‘Edison of Medicine’ awarded honorary doctorate by University of LimerickMay 29, 2018
Prof Langer is credited with improving the lives of more than two billion people worldwide through his work in developing novel drug-delivery systems...
NUI Galway biomedical engineer awarded funding from MITApril 17, 2018
Biomedical engineering lecturer awarded $20,000 funding from MIT to collaborate on exploring how to enable innovative device and therapeutic des...
Engineers turn plastic insulator into heat conductorApril 3, 2018
Is your laptop or phone overheating? Newly engineered plastic could lead to self-cooling casings for common electronics...
Don’t want to lose a finger? Let a robot give a handMarch 6, 2018
In an effort to minimise injury and let carpenters focus on design and other bigger-picture tasks, a team has created AutoSaw, a system that lets you cu...
How a thermal resonator takes advantage of swings in temperature to produce electricityFebruary 20, 2018
Technology developed at MIT can harness temperature fluctuations of many kinds to produce electricity...
Digital shockwave disrupting industries but many still in denial – MIT professor to tell Dublin eventFebruary 20, 2018
A digital shockwave is disrupting entire industries but many companies are still in denial, a seminar in Dublin will hear this week...
Engineers make microfluidics modular using LEGO bricksFebruary 6, 2018
LEGO bricks are manufactured so consistently that no matter where in the world they are found, any two bricks are guaranteed to line up and snap securel...
Intelligence Quest will advance human and machine intelligence researchFebruary 6, 2018
Intelligence Quest is an initiative to discover the foundations of human intelligence and drive the development of technological tools that can positive...
Novel methods of synthesising quantum dot materialsFebruary 6, 2018
Researchers are optimising nanostructures for energy devices such as solar cells...
No sweat – engineers design moisture-responsive workout suitMay 20, 2017
Ventilating flaps in the responsive fabric open and close in accordance with an athlete’s body heat and sweat. These flaps are lined with live microbi...
Automated manufacturing technology offers fast peptide synthesis for new drugsApril 11, 2017
New research has resulted in a machine that can rapidly produce large quantities of customised peptides. This technology could rapidly generate new drug...
Biomedical engineers harness stomach acid to power tiny sensorsFebruary 28, 2017
Engineers have designed small voltaic cells that are sustained by acidic stomach fluids and can generate power to run sensors or drug-delivery devices t...
New ‘electron gun’ could help enable X-ray moviesFebruary 28, 2017
A low-power tabletop source of ultrashort electron beams could replace car-size laboratory devices, engineers report...
3D antibody arrays could help diagnose malaria and other diseasesJanuary 17, 2017
MIT chemical engineers have built three-dimensional arrays of antibodies that could be used as sensors to diagnose diseases such as malaria or tuberculo...
Plant-to-human communication: nanobionic spinach plants can detect explosivesNovember 15, 2016
By embedding leaves with carbon nanotubes, chemical engineers have transformed spinach plants into sensors that can detect explosives and wirelessly rel...
Mechanical engineers develop drive-by monitoring system for urban streetlightsOctober 18, 2016
Currently, the way we measure street lighting is primitive - most cities and towns do not have any comprehensive listing or map of where lights are loca...
Engineers using 3D-printed structures that ‘remember’ their shapesOctober 4, 2016
Engineers are using light to print three-dimensional structures that “remember” their original shapes. The heat-responsive materials may aid in cont...
Portable device produces biopharmaceuticals on demandOctober 4, 2016
System is designed to use microbes for manufacturing small amounts of vaccines and other therapies that could be used to produce treatments at the point...
Flexible pharmacy with portable system that can produce drugs on demandAugust 9, 2016
Engineers have developed a compact, portable 'flow processing' pharmaceutical manufacturing system that can be reconfigured to produce a variety of drug...
Engineers program cells to remember and respond to series of stimuliJuly 26, 2016
Engineers have programmed cells to remember and respond to events. This approach to circuit design enables researchers to create complex cellular state...