by Steve Dragos | Jan 16, 2026 | BioTester, Research Applications
Engineering articular cartilage is difficult, but not because cells are unable to produce extracellular matrix. More often, problems show up later, when the tissue that forms lacks the internal organization needed to behave like cartilage. In native tissue, collagen...
by Steve Dragos | Jan 8, 2026 | Research Applications, Univert
Soft contact lenses are usually characterised under laboratory conditions that are easy to control and easy to repeat. Room temperature. Standard saline. Straightforward loading protocols. Over time, these choices have become the default rather than a deliberate...
by Steve Dragos | Dec 22, 2025 | MicroTester, Research Applications
Tumor stiffness shows up again and again in cancer diagnoses, yet its origins are not as straightforward as they are sometimes presented in research. Collagen accumulation and fibrosis are commonly linked, but those features alone do not explain how resistance to...
by Steve Dragos | Dec 12, 2025 | Research Applications, Univert
Recent work from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), published in Nature Scientific Reports, introduces a framework for designing and validating robotic textiles using liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) fibers. Central to this study is the mechanical testing...
by Steve Dragos | Dec 4, 2025 | MicroTester, Research Applications
Recent advances at the intersection of mechanobiology and biomaterials engineering are reshaping how researchers approach regenerative medicine. A publication from early 2025 in Advanced Science demonstrates a large step forward for natural fracture healing research:...
by Steve Dragos | Nov 24, 2025 | Research Applications
Biomechanical Testing Instruments Advancing Science Across the World In the last year alone, CellScale systems have been used in peer-reviewed publications from 45 different countries (and counting). Biomechanics labs, tissue engineering groups, materials science...
