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Recent coverage of mini-electrode caps for brain organoids

Recent coverage of our new COVID sensor invention

In prominent academic journals and by government agencies

Nature Reviews Materials

Tattooing soft biological matter

Aug 2023

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Engineers develop fast and accurate COVID-19 sensor

May 2022

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Researchers engineer tiny, shape-changing machines that deliver medicine to the GI tract

Nov 2020

National Science Foundation (NSF)

NSF announces awards for soft robotics research

December 2018

New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)

Swell Findings in Hydrogels

March 2018

Nature Nanotechnology

From Nanomachines to Nobel Prizes

January 2017

Nature Nanotechnology

Self-assembly: A Venus flytrap for cells

August 2014

Nature

Self-folding device grabs single cells

July 2014

Nature

An ear by printing

July 2013

Science

The cyborg era begins

June 2013

Nature Nanotechnology

Bioelectronics: Printed bionic ears

June 2013

U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

3-D Printing of working bionic ears

May 2013

U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Microscopic star-shaped tools take biopsies

May 2013

U.S. Army

Microstructures fold under a beam of light to make useful 3-D devices

Jan 2013

Nature Photonics

Laser Fabrication: Folding three dimensional microstructures

Dec 2012

Applied Physics Letters

APL's 50th Anniversary Collection: Editor's Picks of Most Recent Publications

Oct 2012

Chemistry and Industry

Curious Minds

Sep 2012

U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)

New 3-D structures assemble with remarkable precision

April 2012

Nature Chemistry

Bent into shape

Jan 2012

Nature Chemistry

Enzymatic actuators

Oct 2010

Nature Photonics

Self-assembly of nanocubes

Jan 2010

NIBIB, U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Designing Smart Surgical Microtools

Nov 2009

Science

Get a grip

Jan 2009

Nature Nanotechnology

Thin Films: Boxing Clever

Aug 2008

Nature Physics

Loaded Dice,

July, 2007

Science

Microscale Origami

Sept 2006

Science

Self-folding delivery boxes,

Aug 2006

In international newspapers and magazines

Physics World

Researchers ‘tattoo’ gold nanopatterns onto live cells

Sept 2023

Popular Science

Why medical engineers tattooed a single cell with gold

Aug 2023

The American Association of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

A tiny top for tiny brains

Oct 2022

Medgadget

EEG caps for brain organoids

Aug 2022

MIT Technology Review,

Tiny caps can measure activity in lab-grown minibrains

Aug 2022

The American Association of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

9 Bioinspired Medical Technologies

Jan 2021

BBC Focus Science and Technology,

Parasite-inspired drug delivery system could be the future of medicine

Nov 2020

Chemical and Engineering (C&E) News

Video: Microgripper captures single cells for tissue biopsy

July 2020

The Scientist

Image of the day: Biomimetic Arteries,

April 2020

Chemical and Engineering (C&E) News

Harnessing the power of shape shifting materials

Feb 2018

IEEE Spectrum

Adding wrinkles to graphene just got easier

Oct 2017

Baltimore Times

Poly student selected as Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar

Feb 2017

Chemistry World (RSC)

Soft robots get a grip

March 2016

IEEE Spectrum

Medical microbots take a fantastic voyage into reality

June 2015

Wired (Germany)

Die Nano-Docs,

April 2015

Gizmag

Tiny robotic hand-like grippers dissolve in the body after performing task

Feb 2015

ACS Press Release

Tiny robotic hands could improve cancer diagnostics, drug delivery

Feb 2015

CBS News

3-D printed "bionic" ear hears better than the real thing

May 2013

Times of India

3-D Bionic ear can hear radio frequencies

May 2013

Wired

3-D Printed ear made from calf cells and nanoparticles 'Hears' Radio Frequencies,

May 2013

NPR

Freaky Friday: Autonomous tissue grabbers are on their way

April 2013

ASEE Prism Magazine Cover Story

Folding Frontier

Jan 2013

Science News

Into the Fold

Dec 2012

Scientific American

Microbial Mules

March 2012

Discovery News

How to make nano-origami

Dec 2011

Chemistry World

Nanoboxes given optoelectronic function

June 2011

IEEE Technology News

Microgrippers for Assembling Microdevices,

March 2011 [PDF]

Optics and Photonics News (OPN)

A Roadmap for Metamaterials

March 2011

Chemical and Engineering (C&E) News

Self-Assembling 3-D Electronics

Dec 2010 [PDF]

Wall Street Journal

And Tomorrow's Winners will be ....

