Phys.Org (Feb. 13) -- For the past several years, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been developing a class of walking "bio-bots" powered by muscle cells and controlled with electrical and optical pulses. Now, Rashid Bashir's research group is sharing the recipe for the current generation of bio-bots. Their how-to paper is the cover article in Nature Protocols. Also: ScienceBlog (Feb. 10), Controlled Environments (Feb. 13), R&D Magazine (Rockaway, N.J., Feb. 13), I-Connect007 (Feb. 13), Electronics 360 (Feb. 13), 3ders.org (blog, Feb. 14), The Indian Express (Feb. 14), 3D Printing Industry (Feb. 14), Digital Trends (Feb. 16).
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