Biomedical Engineering

Clinical evidence, research, and medical intelligence in Biomedical Engineering.

3D-Printed Microneedles Move Toward Closed-Loop Theranostic Platforms

A review outlines how 3D-printed microneedles could enable integrated skin drug delivery and sensing, while manufacturing and standardization remain barriers.

By Dr. A. Nikhil Krishnan, MBBS · 23 hrs ago · 5 min read

Biomedical Engineering·Nat Rev Onc

Waterloo opens translational health technologies professor search under Impact+ program

University of Waterloo is recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor in translational health technologies with six years of research…

2 days ago

Biomedical Engineering·Br J Cancer

Bioengineering at Stanford pushes heart, plant, and food science

Stanford bioengineers are building vascularized heart tissue, reprogramming plant traits, and engineering fungi for more sustainable food systems.

6 days ago

Biomedical Engineering·Becker H

Smart patches could reshape monitoring, drug delivery, and remote care

A 2026 review examines smart patch technologies for skin, ocular, cochlear, oral, and nasal use, with barriers in…

Nov 5, 2026

Biomedical Engineering·ACC-PRO

Smart Microdevices Use Endogenous Stimuli to Improve Drug Delivery

A review in RSC Advances describes stimulus-responsive microdevices that use pH, enzymes, redox, and hypoxia signals to improve…

Oct 30, 2026

Biomedical Engineering·Front Immunol

Phase-Aware Skill Graph Improves Robust Robotic Manipulation

A bio-inspired phase-aware skill graph improved long-horizon robotic manipulation robustness and raised disturbed-condition success from 25.0% to 73.8%.

Oct 26, 2026

Biomedical Engineering·Sci Transl Med

Quantum Secure Communication Achieves Reliable 10-km Fiber Transmission

A coherent-state quantum secure communication system delivered low error rates over 10 km of fiber and achieved secrecy…

Oct 25, 2026

Biomedical Engineering·Sci Transl Med

Nanowire viscoplastic composites improve strain-enhanced bioelectronic conductivity

A Science Translational Medicine study describes mechanoadaptive nanowire composites that conduct better under strain, supporting reprocessable bioelectronic interfaces.

Oct 24, 2026

Biomedical Engineering·ScienceDaily

MIT biohybrid robot uses living muscle cells to swim and steer

MIT researchers built a paper-thin biohybrid robot powered by living muscle cells, able to swim, steer, and navigate…

Oct 24, 2026

Biomedical Engineering·BMJ

Bio-Inspired Skill Graph Improves Robust Robotic Manipulation Under Disturbance

A phase-aware robotic control framework raised disturbed-condition task success from 25.0% to 73.8% across four multi-stage manipulation tasks.

Oct 23, 2026

Biomedical Engineering

Clinical evidence, research, and medical intelligence in Biomedical Engineering.

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