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Engineers design 'living materials': Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that emit light
Inspired by natural materials such as bone a matrix of minerals and other substances including living cells MIT engineers have coaxed bacterial cells to produce biofilms that can incorporate nonliving materials such as gold nanoparticles ... - Read MoreHigh-strength materials from the pressure cooker: New materials made quickly and in eco-friendly manner
A Surprise in Materials Chemistry At Vienna University of Technology materials for lightweight construction protective clothing or sports equipment can be produced at high temperatures and high pressures This process is faster better and more ... - Read MoreFast synthesis could boost drug development
Small protein fragments also called peptides are promising as drugs because they can be designed for very specific functions inside living cells Insulin and the HIV drug Fuzeon are some of the earliest successful examples ... - Read MoreBig step for next-generation fuel cells and electrolyzers
A big step in the development of next generation fuel cells and water alkali electrolyzers has been achieved with the discovery of a new class of bimetallic nanocatalysts that are an order of magnitude higher ... - Read MoreImaging dynamics of small biomolecules inside live cells
Researchers at Columbia University have made a significant step toward visualizing small biomolecules inside living biological systems with minimum disturbance a longstanding goal in the scientific community In a study published March 2nd in Nature ... - Read MoreAn environmentally friendly chemical reaction that does not waste any atoms
In the Research Group of Nuno Maulide a chemist working at the University of Vienna a new chemical synthesis for α arylated Carbonyl derivatives was developed Members of this class of substances typically possess interesting ... - Read MoreRecent advances in the controlled synthesis and functional applications of luminescent metal nanoclusters
In a paper published in Science and Technology of Advanced Materials researchers summarize recent advances in the controlled synthesis and application of luminescent metal nanoclusters including potential uses in sensors bioimaging and energy harvesting and ... - Read MoreSustainable Energy Is Focus of Plenary Talks at American Chemical Society Meeting
Advances in renewable and sustainable energy including mimicking photosynthesis and optimizing lithium ion batteries are the topics of three plenary talks at the 247th National Meeting & amp Exposition of the American Chemical Society ACS ... - Read MoreOrganic chemical origins in hydrothermal systems
A 21st Century Adaptation of the Miller-Urey Origin of Life Experiments
and the Tokyo Institute of Technology were also involved “Miller was hesitant to encourage people to repeat the experiment due to the risk of inducing an explosion ” said Parker explaining why his lab chose ... - Read MoreCarbon dioxide tamed: Making this ubiquitous gas industrially useful
Using a copper catalyst to unite carbon dioxide with organic molecules under mild conditions could make this ubiquitous gas industrially useful Carbon dioxide has become notorious as a troublesome greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil ... - Read MoreCarbon nanotube sponge shows improved water clean-up
A carbon nanotube sponge capable of soaking up water contaminants such as fertilisers pesticides and pharmaceuticals more than three times more efficiently than previous efforts has been presented in a new study published today The ... - Read MoreOrganic mega flow battery promises breakthrough for renewable energy
The Play-by-Play of Energy Conversion: Catching Catalysts in Action
but some details remain hidden Beginning in 2015 the next generation National Synchrotron Light Source II NSLS II will provide even brighter x rays and the Center for Functional Nanomaterials CFN will operate the first ... - Read MoreSubsituting bone with synthetic materials
Dual catalysts help synthesize alpha-olefins into new organic compounds
Boston College chemists have developed a new chemical synthesis methodology that converts chemicals known as alpha olefins into new organic compounds By combining a pair of catalytic reactions in sequence the researchers converted inexpensive and ... - Read MoreTargeted synthesis of natural products with light
Precise docking sites for cells
The Petri dish is a classical biological laboratory device but it is no ideal living environment for many types of cells Studies lose validity as cell behavior on a flat plastic surface differs from that ... - Read MoreThree-dimensional view helps laser in building new molecules
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