What if instead of going to the store to buy a new toilet brush, all you had to do was walk into your office and print one out? With recent advances in 3D printing, such a scenario might not be as far away as you think. Chapters PRINT...

We’ve discussed the four main branches of engineering but there are so many other fields doing important work, so today we’re going to explore a few of them. In this episode we’ll explore some of the history and fundamentals of...

In the 1970s and 80s, advances in bioengineering fueled narratives about dangerous plants, reflecting anxieties about genetic experimentation. Stories like Super Mario’s piranha plants and Godzilla, popularized the theme of killer flora....

In this project you will use the Engineering Design Process to test and design your own microfluidic device design and test how the design and thickness of the channels impacts the ability for liquid to flow through the microfluidic...

Discover 'Jobs for the Future - Bioengineer,' where science and imagination build a healthier world! Perfect for young dreamers fascinated by the future.

What do we do if the foetal sac tears during pregnancy? Doctors can do surgery on a foetus before it’s born. That’s amazing. But, to do this, they need to pierce the sac that holds the amniotic fluid around the foetus. Patching up this...

How did the very first cells evolve? Most of the basic building blocks can be produced in simple experiments under early Earth-like conditions. However, certain complex cellular behaviours, like movement, have always seemed far-beyond...

You may have heard of nano-robots, but are these really “robots” (like Transformers), or are they something completely different? Professor Stoyan Smoukov shows us how nano-scale devices can be easily ‘grown’ from simple sources and how...

Jessica is a bioengineer at Caltech that studies the gut-brain axis, and in particular how autism-related genetic mutations impact gut dysfunction. It's pretty cutting edge stuff, let's take a look inside her lab and hear about what she...

A study published in Science Translational Medicine describes how scientists have successfully transplanted a bioengineered lung into a pig.

Soul Machines co-founder and CEO Mark Sagar demonstrates the company's animated virtual baby, BabyX, at the WSJ D.Live conference in Laguna Beach, Calif.

A team from the Stevens Institute of Technology have developed a 'power mushroom' able to create renewable energy.

Dr. Bruce Tromberg discusses COVID tests, sky-high demand and how testing can help us make decisions about returning to work and school.

Sep.20 -- In the kale-filled facility at vertical farm startup Bowery Farming, it’s a piece of proprietary software that makes most of the critical decisions -- like when to harvest and how much to water each plant. But it still takes...

Nov.05 -- Gingko Bioworks CEO Jason Kelly says that in the future, all physical goods will be made using synthetic biology. He spoke with Businessweek Editor Joel Weber in New York.