Dare to Wear Bioart: Dresses Embroidered with Sterilized Deadly Bacteria
Any discussion about a certain bacteria usually seems to be one-sided, with the immediate questions being something like “How scared should we be?” and “How can we avoid it?” Unfortunately media...
View ArticleJapanese Researchers Perfect the Art of Acoustic Levitation
If you’ve ever stood too close to the speakers at a concert or cranked up the music in your car, you’ve felt the soothing (or annoying) vibrations of a subwoofer. These intense pulses that vibrate your...
View ArticleScientists Reveal Stunning Video of a Memory being formed at the Molecular Level
How do things such as fleeting experiences, catchy melodies and abstract concepts transform into physical globs inside of our brain? At the neuroscience level, we know that the intangible idea of...
View ArticleMerel Bekking’s Neurological Search for the Perfect Product Design
In her newest project, Dutch designer Merel Bekking uses an MRI scanner to map people’s preferences, compares this to what the participants actually say, and then uses the data to design a new line for...
View ArticleIAAC Students Design Bio-photovoltaic Cells that Extract Excess Energy from Soil
A team of research students at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) in Spain have recently designed and installed a bio-photovolatic wall at their Valldaura campus to generate...
View ArticleAre Diamonds Really Forever? From Ashes to Fashion
Sometimes we forget that science and fashion go hand in hand. Textiles turn into fabrics that are then dyed, screen-printed, cut and sewn. Chemicals are then used during bleaching, embossing,...
View ArticleResearch Shows that Urban Green Spaces Have Lasting Effect on Mental Health
In the past couple of years, environmental research has garnished increasing support from a world gradually more conscious of green spaces as repository spaces away from urban noise and congestion as...
View ArticleScents and Sustainabilty: UC Davis Scientists Opt to Change Our Sensory...
Out of all of the perceptual senses that humans have, our sense of smell is the oldest and most primal – so it comes as no surprise that our most taken-for-granted sense ties into so many areas of our...
View ArticleThe Palm-sized Chemistry Lab that Costs Less than Your Morning Frappucino
Working with graduate student George Korir, Stanford bioengineer Manu Prakash has created a $5 hand-cranked chemistry lab that fits in the palm of your hand. Similar to a music box, the device reads a...
View ArticleMIT Researchers Create New Hybrid E-materials that Live and Grow
Bacteria often get a bad rap – often only being called out in times of illness – but in reality there are some types of bacteria that we could not survive without. Not only does the bacteria in and on...
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