by CIbarra | Sep 5, 2024 | NIH News
Physical human feats, whether it is nailing a guitar solo or sinking a half-court shot in basketball, require a high level of coordination between the sensory functions of our skin and motor functions of our muscles. What kind of achievements could robots perform with...
by CIbarra | Aug 20, 2024 | NIH News
Because of its high accuracy, laboratory-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing is the gold standard for infectious disease diagnostics. Yet PCR requires highly trained staff and costly equipment, hindering its availability, especially in low-resource settings....
by CIbarra | Aug 15, 2024 | NIH News
The analysis of human tissue samples—taking thin slices, staining them, mounting them on slides, and viewing them through a microscope—hasn’t fundamentally changed for more than a century. While this technique can help diagnose and predict disease progression, it is...
by CIbarra | Aug 5, 2024 | NIH News
As summer starts to wind down, we’ve rounded up some free educational resources for the classroom and beyond! Free biomedical engineering lesson plans: Last year, NIBIB solicited lesson plans geared towards middle schoolers to explain biomedical engineering...
by CIbarra | May 9, 2024 | NIH News
Apply by May 31, 2024 The 2024 Design by Biomedical Undergraduate Teams (DEBUT) Challenge has officially launched! This annual challenge, held by NIBIB and VentureWell, encourages undergraduate student teams to develop technology solutions to unmet needs in any area...
