3D bioprinting: from the garage to the operating room, to save our lives
3D bioprinting of organs and tissues will be the answer to long waiting lists for transplants, but there are still obstacles to overcome.
3D bioprinting of organs and tissues will be the answer to long waiting lists for transplants, but there are still obstacles to overcome.
A bio glass made from zero-kilometer waste products can make a difference in construction and architecture as well. And it's beautiful, which doesn't hurt.
Fight against food waste and diagnostics: a fantastic solution can "accomplish" two missions with a single device: a biomedical probe.
A laminated biomaterial progressively colors based on the extent of damage suffered: it can avoid disasters of all kinds.
Imperial College London creates new “Living Bricks” filled with bacteria, which show extraordinary properties.
Apple cores, peels, stems and seeds are crossed with natural rubber for a vegan alternative that closely resembles traditional leather.
A product design student finds a way to reuse food processing scraps by inventing a stone-like material made from fish scales
Two German designers develop an envelope (but above all a production chain) based on the waste of fruit peels and cellulose fibers. Efficient, elegant, sustainable. It bodes well.
A recent WHO report highlights the importance of technology in both the education and practice of nurses. Here are the most promising technologies.
Grow furniture instead of building it? That's what they're trying to find out at MIT, growing wood in the laboratory as meat is done today, and without trees being felled.
Two groups in Spain and Italy have developed a "sponge" of nanomaterials capable of reconnecting the neurons of a damaged spinal cord
Recycled cocoa bean shells for takeaway containers? Remade focuses on sustainable growth in the delivery sector.
Desserto, a Mexican startup, obtains leather from succulent plants. A variety of cactus from which a breakthrough is obtained for the entire textile industry.
Cyrill Gutsch, head of an environmental organisation, is certain: no circular economy until biomaterials replace plastic. And he's right.