Timko receives NSF CAREER Award
The prestigious grant award will further Assistant Professor Brian Timko’s research on bioelectronics-embedded hybrid brain tissues.
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What microplastics might be doing to our intestines
Using organoids as a stand-in for the bowel, researchers find that plastic particles we unintentionally consume may trigger inflammatory responses.
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Measuring metabolism at the speed of light
Professor Irene Georgakoudi delivered a lecture on label-free, high-resolution imaging at the National Institutes of Health.
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What is cellular agriculture?
Tufts engineers explain how it works and why it holds promise for the future of food.
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Wearable, printable, shapeable sensors detect pathogens and toxins in the environment
Tufts scientists develop biopolymer-based sensors that glow when dangers are present and can be printed on almost anything.
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Exploring the science in sci-fi movies
Assistant Professor Nisha Iyer spoke with the Curiously podcast about using science fiction movies to explore ethical dimensions of real and imagined advances.
Novel lipid-based nanoparticles for drug delivery
Professor Qiaobing Xu’s research in liquid nanoparticle design enables genetic drug delivery and targeted therapies.
2023 Senior Awards honorees
Congratulations to Leslie Jaramillo Martinez and Enrique Rodriguez for being named Tufts Senior Award honorees.
Lab-grown fat could give cultured meat real flavor and texture
Researchers have successfully produced cultivated fat tissue in a way that could help enable large-scale production of more flavorful cultured meat.
Inventive by nature, engineers by calling
In recognition of National Engineering Week, Tufts students describe myriad inventive opportunities offered by engineering.