Thin-film diamonds
Follow A new method for creating thin films of diamonds, which is described in the journal Applied Physics Letters, produced by AIP Publishing, may allow manufacturers to enhance future electronics. In...
View ArticleDesigner droplets with ‘pupils’ open a world of possibilities
Follow By designing droplets using electricity, researchers have opened new possibilities in physics. This technique could possibly be used for everything from extracting oil from wells to creating...
View ArticleStem cell clues uncovered
Follow Proper tissue function and regeneration is supported by stem cells, which reside in so-called niches. New work from Carnegie’s Yixian Zheng and Haiyang Chen identifies an important component for...
View ArticleTetrapod nanocrystals light the way to stronger polymers
Follow Fluorescent tetrapod nanocrystals could light the way to the future design of stronger polymer nanocomposites. A team of researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley...
View ArticleA crystal of a different color
Follow Chemists have unexpectedly made two differently colored crystals – one orange, the other blue – from one chemical in the same flask while studying a special kind of molecular connection called...
View ArticleNew coating turns ordinary glass into super glass
Follow A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning and incredibly slippery, a team from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard...
View ArticleDecoding material fluxes in the tropical ocean
Follow How is vital oxygen supplied to the tropical ocean? For the first time, oceanographers at GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel were able to make quantitative statements regarding this...
View ArticleBiphasic electrical stimulation: A strategy may bring hope to spinal cord...
Follow Researchers at the Beihang University School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, led by Dr. Yubo Fan, have discovered that Biphasic Electrical stimulation (BES), a non-chemical...
View ArticleScientists unveil a molecular mechanism that controls plant growth and...
Follow A joint study published in Cell by the teams headed by Miquel Coll at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the Institute of Molecular Biology of CSIC, both in Barcelona,...
View ArticleMath modeling integral to synthetic biology research
Follow A long-standing challenge in synthetic biology has been to create gene circuits that behave in predictable and robust ways. Mathematical modeling experts from the University of Houston (UH)...
View ArticleNew material developed by Johns Hopkins scientists could someday ease pain
Follow By finding a way to bind a slippery molecule naturally found in the fluid that surrounds healthy joints, Johns Hopkins researchers have engineered surfaces that have the potential to deliver...
View ArticleProteins: New class of materials discovered
Follow German-Chinese research team gleans seminal insights into protein crystalline frameworks at HZB’s BESSY II Scientists at the Helmholtz Center Berlin (HZB) along with researchers at China’s Fudan...
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