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Tag: Bioengineering

June 15th, 2026

Heat Sensor for Living Cells

Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences built a device called a pico-calorimeter that directly measures heat signals from small groups of living cells. The device could lead to advances in bacterial growth monitoring or antibiotic resistance testing.

April 29th, 2026

Toward Artificial Muscles That Bend and Twist on Demand

Harvard researchers have developed a 3D printing method that places “active” liquid crystal elastomers and “passive” elastomers side by side in filaments, effectively pre programming the filaments to bend, twist, expand, or contract in specific ways when heated or cooled.

June 11th, 2025

Harvard Bioengineers Develop Soft, Flexible Neural Implants to Understand Brain Development and Behavior

Bioengineering researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a soft, thin, stretchable bioelectronic device that can be implanted into a tadpole embryo’s brain and record electrical activity with no impact on normal tadpole embryo development or behavior. This novel device could help researchers better understand and treat diseases that manifest in early brain development.

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