Long before we built circuits, nature perfected bioelectric systems. Explore the organisms, ecosystems, and phenomena that prove electricity is the language of life.
I hate things in my pockets. That instinct — not grand philosophical acceptance, but the simple, personal desire for a better solution — is how the merger of humanity and technology will actually happen.
Cancer cells with elevated mitochondrial membrane potential show 10-fold greater metastatic capacity in mouse models, revealing a powerful biomarker for tumor aggressiveness.
Bioelectronics startup BackBeat Medical closed a $95M Series C to scale its implantable cardiac pacemaker-based system that reduces blood pressure without drugs — through precisely timed electrical pulses.
Ion channels are the hardware of bioelectricity — protein pores that open and close to control the flow of charged atoms across cell membranes. Understanding them is the key to understanding everything from pain to heartbeat.
Ingestible bioelectronic devices that stimulate the vagus nerve from inside the gut are in clinical trials — a drug-free approach to treating IBD, obesity, and hypertension.
The Ghost Knifefish Navigates in Complete Darkness Using a Self-Generated Electric Field
Apteronotus albifrons · Weakly Electric Fish · Amazon Basin
Emitting a continuous 1kHz electric field from its body, the black ghost knifefish builds a three-dimensional map of its environment — detecting objects, prey, and rivals by how they distort its personal electromagnetic bubble.
I hate things in my pockets. That instinct — not grand philosophical acceptance, but the simple, personal desire for a better solution — is how the merger of humanity and technology will actually happen.
Cancer cells with elevated mitochondrial membrane potential show 10-fold greater metastatic capacity in mouse models, revealing a powerful biomarker for tumor aggressiveness.
Bioelectronics startup BackBeat Medical closed a $95M Series C to scale its implantable cardiac pacemaker-based system that reduces blood pressure without drugs — through precisely timed electrical pulses.
Ion channels are the hardware of bioelectricity — protein pores that open and close to control the flow of charged atoms across cell membranes. Understanding them is the key to understanding everything from pain to heartbeat.
Ingestible bioelectronic devices that stimulate the vagus nerve from inside the gut are in clinical trials — a drug-free approach to treating IBD, obesity, and hypertension.
Cancer cells with elevated mitochondrial membrane potential show 10-fold greater metastatic capacity in mouse models, revealing a powerful biomarker for tumor aggressiveness.
Weakly electric fish generate and sense electric fields for navigation and communication — and their solution to interference from neighboring fish is a masterclass in signal processing.
Trees send electrical distress signals through underground fungal networks within hours of attack — and neighboring trees respond by changing their chemistry before they're touched.
The mantis shrimp's 16-channel color vision system works nothing like ours — and engineers are copying its architecture for hyperspectral imaging and cancer detection.