Engineers design ‘living materials’

Engineers design ‘living materials’

Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that can conduct electricity or emit light. « more » Related Links: Engineers design ‘living materials’ (MIT News) Professor Timothy K. Lu Synthetic...
An easier way to control genes

An easier way to control genes

New method for turning genes on and off could enable more complex synthetic biology circuits. « more » Related Links: An easier way to control genes (MIT News) Professor Timothy Lu
Cells as living calculators

Cells as living calculators

Using analog computation circuits, MIT engineers design cells that can compute logarithms, divide and take square roots. « more » Related Links: Cells as living calculators Prof. Rahul Sarpeshkar Analog Circuits and Biological Systems Group...