biomaterials

Ensuring Transplant Success With Artificial Blood Vessels

To reduce the risk of a rejected organ transplant, a team from South Korea has built an artificial blood vessel platform that mimics real blood flow and clotting.

AI Boosts Biomaterials Design

Machine learning can now predict the properties of hypothetical materials with great accuracy, paving the way for AI-enabled materials design.

L’Oréal-UNESCO Honors Four Asian Scientists

The L’Oréal-UNESCO International Awards For Women in Science acknowledge outstanding women who are pushing the frontiers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Dr Dan Widmaier Of Bolt Threads

One company is weaving spider silk and fungi in an attempt to revolutionise the fashion industry one thread at a time.

Tokyo Tech Professor Named Emerging Investigator 2019

The academic journal Biomaterials Science has selected Associate Professor Toshinori Fujie of the Tokyo Institute of Technology as an Emerging Investigator in 2019.

Asia’s Rising Scientists: Nguyen Thi Hiep

Dr. Nguyen Thị Hiep is on a mission to promote tissue engineering and regenerative medicine in her home country of Vietnam.

Putting The Paper Back Into E-Paper

Scientists in Japan have developed technology that could pave the way for paper-based electronic books.