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A Pen Designed for Parkinson’s Patients
The student startup SteadyScrib is developing a wide-gripped pen with magnets to negate the effects of shaking and tremors.Mar 9, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
Exclusive: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan on Their New ‘Biohub’ in Chicago and How They Plan to Spend Billions to Help Others Cure or Manage Disease
Zuckerberg and Chan discuss their plans to use technology to deepen understanding of human cells and tissues—and the impact they want it to have on human health.Mar 7, 2023|from Forbes
Northwestern to Co-lead New CZ Biohub Chicago
Northwestern professor Shana Kelley named president of the biomedical science hub, which will develop new technologies for studying human tissues with unprecedented resolution.Mar 2, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
A New Biodegrading ‘Smart’ Bandage Promises Faster Healing
The smart bandage produced by Professors Guillermo Ameer and John Rogers can stimulate cell growth without overstaying its welcome.Feb 23, 2023|from Popular Science
A Smartly Trained Voice Monitor Could Save Singers, Teachers, and Loud Talkers from Strain
A Northwestern team including Professor John Rogers enlisted opera singers to assist in designing the first wearable device that monitors users’ voices for real-time vocal fatigue and strain.Feb 23, 2023|from Popular Science
First Transient Electronic Bandage Speeds Healing by 30 Percent
The bandage developed by Professors Guillermo Ameer and John Rogers also monitors the healing process, alerting clinicians to issues in real time.Feb 22, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
First Wearable Device for Vocal Fatigue Senses When Your Voice Needs a Break
Singers, politicians, teachers, and coaches could benefit from the new smart technology developed by Professor John Rogers.Feb 20, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
Julio M. Ottino Selected for 2023 G.I. Taylor Medal
Awarded by the Society of Engineering Science, Ottino was recognized for “pioneering theoretical and experimental contributions to the fluid mechanics of mixing.”Jan 23, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
Vertical Electrochemical Transistor Pushes Wearable Electronics Forward
The electrochemical transistor is compatible with blood and water and can amplify important signals, making it especially useful for biomedical sensing.Jan 19, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
Muscle-powered Robots Have Freedom of Movement
Researchers said the hybrid “eBiobots” are the first to combine soft materials, living muscle, and microelectronics.Jan 18, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
Mature ‘Lab Grown’ Neurons Hold Promise for Neurodegenerative Disease
Northwestern-led researchers have created the first highly mature neurons from human induced pluripotent stem cells, a feat that opens new opportunities for medical research and potential transplantation therapies for neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic injuries.Jan 12, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
Chad Mirkin Receives King Faisal Prize for Work in Chemistry
Mirkin is the first Northwestern professor to win the most prestigious award in the Muslim world.Jan 5, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
Northwestern and MIT Receive Funding from Army’s Synthetic Biology Center
These awards are part of the Army’s recently established basic research center that applies synthetic biology to design advanced materials and to engineer environmental microbial communities.Jan 5, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
Researchers Detect Fluoride in Water with New Simple Color Change Test
A cross-disciplinary team of synthetic biologists is developing a sensor platform that will be able to detect a range of environmental and biological targets in real-world samples.Jan 4, 2023|from Northwestern Engineering News
Roozbeh Ghaffari Elected to National Academy of Inventors
Ghaffari is among 169 2022 fellows hailing from 110 research universities, governmental and non-profit research institutes.Dec 19, 2022|from Northwestern Engineering News