Reengineering a food poisoning microbe to carry medicines and vaccines
Scientists have genetically engineered Listeria monocytogenes, a food poisoning bacteria, to serve as a harmless new way to deliver medicine and vaccines

Natural solar collectors on butterfly wings inspire more powerful solar cells
The discovery that butterfly wings have scales that act as tiny solar collectors has led scientists in China and Japan to design a more efficient solar cell

Microscopic “hands” for building tomorrow’s machines
In a finding straight out of science fiction, chemical and biomolecular engineers in Maryland are describing development of microscopic, chemically triggered robotic “hands” that can pick up and move small objects.

Development of a novel strategy for engineering high-affinity proteins by yeast display
Yeast display provides a system for engineering high-affinity proteins using a fluorescent-labeled ligand and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS).

Engineering translocations with delayed replication: evidence for cis control of chromosome replication timing
A chromosome engineering strategy that allows the generation of chromosomes with this DRT/DMC phenotype.

Comparative analysis of microarray normalization procedures: effects on reverse engineering gene networks
An increasingly common application of gene expression profile data is the reverse engineering of cellular networks.

Scientists develop 'clever' artificial hand
Scientists have developed a new ultra-light limb that can mimic the movement in a real hand better than any currently available.

Coating improves electrical stimulation therapy used for Parkinson's, depression, chronic pain
Researchers have designed a way to improve electrical stimulation of nerves by outfitting electrodes with the latest in chemically engineered fashion: a coating of basic black, formed from carbon nanotubes.

Brain's timing linked with timescales of the natural visual world
Extreme precision needed to accurately represent the slowly changing visual world

Study breaks ground in revealing how neurons generate movement
When the eye tracks a bird's flight across the sky, the visual experience is normally smooth, without interruption.

Harnessing the brain's plasticity key to treating neurological damage
The need for strategies that treat complex neurological impairments has never been greater.

Kingston Computing Expert Charts Amputees' Rehabilitation
New Kingston University research could reduce the recovery time for lower limb amputees by helping health professionals chart patients' progress more easily.

Ring-like formations in drying DNA drops could affect hybridization studies
Coffee drinkers are familiar with the ring-shaped stains that result from spilled drops that have dried, in which the brown stain is not evenly distributed, but instead concentrated at the edge.

Role of reaction kinetics and mass transport in glucose sensing with nanopillar array electrodes
This study intends to investigate the role of reaction kinetics and mass transport in biosensing when electrodes with nanoscale features are used.

Amyloglucosidase enzymatic reactivity inside lipid vesicles
In this study, the entrapment of amyloglucosidase from Aspergillus niger into dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine multilamellar vesicles and large unilamellar vesicles was investigated.

Electrospun nitrocellulose and nylon: Design and fabrication of novel high performance platforms for protein blotting applications
Electrospinning is a non-mechanical processing strategy that can be used to process a variety of native and synthetic polymers into highly porous materials composed of nano-scale to micron-scale diameter fibers.

Flow and wall shear stress in end-to-side and side-to-side anastomosis of venous coronary artery bypass grafts
CFD analysis of venous CABG based on in-vivo CT datasets in patients was feasible producing qualitative and quantitative information on mass flow and WSS.

Evolutionary optimization of classifiers and features for single-trial EEG Discrimination
The aim of this study was to design and compare methods for automatic classifier tailoring and feature subset optimization in order to maximize EEG pattern detection accuracy

Influence of spacer length on heparin coupling efficiency and fibrinogen adsorption of modified titanium surfaces
This work aimed to investigate the influence of different coupling agents with varying chain length on the amount and biological performance of surface bound heparin.

Physiologically-based testing system for the mechanical characterization of prosthetic vein valves
Due to the relatively limited amount of work done to date on developing prosthetic vein (as opposed to cardiac) valves, advances in this topic require progress in three distinct areas