Sept 2010

Science News

Tiny tools aren't toys

Sept 2010 [PDF]

Nanowerk

Stress is good for nanofabrication

April 2010

Popular Science

The Year's Most Amazing Scientific Images

Dec 2009

Newsweek (Russia)

Grip and not let go,

2009 [PDF]

The New Scientist (UK)

Patterned nanocubes could open door to nano-circuits,

Aug 2009

Chemical Technology (UK)

New nanoboxes take shape,

Aug 2009

Poplular Mechanics

Gripping Medical Nanotech,

March 2009 [PDF]

Discover Magazine

Microtech Gets a Grip,

March 2009 [PDF]

IEEE Spectrum

Cellular Kung-Fu Grip

Feb, 2009

C2W (Holland)

Microkrab Grijpt Cellen,

Feb, 2009 [PDF]

Zeit Wissen (Germany)

Biopsie per Knopfdruck, Feb 2009

Feb 2009 [PDF]

National Geographic

Dust-Size "Crabs" Grab Living Cells in Lab Video

Jan 26, 2009

Forbes Magazine

Building Vessels For An Incredible Journey

Jan 20, 2009

Times of India

Micro-tool grabs cells in hard-to-reach places, Jan 14, 2009

Jan 2009 [PDF]

Scientific American

Getting a Teeny Tiny Grip

Jan 15, 2009

The New York Times

A Microscopic Tool Inspired by the Human Hand

Jan 13, 2009

The New Scientist, (UK)

Micro-origami lets scientists get a grip

Dec 9, 2008

NIH Press Release

NIH Extends Its Commitment to Transformative Research with $138 Million for Director’s Pioneer and New Innovator Awards in 2008,

Sept 2008

Chemical Technology (UK),

Microcontainers Hold Cells Captive,

Sept 19, 2008 [PDF]

De Ingenieur (Holland)

Miniscule Grijper,

Sept, 2008 [PDF]

MIT Technology Review

A Helping Hand For Surgery,

August 2008

Chemical and Engineering (C&E) News

Tiny Devices Get a Grip, August 2008

August 2008 [PDF]

DuPont

DuPont Gives Grants to Young Professors Developing Novel Science of Company Interest,

June 2008

Materials Research Society (MRS),

Graduate Student Awards,

December 2007 [PDF]

Chemical and Engineering (C&E) News,

A Material World,

December 24, 2007 [PDF]

Maryland Science Center,

Maryland Outstanding Young Engineer Award,

May 29, 2007 [PDF]

Batlimore Sun,

Science Project Wins Scholarship,

March 14, 2007 [PDF]

Science News,

Chemical Pop-Up Books,

November 25, 2006 [PDF]

The New Scientist (UK)

Self-assembling nano-boxes show chemical control",

August 21, 2006

Washington Times

Nanotechnology building blocks,

January 19, 2006

EE Times (UK),

Self-Assembling MEMS target biomed therapies,

January 09, 2006

Discovery Channel,

Tiny cube delivers drugs,

December 28, 2005

Drug Development Magazine,

Drug in a Box?

December 15, 2005

Red Herring,

Nanocubes Could Carry Drugs,

December 13, 2005

Chemical and Engineering (C&E) News

Self-Assembly Required,

April 15, 2002

Boston Globe

No Assembly Required for these Tiny Machines,

Oct 16, 2001

EE Times, (UK),

Self-assembling 3-D IC networks studied

Sept 11, 2000

Chemical and Engineering (C&E) News

Self-Assembling Microelectronics

August 21, 2000