New 3D Printing Technique for Biomaterials a Major Step Forward for Artificial Medical Implants
A new way of 3D printing soft materials such as gels and collagens offers a major step forward in the manufacture of artificial medical implants….
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“Organic Power Cable” – New Liquid Crystals Allow Directed Transmission of Electricity
Researchers synthesize new liquid crystals allowing directed transmission of electricity. They can serve as organic power cables for electronic components. Liquid and solid – most…
Super-Resolution Microscopy Now Possible in Real-Time
They can make tiny cell structures visible: cutting-edge light microscopes offer resolutions of a few tenths of a nanometers—in other words, a millionth of a…
Life’s Building Blocks May Not Have Originated on This Planet
An experiment shows that one of the basic units of life — nucleobases — could have originated within giant gas clouds interspersed between the stars….
Human Cells Made Magnetic With Engineered Protein Crystals
If scientists could give living cells magnetic properties, they could perhaps manipulate cellular activities with external magnetic fields. But previous attempts to magnetize cells by…
Scientists Develop DNA Microcapsules for New Kinds of Biomedical Nanodevices
A research group led by Tokyo Tech reports a way of constructing DNA-based microcapsules that hold great promise for the development of new functional materials…
Energy Production Unit for a Synthetic Cell Constructed by Scientists
Scientists at the University of Groningen have constructed synthetic vesicles in which ATP, the main energy carrier in living cells, is produced. The vesicles use…
Is Alzheimer’s Disease Caused by Copper?
A University of Houston chemist is exploring the link between copper protein molecules in brain cells and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s. “Scientists have studied Alzheimer’s…
Amazing New Material Combines Wood Fibers and Spider Silk
The unique material outperforms most of today’s synthetic and natural materials by providing high strength and stiffness, combined with increased toughness. Achieving strength and extensibility…
Stem Cell Researchers Reactivate ‘Back-Up Genes’ in the Lab in Quest for Rett Syndrome Cure
Researchers in Belgium present new findings on X chromosome reactivation. Vincent Pasque and his team have unraveled parts of a mechanism that may one day…
Unexpected: People Quite Unique When It Comes To Digesting Fatty Meals
People have very individualized inflammatory responses to eating high-fat meals. These were the somewhat unexpected results of a study recently published in the Journal of…
Key Enzyme From Plants Could Guide Development of New Medicines
Salk research explains how plants are able to efficiently manufacture the compounds they use to adapt to stress. Plants can do many amazing things. Among…
New Technologies to Extract Clean Fuel From Sunlight
Securing enough energy to meet human needs is one of the greatest challenges society has ever faced. Previously reliable sources–oil, gas and coal–are degrading air…
Earliest Animals Developed Later Than Previously Thought
Sponges belong to our earliest ancestors. However, fossils, molecules, and genes disagree on the rise of these early animals. A large international team of researchers…
Chemists Discover Unexpected Synergy Between Two Cancer Drugs
A class of cancer drugs called protein kinase inhibitors is one of the most effective treatments for melanoma. However, in many cases, tumors eventually become…
Scientists Discover Tiny Protein Has Big Impact in Times of Stress
Ribosomes churn out proteins that carry out all of life’s functions, but when missing a key and previously overlooked factor, they can break down in…
Scientists See the Inner Workings of the Enzyme Telomerase for the First Time
Cancer, aging-related diseases, and other illnesses are closely tied to an important enzyme called “telomerase.” UCLA researchers report in the journal Cell the deepest scientific…
New Technique Could Improve Electronics’ Energy Efficiency
New technique could improve electronics’ energy efficiency by removing the microscopic flaws usually formed during manufacturing. UCLA scientists and engineers have developed a new process…
