Materials

3D printed micro-robots will one day be able to precisely deliver drugs or treat hard-to-reach tumors.

From ephemeral tattoos to vagus nerve oil to a grape-waste backpack, these biotech-inspired gifts will be sure to delight and inspire.

Next-generation wearable sensors will combine biochemical and physiological metrics.

Pioneering synthetic biologist Pamela Silver drops some wisdom.

Within 10 years, archival data may be routinely stored in base pairs rather than bytes.

Featuring cactus shoes, custom probiotics, never-ending glow sticks, and more.

The race is on to bioengineer carbon-neutral, recyclable, biodegradable, and affordable materials.

An artist imagines life forms that will arise from the convergence of technology and biology.

Nature breaks everything down—eventually. It’s time to accelerate the process.

Student competitors turn jellyfish, microorganisms, and even hair cells into useful things.

An engineer lights up tiny tumors that doctors can’t see.

Forget what you may have heard about neural networks in software. This startup is making a computer with living neurons.

Hipster tea sludge is being transformed into a wonder material.

for Your Next Implant

Teleported molecules, custom genomes, and other innovations that will deliver on the technology’s biggest promises.