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Synthetic Biology Empowers Farmers with Crop Diagnostics

During a trip to Kenya, Professor Julius Lucks tested a device that leverages advances in in vitro synthetic biology to diagnose disease in crops before the symptoms are visible.Read more

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Wastewater Bacteria Can Break Down Plastic for Food

The findings by Northwestern Engineering’s Ludmilla Aristilde could lead to bioengineering solutions to clean up plastic waste.Read more

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Watch Water Form Out of Thin Air

Professor Vinayak Dravid witnessed, for the first time, the formation of nanosized water bubbles in real time.Read more

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Obesity, Diabetes Implant Gets up to $34M for Development

Professors Jonathan Rivnay and Josh Leonard are part of a multi-institutional team of researchers working to create a minimally invasive implant that will eliminate the need for injections and deliver medicine on demand.Read more

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