3D-Printing Living Skin With Blood Vessels Included [Video]
Development is significant step toward skin grafts that can be integrated into patient’s skin. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a way to 3D…
Biochemistry
T-Shirt Generates Electricity From Body Temperature Difference to Surroundings
The ‘e-textile’ prototype uses sustainable and low-cost materials like tomato skin. Researchers of the Faculty of Science of the University of Malaga (UMA) have designed…
‘Poison Arrows’ Launched by Warring Bacteria Could Lead to New Antibiotics
A weapon bacteria use to vanquish their competitors could be copied to create new forms of antibiotics, according to Imperial College London research. Researchers have…
Scientists Find a Place on Earth So Extreme, There Is No Life
Living beings, especially microorganisms, have a surprising ability to adapt to the most extreme environments on our planet, but there are still places where they…
‘Butterfly Effect’ in a Protein Molecule – Changing Just 3 Atoms Causes Big Effect
“Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?” — Edward Lorenz, at the 139th meeting of the American…
Lifelike Chemistry Created by Pioneering Research on Origin of Life
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have cultivated lifelike chemical reactions while pioneering a new strategy for studying the origin of life. The work is far from…
Mysterious Buckyballs Found Throughout Interstellar Space Puzzled Scientists, Until Now
Researchers discovered a mechanism creating complex carbon molecules in a simulated planetary nebula environment. Scientists have long been puzzled by the existence of so-called “buckyballs”…
Scientists Use X-Rays and Infrared Light to Explore Egyptian Mummy Bones [Video]
Experiments at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are casting a new light on Egyptian soil and ancient mummified bone samples…
Experiment Creates an Essential Component of Life – Finds Deep Sea Vents Had Ideal Conditions for Origin of Life
By creating protocells in hot, alkaline seawater, a University College London-led research team has added to evidence that the origin of life could have been…
Gamers Accurately Design Folded Proteins As Realistic As Those Created by Experts
The unique ways in which proteins fold dictate their interplay with diseases and medicines, so understanding their twists and turns is key to designing effective…
Lethal Neurotoxins Are Tested on Animals – Now Scientists Have Invented an Animal-Free Method
Animal testing will no longer be required to assess a group of deadly neurotoxins, thanks to University of Queensland-led research. Associate Professor Bryan Fry, of…
New Strategy for the Synthesis of Complex Natural Products
Chemists from the University of Basel have succeeded in synthesizing two complex natural products from the group of dithiodiketopiperazines (DTPs). For this, they employed a…
Bioprinting Living Cells Extremely Fast and at Very High Resolution in a 3D Printer
With a new process developed at TU Wien (Vienna), living cells can be integrated into fine structures created in a 3D printer — extremely fast…
Game Changer: New Chemical Could Protect Crops From Drought
UC Riverside-led team’s discovery keeps plants plump and offers hope for crops despite drought. A University of California Riverside-led team has created a chemical to…
Nanostructure of Wood Revealed – Strength Gains Could Lead to Wooden Skyscrapers
There is increasing interest around the world in using timber as a lighter, more sustainable construction alternative to steel and concrete. While wood has been…
How Did Cells Originally Form Billions of Years Ago? Scientists Identify Molecule That May Be Key to Emergence of Life on Earth.
Compounds called cyclophospholipids would have held up against the planet’s harsh conditions, helping the first cells form and proliferate. To truly understand how the body…
Neuroscientists Show How Interactions Between Neuronal Migration and Outgrowth Shape Network Architecture
Neurons are not randomly arranged in the human brain. In the cortex, they are organized in interconnected clusters with high intrinsic connectivity. This modular connectivity…
Biofabrication Method “Steals From Nature” for Regeneration of Multiple Tissues
Lesley Chow and her team at Lehigh University present a new 3D printing platform to fabricate multi-component scaffolds that “steal from nature” to engineer tissues…
