A new approach in 3D printing uses light to provide flexibility, strength and complexity similar to what is found in nature. Credit: The University of Texas at Austin Inspired by how nature blends ...

The porous structure of the 3D-printed pancreatic islets facilitated the passage of oxygen and nutrients, enhancing the flow of these essential elements to the embedded islets. Experiments showed that ...

A team of international scientists has made a major leap forward in diabetes research by successfully 3D printing functional human islets using a novel bioink. Presented today at the ESOT Congress ...

They’ve discovered a previously unknown organelle – that is, a specialized structure that performs some specific function – inside human cells. The team named it the “hemifusome”, and in a paper ...

Scientists 3D print functional human islets to treat type 1 diabetes using an alginate and decellularized human pancreatic tissue bioink.

Scientists are designing a new living material that captures carbon dioxide directly from the air. It uses photosynthetic ...

A team of international scientists has made a major leap forward in diabetes research by successfully 3D printing functional ...

A Texas A&M research team has developed synthetic lichens that could be the answer to self-growing structures on Mars.

By examining squid skin cells three-dimensionally, a University of California, Irvine–led team has unveiled the structures ...