Researchers from the Martinez Research Group in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue University have shown how standard inkjet-printers can be employed to produce flexible electronic circuits from liquid-metal nanoparticle inks. These elastic technologies could revolutionize medicine by making possible a new class of pliable robots and stretchable garments that people might wear for therapeutic purposes. Read more about the research recently published in Advance Materials.
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HHMI’s New Program to Support Early-Career Scientists
Howard Huges Medical Institute recently announced its new Faculty Scholars Program, a national competition that aims to strengthen the community of basic researchers and physician scientists who bring innovative approaches to the study of biological problems.
The program is a collaborative initiative of HHMI, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Simons Foundation, and is expected to award up to 70 five-year grants, ranging from $100,000 to $400,000 per year. Scholars will apply molecular, genetic, computational and theoretical approaches to fundamental problems in diverse areas of biology, and will be required to devote at least 50 percent of their total effort to the direct conduct of research.
Applications are being accepted online until July 28, 2015, 3pm (ET). For more information, see the FAQ and other documents available on the program’s website.