ChEnected Posts by Douglas B. Clark

NPR's Science Friday recently reported about researchers at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center who are growing living tissue in the lab. Using existing tissue from lab animals and stem cells, the researchers are growing heart and bone tissue as well as blood vessels. To learn more about what they're doing and how, check out the video below.

In the continuing series, we bring you more answers to your questions about Fukushima and nuclear energy, from AIChE's Nuclear Engineering Division (NED).

Journalism students at New York University have put together a short, fun music video to explain the basics of fracking, as the debate for and against the practice rages on.

Dilbert plays backseat engineer, to the great annoyance of his colleague.

Intel has announced new 3D technology that will allow the company to pack more transistors into small chips. You can have Mark Bohr of Intel walk you through the new technology in the educational video in the panel to the right.

Asked to explain at Career Day what engineers do, Dilbert takes a cynical approach—much to the annoyance of the teacher.

Not unlike the cell phone and laptop, the electric car has long been haunted by one question in particular: exactly how long until it's time to plug it in again? And the other big factor: cost. But one startup thinks it has the answer.

Chemical engineers at MIT have designed a nanoparticle that could one day be used to target cancerous tumors, reports MIT News. The particle, which could be used to deliver drugs to tumors, takes advantage of the fact that tumors generally exhibit higher acidity that healthy tissue. Like other drug-delivering nanoparticles, the researchers' creation is covered in a polymer that keeps it from degrading in the bloodstream. These particles, however, drop their protective polymer cloak once exposed to the higher acidity of a tumor. Underneath the protective coating is another layer that can penetrate the tumor. The particles are described in detail in the journal ACS Nano.

Sometimes it seems like an intern just can't get ahead...especially with an empire-builder of a boss!