'Dental revolution': Forget implants and fillings, soon you may get lab-grown tooth. What research breakthrough showsAdults could one day grow their own replacement teeth instead of having fillings – as scientists have made a key discovery. Unlike implants...
19 Nov, 2025, 03.26 PM IST
The Circle: Founders Club concludes 'The Water Challenge' accelerator programThe Circle Founders Club is a business accelerator to help scale up growth-stage startups through focused mentoring, funding support and ke...
06 Mar, 2024, 02.18 PM IST
Sugarcrete's material benefits, sweet R&DThe building and construction sector is the largest emitter of GHGs, accounting for 37% of global emissions. Historically, its progress has...
01 Mar, 2024, 11.05 PM IST
Biomaterials startup altM raises $3.5 million in funding led by OmnivorealtM is Omnivore’s first investment from its third fund, which in June had its first close at $150 million. It is also the firm’s fourth in...
07 Sep, 2023, 07.40 PM IST
This injection can breathe life back into your heartA new biomaterial, if injected, can repair damaged cardiac tissue.
01 Feb, 2023, 07.01 PM IST
Historic! French surgeons transplant nose grown on woman's arm to her faceSurgeons in France have successfully grown a nose on her arm and got it transplanted on her face on Tuesday. The surgery was a breakthrough...
12 Nov, 2022, 11.11 PM IST
Biomaterials platform Mynusco to fight climate changeMynusco aims to create value to crop-waste, thereby encouraging farmers to avoid crop-burning.
16 Apr, 2022, 10.38 AM IST
Scientists develop novel method to preserve vaccines without refrigerationAccording to the study, published in the journal Biomaterials Science, the viruses in vaccines, which train our cells to identify and vanqu...
12 Nov, 2020, 05.00 PM IST
How Axio Biosolutions' product is helping to save road accident victimsIt raised seed capital in 2010 from Ahmedabad-based venture capital firm GVFL and Series A funding last year from Accel Partners and IDG Ve...
05 Aug, 2016, 04.38 AM IST
New biodegradable material with built-in vitamin A may reduce scarringThe soft elastic material can be used to treat injured vessels or making medical devices, such as stents and prosthetic vascular grafts.
28 Jan, 2016, 01.01 PM IST
New 'nano-reactor' to produce hydrogen biofuel"The end result is a virus-like particle that behaves the same as a highly sophisticated material that catalyses the production of hydrogen...
05 Jan, 2016, 02.58 PM IST
Indian-American researcher named fellow of US academyA prominent Indian-American bio-engineering researcher has been named as a fellow in the US' National Academy of Inventors for his work in ...
22 Dec, 2015, 07.11 PM IST
Smart clothes track health in pregnancyMoms-to-be, take note! A designer in the US has developed smart maternity clothes that track the health of pregnant women and also adjust t...
26 Jan, 2015, 10.12 AM IST
DNA 'smart glue' may help build tissues, organsDNA strands can act as a glue to hold together 3-D-printed materials that could someday be used to grow tissues and organs in the lab, a st...
15 Jan, 2015, 04.28 PM IST
New eco-friendly battery made of seeds and pine resinLithium batteries also contain other, even rarer materials that are hard to replace and require large energy inputs and toxic chemicals for...
30 Sep, 2014, 01.17 PM IST
'Artificial bones' generated from umbilical cord stem cellsScientists have successfully developed 'artificial bones' from umbilical cord stem cells, paving way for repair of bones.
25 Jul, 2013, 12.34 PM IST
- US University appoints Indian as Dean
Mauli Agrawal has been made the Dean of the College of Engineering by the Texas University at San Antonio.
12 Aug, 2006, 12.26 AM IST