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On the holy shit side of the news MIT Engineers Design “Living Materials.” The Los Angeles Times (3/24, Khan) “Science Now” blog reported the Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers have “created living cells that incorporate inorganic matter,” such as gold nanoparticles and quantum dots. The Technology Review (3/27, Trafton) reports these “living materials” combine the advantages of live cells, “with the benefits of nonliving materials.” Timothy Lu, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and biological engineering, and the senior author of a paper describing the materials in the March 23 issue of Nature Materials, said the materials “could one day be used to design more complex devices such as solar cells, self-healing materials, or diagnostic sensors.” The Christian Science Monitor (3/24, Chowdhury) also covered the story.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 11:51:38 +0000

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