Polymers
Going with the flow
March 8, 2011
New 3-D microfluidic system offers greater control over production of drug-delivering nanoparticles.
Understanding shape-shifting polymers
December 6, 2010
MIT analysis should enable easier design for biomedical uses of plastic materials that have a shape memory.
Why saliva forms beads on a string
August 11, 2010
Researchers’ solution to longstanding mystery could enable better inkjet printing and drug-dispensing systems.
Building organs block by block
May 13, 2010
Tissue engineers create a new way to assemble artificial tissues, using ‘biological Legos’ — cells transformed into bricks.



