All three materials had two things in common: They exhibited shear-thinning behavior and held a lot of water -- about 93% of their weight -- which makes them well suited for biomedical uses such as ...

Vascular stents, which consist of a metal structure and a polymer covering, play a critical therapeutic role in cardiovascular treatment. The polymer acts as a physical barrier between blood and the ...

In a press conference held in Feb. 2025 at 3D Experience World in Houston, Machine Design learned about the Electrospider from Bio3DPrinting. The company was spun off from Italy’s University of Pisa, ...

Hydrogels are often used as scaffolds in tissue engineering. Living cells infused into the material can, theoretically, grow through the gel until an entire piece of tissue forms. But to grow well, ...

A new kind of 3D-printable material that can stretch, flex and still stay friendly to living cells could change how medical ...

Researchers from the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University say they have developed a new method of bioprinting physiological materials. Called TRACE (Tunable Rapid Assembly of ...

S&T researchers develop new method for 3D printing tissue, with potential to speed up and simplify the process of making ...

The AI-driven framework of optimizing the mechanical property of 2D-PHS. Two-dimensional patterned hollow structures (2D-PHS) are an advanced class of metamaterials known for their unique mechanical ...

Programmable material systems are emerging architectural structures but the co-design of structure, material, and external stimuli present grand challenges. A team with Northwestern Engineering’s Wei ...

A recent study published in the journal Engineering delves into the application of tissue engineering in spinal cord injury (SCI) repair, presenting a comprehensive review of the latest research and ...