The authors of a new article published in Journal of the Royal Society Interface, "Plant-inspired pipettes", sought inspiration from the liverwort, a widely spread plant, for the creation of a ...

For scientist Jeff Karp, nature is one big library, filled with volumes of evolution’s best R&D secrets. “It’s almost like we have this encyclopedia of solutions around us, where new chapters are ...

In the summer of 2005, Jeffrey Karp, a bioengineer at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was working late one night when he spotted a journal article on a colleague’s desk ...

In a new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; researchers from Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Vitória, Brazil and University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal discuss the role of ...

Jack Printup is an undergraduate student in mechanical engineering. He participated in the Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) during summer 2024. Working in the lab assembling a fin ...

Boston MA. “Biomedical innovation, a report from the frontier,” was the title of a keynote address delivered April 18 at BIOMEDevice, co-located with ESC Boston. Jeff Karp, Professor of Medicine at ...

(Phys.org) -- Most animals move around by using their appendages, such as legs, wings, or fins. But a few exceptional creatures employ rolling as a mode of locomotion. Included in this group are ...