Last October, a large group of scientists made their way to Yuri Milner’s super-mansion in the Los Altos hills above Palo Alto. They were tested for covid-19 and wore masks as they assembled in a theater on the property for a two-day science conference. Others joined by conference call. Topic: How biotechnology can be used to make people younger.

Andrew Jones at Miami University and his team of students may have developed a research first. Through metabolic engineering, they discovered a way to sustainably produce a promising drug candidate to help patients with treatment-resistant depression.

Smart windows equipped with controllable glazing can augment lighting, cooling and heating systems by varying their tint, saving up to 40 percent in an average building's energy costs.

Rice University bioengineering researchers have modified a commercial-grade CO2 laser cutter to create OpenSLS, an open-source, selective laser sintering platform that can print intricate 3-D objects from powdered plastics and biomaterials. The system costs at least 40 times less than its commercial counterparts and allows researchers to work with their own specialized powdered materials.