Carbon nanotubes mime biology
Cellular membranes serve as an ideal example of a system that is multifunctional, tunable, precise and efficient.Efforts to mimic these…
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Scientists design custom nanoparticles with new ‘stencil’ method
Nano-sized particles already make bicycles and tennis rackets lighter and stronger, protect eyeglasses from scratches, and help direct…
New techniques better determine how ancient viral DNA influences human…
New laboratory techniques can identify which of our genes are influenced by DNA snippets that are left behind in our genetic code by viruses, a new…
Microscopic devices that control vibrations could allow smaller mobile…
A phononic device next to a dime for scale. Credit: Caltech
To make modern communications possible, today’s mobile devices make use of components…
1st baby born using uterus transplanted from deceased donor
Brazilian doctors are reporting the world’s first baby born to a woman with a uterus transplanted from a deceased donor. Eleven previous births have used a…
Study describes the dynamics of chromatin during organ & tissue…
(Above) Florenci Serras (UB), Montserrat Corominas (UB). (Below) Elena Vizcaya (UB) and Cecilia Klein (UB-CRG). Credit: UB
Researchers from the Department of…
More sensitive MRI diagnostics thanks to innovative ‘elastic’ contrast…
Researchers from the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP) have found a new method for obtaining high-quality images in magnetic…
Distinguishing resistance from resilience to prolong antibiotic potency
Lingchong You, Paul Ruffin Scarborough Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University. Credit: Duke Photography
Biomedical engineers at…
Researchers use a virus to speed up modern computers
Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy images of the sample of a solution with virus. Color coding of atomic species: germanium, red; tin, green. Credit: SUTD…
Mechanism for turning skin cells into blood stem cells uncovered
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Researchers have succeeded in converting human skin cells into blood stem cells in an international collaboration project. “This is…