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Dec 03, 2012
A tiny electrode fuels smart bandage technology
Band-aid technology has made incremental improvements in the years since its commercial introduction in the late 1960s, the most important of which has been the incorporation of antibiotics into the nonadhesive padding. But imagine if adhesive bandages could do more than passively prevent the growth of bacteria — imagine if they could monitor a wound […]
Nov 09, 2012
Recreating the Magnet
ChE Professor Laura Lewis was featured by NewScientist for her research in creating a non-rare earth magnet that are increasing needed in green technologies. Each week New Scientist reaches a global audience of over 3 million intelligent, highly engaged readers through its print and digital channels.
Oct 17, 2012
The Organization of Cells
ChE Associate Professor Anand Asthagiri’s research in determining the dynamics of how cells organize into multicellular communities or aggregates was featured in PLOS ONE. PLOS ONE features reports of original research from all disciplines within science and medicine. By not excluding papers on the basis of subject area, PLOS ONE facilitates the discovery of the connections between papers whether […]
Oct 17, 2012
Using nanomaterials for tissue regeneration
Thomas Webster, the new chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering, keeps a titanium hip implant on his desk. “If you look at bone or any natural tissue in the body, it’s composed of nanomaterials,” he said. “But if you look at what we’re implanting today” — he pointed to the titanium hip — “it’s not nano.” […]
Aug 08, 2012
Fat for better drug function
Scientists have long known that food digestion affects the way the body absorbs various compounds—from nutrients to drugs and toxins. “You can get multiple hundreds of percent improvement in bioavailability if you dose a compound in the presence of a high fat molecule,” said Rebecca Carrier, an associate professor of chemical engineering at Northeastern University. The problem with that […]
Aug 07, 2012
Carrier Awarded $430K Grant
Chemical Engineering Associate Professor Rebecca Carrier received a $430K grant from NIH to determine the “Impact of Lipids on Intestinal Mucus Transport and Structural Properties”. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency—making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. […]
Jun 12, 2012
Beating cancer, one nanoparticle at a time
Small wonder that Sean Burns, E’13, spends 10 hours a day in a medical oncology laboratory at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, developing and improving nanoparticle screening methods for testing the effectiveness of potential drugs on many forms of cancer: His mom is a nurse and several of his family members have battled the disease. “Cancer is […]
Apr 27, 2012
Modeling an Explosion
ChE Professor Ron Willey received the Bill Doyle Best Paper Award at the 2011 AIChE Loss Prevention Symposium for modeling a 2007 reactor explosion at T2. It was one of the hottest articles published in 2011 in the field of chemical engineering & process safety.