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Tattoos you can turn on and off

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-10-11 Cached

Researchers developed a chemistry-based approach that allows new tattoos to be turned on and off, effectively creating switchable, reconfigurable body art. The work highlights advances in responsive materials for wearable applications.

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BioEVAL: A global, multi-institutional benchmark of large language and multimodal models for bioengineering

arXiv cs.AI ↗ · 2026-09-28 Cached

This article introduces BioEVAL, a global, multi-institutional benchmark for evaluating large language and multimodal models in bioengineering applications.

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Mars astronauts could live in houses made of yeast and jello, say scientists

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-09-13 Cached

Scientists propose using bioengineered yeast and gelatin to 3D print structures on Mars, creating a lightweight material with concrete-like strength and lower energy demands for construction.

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How a researcher uses Codex and ChatGPT to search for new antimicrobial molecules

OpenAI Blog ↗ · 2026-09-10 Cached

A researcher uses OpenAI's Codex and ChatGPT to accelerate the discovery of new antimicrobial molecules by treating biology as information and leveraging AI to search vast datasets for functional patterns.

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Researchers get two genetic codes to work at the same time

Ars Technica ↗ · 2026-08-26 Cached

Researchers have found a way to operate two separate genetic codes simultaneously, avoiding the need to re-engineer every gene in an organism's genome and potentially accelerating synthetic biology work.

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Bioengineered chewing gum may offer a way to fight microbes linked to cancers

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-08-06 Cached

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania developed a bioengineered chewing gum that reduced HPV levels by up to 93% and nearly eliminated two oral bacteria linked to head and neck cancer, while preserving beneficial microbes. The findings were published in Scientific Reports.

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For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides

Hacker News Top ↗ · 2026-07-01 Cached

Scientists built a synthetic cell from scratch that grows, replicates DNA, and divides, marking a major step toward creating life from nonliving materials.

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Running ‘Doom’ on E. coli cells… very, very slowly

Lobsters Hottest ↗ · 2026-05-18 Cached

MIT researcher Lauren Ramlan published a paper demonstrating that the classic game Doom can be played on a display made from E. coli cells, though at an extremely slow frame rate that would take centuries to complete a single playthrough.

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3D-MIND: A flexible device that can be integrated with living brain cells

Reddit r/singularity ↗ · 2026-05-08

The article introduces 3D-MIND, a novel flexible device designed to seamlessly integrate with living brain tissue for advanced neural interfacing. This development aims to improve biocompatibility and signal quality for next-generation brain-computer applications.

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