Category Archives: BioEngineering
Linus Pauling Science Center almost as awesome as Linus Pauling
…though that would be hard to do. Linus Pauling is the world’s only person to have gotten two unshared Nobel prizes, after all. One was the peace prize (cool, since he was an author and advocated nuclear disarmament), but the … Continue reading
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How gamers might have cured AIDS
…or at least struck a big blow in the fight on HIV/AIDS. There’s an online gaming group called Foldit that lets users fold protein molecules, given a few guidelines, into whatever they want. You get more points for doing it … Continue reading
Bionics, engineering’s awesome friend
Bionics is a portmanteau of biology and electronics. It’s basically the practice of taking people and making them better using engineering. Typically it’s used to help fix people with medical issues, to either replace a lost body part, or improve … Continue reading