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Living Materials Now Easier to Build with a Larger Palette of Ingredients
June 30, 2025
Sustainable materials—powered by sunlight and living microbes—that remove pollutants from water, release oxygen into a wound or heal themselves after damage could become simpler to create thanks to new research by a team of biologists and engineers at UC San Diego. Full Story
Nicole Steinmetz Awarded $2.6 Million NIH Grant for Cardiovascular Disease Research
January 7, 2025
Researchers led by chemical and nano engineering professor Nicole Steinmetz are developing vaccines for cardiovascular diseases that lead to stroke and heart attack. The project is supported by a $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health. Full Story