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E-health made easier, and more comfortable: Paper-thin skin patch collects vitals
Rigid growth matrix: A key to success of cardiac tissue engineering
A new study by researchers at UCLA suggests that the elasticity of the physical matrix used for growing heart muscle cells outside of the body may be critical to the success of cardiac tissue engineering ... - Read MoreImplantable, bioengineered rat kidney: Transplanted organ produces urine, but further refinement is needed
Overcoming a Major Barrier to Medical and Other Uses of 'Microrockets' and 'Micromotors'
acids bases and hydrogen peroxide depending upon its surroundings Therefore we can use these motors in many more environments than ever before ” The scientists are working on extending the lifetimes of the vehicles so ... - Read MoreGUMBOS Technology Promises New Drugs, Electronic Devices
particles so small that 100 000 could fit across the width of a human hair “We believe that these GUMBOS represent a truly different approach to micro and nanotechnology ” said Professor Isiah Warner Ph ... - Read MoreMoving cells with light holds medical promise
'Pharmaceutical' approach boosts oil production from algae
Taking an approach similar to that used for discovering new therapeutic drugs chemists at the University of California Davis have found several compounds that can boost oil production by green microscopic algae a potential source ... - Read MoreReady for Debut: Fruit-Juice-Infused Chocolate with 50 Percent Less Fat
the texture that is firm and snappy to the bite and yet melts in the mouth The process also prevents “sugar bloom ” the unappetizing white film that coats the surface of chocolate that has ... - Read MorePapyrus plant detox for slaughterhouses
Humans have used the papyrus sedge for millennia The Ancient Egyptians wrote on it it can be made into highly buoyant boats it is grown for ornamentation and parts can even be eaten Now writing ... - Read MoreThird-generation device significantly improves capture of circulating tumor cells
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Released 3 11 2013 5 00 AM EDTSource Newsroom National University of Singapore more news from this source Mar 11 2013 A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore NUS led by Professor ...
In the EU funded project MicroMilk European SMEs together with the University of Hohenheim and the Fraunhofer IGB have developed a novel method for pasteurization of milk with microwaves The system preserves the valuable components ...
All chefs know that you have to break some eggs to make an omelet and that includes engineers at Iowa State University who are using high frequency sound waves to break down plant materials in ...
Released 10 11 2013 9 35 AM EDTEmbargo expired 10 13 2013 1 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom McMaster University more news from this source Oct 15 2013 Hamilton ON Oct 13 2013 Researchers at McMaster ...
A natural shift to stronger warm El Niño events in the Pacific Ocean might be responsible for a substantial portion of the global warming recorded during the past 50 years according to new research at ...
Geochemistry analysis conducted by the U S Naval Research Laboratory of fossil sediment injection structures off the New Zealand coast in February and March reveal no presence of modern day expulsions of methane gas a ...
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3-D scaffolds a new tool to fight cancer
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no picOver the last 15 years researchers have found a significant association between vascular diseases such as hypertension atherosclerosis diabetes type 2 hyperlipidemia and heart disease and an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease In a special ... - Read MoreHow underground rodent wards off cancer: Second mole rat species has different mechanism for resisting cancer
Spectroscopy
Discovery: A new form of lightGlow in the dark stickers weird deep sea fish LED lightbulbs all have forms of luminescence In other words instead of just reflecting light they make their own Now a team of scientists from the ...
- Metamaterial uses light to control its motion
- Major breakthrough in new MRI scan technology for lung disease
- Picture this: Graphene brings 3-D holograms clearer and closer
- Scientists invent new way to control light, critical for next gen of super fast computing
- Light as puppeteer: Controlling single, micron-sized particles with light
Nuclear Chemistry
Argonne Radioisotopes Have Potential for Medical Diagnosis and Treatmentare essential to nuclear medicine In an effort to return to a stable mass isotopes known as radioisotopes emit radiation that can damage diseased tissue and can be traced in certain environments making them useful ...
- Scientists discover 'supramolecule' that could help reduce nuclear, agricultural waste
- "Weighing" Atoms with Electrons
- IU Scientists Discover 'Supramolecule' That Could Help Reduce Nuclear, Agricultural Waste
- UChicago Site of Radiocarbon Dating Discovery Named Historic Landmark
- Proton diffusion discovery a boost for fuel cell technologies
Chemical Kinetics
Making Catalysts Smarterin a paper published Monday Sept 19 in the journal Nature Chemistry Titled “Adsorbate mediated strong metal support interactions in oxide supported Rh catalysts ” the paper describes a new approach to dynamically tune how ...
Immunochemistry
New technique efficiently turns antibodies into highly tuned 'nanobodies'Antibodies in charge of recognizing and homing in on molecular targets are among the most useful tools in biology and medicine Nanobodies antibodies' tiny cousins can do the same tasks for example marking molecules for ...
Carbohydrate Chemistry
Innovative molten silicon-based energy storage systemA team of researchers from Solar Energy Institute at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid UPM are developing a novel system that allows the storage energy in molten silicon which is the most abundant element in Earth's ...
Synthetic chemistry
Researchers develop new, more-efficient selective oxidation catalystSince August 2012 Thomas Manz Chemical and Materials Engineering assistant professor at New Mexico State University and Ph D student Bo Yang have worked to develop a new more efficient selective oxidation catalyst Our new ...
- Origin of life: Chemistry of seabed's hot vents could explain emergence of life
- Detecting Lysosomal pH with Better Fluorescent Probes
- Future antibiotic-making kit for amateurs? Kit could one day be widely available
- New imaging tool targets degenerative diseases
- Discovery could yield more efficient portable electronics, solar cells
Chemical Biology
Ten Rutgers Professors Named Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of ScienceNov 21 2016 Ten Rutgers professors have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science AAAS an honor conferred on 381 other experts in the U S and abroad The fellows ...
- Controversial Drug Approval Stirs Deep Concerns -- and Hope
- UT Southwestern Reports Highest-Resolution Model to Date of Brain Receptor Behind Marijuana's High
- European Commission Proposal on Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Fails to Protect Public
- Understanding the Delayed Response to Antidepressants
- Preparing for (Another) Biological Attack
Natural Product Chemistry
Snake Venom Composition Could Be Related to Hormones and DietSep 29 2016 Many people are afraid of snakes but scientists are now revealing insights about their venoms that could give even ophidiophobes an appreciation for the animals One team has found that the proteins ...
Colloidal Chemistry
Making a Multi-Use, Stiff Carbon Foam Using Breadand biomass such as banana peels can be used to make these foams but they are not very stable are costly to make or have varied inner structures that cannot be adjusted So Yibin Li ...
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