The first time Northwestern Engineering’s Jonathan Rivnay appeared as co-author on a published paper – a 2006 piece in the Journal of Applied Physics – bioengineering was not on his mind. That paper, ...

A wearable sensor that tracks COVID-19 symptoms and recovery. A wireless, flexible respiratory monitor for patients with sleep apnea. An implant that senses fatal levels of ingested opioids and then ...

A device created by Yale University engineers could open a new field of inquiry in bioelectronics, or the merging of biological and electronic systems. The device, a nanoscale fluidic diode, can ...

Researchers have 3D printed bioelectronic scaffolds that have the properties cells need to form new tissue. In addition to making gadgets and game pieces, 3D printing is being used in health care to ...

The scientific community has long been enamored of the potential for soft bioelectronic devices, but has faced hurdles in identifying materials that are biocompatible and have all of the necessary ...

A recent study published in Nature Electronics discusses stretchable graphene–hydrogel interfaces for wearable and implantable bioelectronics. Stretchable and conductive nanocomposites with ...

A team of researchers has developed a new class of biomaterial inks that mimic native characteristics of highly conductive human tissue, much like skin, which are essential for the ink to be used in ...

Implantable bioelectronics are vital to neuroscience, neurological therapies, and brain-machine interfaces. They serve as indispensable interfaces that enable the communication between biological ...

Wentai Liu is an electronics wizard whose work is enabling the development of devices once found only in the realm of science fiction–miniaturized electronic implants to restore vision, movement, and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In Iain M Banks’ series of science fiction novels about a future society called the Culture, its members wear ...