Teeny caps for mini-brains could clarify neural disorders

A tiny EEG cap, created to measure activity in a brain model the size of a pen dot, could lead to better understanding of neural disorders.

Laura Cech-JHU • futurity
Aug. 18, 2022 • ~6 min

This robot fish is made of human heart cells

The "biohybrid" fish swim by recreating the muscle contractions of a pumping heart. The work could be a step toward creating artificial hearts.

Quinn Eastmann-Emory • futurity
Feb. 17, 2022 • ~6 min

3D printing method turns goo into a hand in minutes

A new method that allows engineers to use 3D printing to create a hand in 19 minutes is a step toward creating 3D printed human organs and tissue.

Cory Nealon-Buffalo • futurity
March 11, 2021 • ~4 min

First lab-made ‘mini-hearts’ mimic the real thing

"These mini-hearts constitute incredibly powerful models in which to study all kinds of cardiac disorders with a degree of precision unseen before."

Kim Ward-Michigan State • futurity
Aug. 20, 2020 • ~6 min

Why are scientists trying to manufacture organs in space?

Why are scientists trying to grow organs at the International Space Station? People live on Earth not in zero-gravity. A stem cell expert explains why it is useful to do these experiments in space.

Alysson R. Muotri, Professor of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego • conversation
July 8, 2020 • ~5 min

COVID-19 affects human neurons, mini-brains show

Does COVID-19 affect the brain? A new study shows that the coronavirus can infect the human brain cells and multiply.

Carly Kempler-Johns Hopkins • futurity
July 2, 2020 • ~4 min

3D printing ink may solve the “toothpaste problem”

A new kind of ink for 3D printing liquifies when pressed through the nozzle of a 3D printer, but then quickly returns to its original shape.

ETH Zurich • futurity
March 12, 2020 • ~4 min

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