanted alongside tumors to destroy them in less than a week. By c… Continue reading Implantable “drug factory” beads destroy tumors in mice within days
Of the many different designs being explored by scientists in pursuit of better batteries, lithium-metal is an architecture that holds great potential. One problem holding the technology back, however, is the formation of tentacle-like growths called d… Continue reading Powder brushed onto electrodes brings high-capacity batteries closer
While we’ve seen a number of robotic grippers inspired by various animals, US scientists have now taken a much more “direct” approach. They’ve devised a method of of using actual dead spiders to delicately grasp small objects.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading “Necrobotics” tech uses spider carcasses as robotic grippers
Researchers at Rice University have shown how they can hack the brains of fruit flies to make them remote controlled. The flies performed a specific action within a second of a command being sent to certain neurons in their brain.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Scientists hack fly brains to make them remote controlled
Researchers have homed in on new compounds that are effective at killing leukemia. The drug candidates shut down faulty mitochondria in the cancerous cells, and were found to be far more effective when paired with existing chemotherapy drugs.Continue R… Continue reading Drug combo combats leukemia by attacking faulty cellular powerhouses
Bacteria may be great at developing resistance to our best drugs, but there are some things they can’t evolve their way out of – like tiny drills ripping them open. Researchers at Rice University have now demonstrated their next generation molecular dr… Continue reading Tiny light-powered drills could be our secret weapon against superbugs
If humanity is ever going to curb our waste problem, we’ll need to get creative with recycling and reusing materials. In a new study, researchers at Rice University and Ford’s Research and Innovation Center have demonstrated how waste plastic from old … Continue reading Waste plastics from old cars “flashed” into graphene to go in new cars
Two of our biggest environmental problems are the tons of unusable plastic waste, and the tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) which are released into the atmosphere in smokestack emissions. A new process is claimed to use the former to trap the latter.Continu… Continue reading New technique uses plastic waste to capture CO2 emissions
Among the many challenges in treating tumors is the difficulty in getting anti-cancer drugs to the right locations, and in the right amounts. A new type of implant developed at Rice University tackles both these issues, carrying the cellular machinery … Continue reading “Drug factory” beads implanted in mice take out tumors within a week