by RLE at MIT | Jul 26, 2010 | News Links
In recent years, scientists have shown that they can reprogram human skin cells to an immature state that allows the cells to become any type of cell. This ability, known as pluripotency, holds the promise of treating disease. Now, for the first time, Mehmet Fatih...
by RLE at MIT | Jul 19, 2010 | News Links
With the aim of enabling rapid, large-scale studies of living organisms, Mehmet Fatih Yanik’s research group in RLE has engineered a new imaging technique that can analyze zebrafish—a tiny fish with transparent embryos, or larvae, whose internal organs can be easily...
by RLE at MIT | Jul 13, 2010 | News Links
The clothing of the future could be more than just fashion. MIT researchers are working to develop fibers that can hear and produce sound, and someday those could take the form of wearable electronics. «more» Related Links: Fibers That Can Hear and Sing Could Power...
by RLE at MIT | Jul 13, 2010 | News Links
Clothing that can see, hear and even talk is being developed by scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. «more» Related Links: New Fibers Can See, Hear, Speak Professor Yoel Fink RLE...
by RLE at MIT | Jul 12, 2010 | News Links
In the August issue of Nature Materials, Yoel Fink’s research group in RLE announce a new milestone on the path to functional fibers: fibers that can detect and produce sound. Applications could include clothes that are themselves sensitive microphones, for capturing...
