News tagged with biopolymers
Engineers scale-up production of biopolymer microthreads
Development of new therapies for a range of medical conditions—from common sports injuries to heart attacks—will be supported by a new production-scale microthread extruder designed and built by ...
Apr 30, 2012 |
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Plant toughness: Key to cracking biofuels?
Along with photosynthesis, the plant cell wall is one of the features that most set plants apart from animals. A structural molecule called cellulose is necessary for the manufacture of these walls. Cellulose is synthesized ...
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Researchers discover key mechanism that regulates shape and growth of plants
UBC researchers have discovered a key mechanism that -- much like a construction site foreperson -- controls the direction of plant growth as well as the physical properties of the biopolymers that plants produce.
Aug 16, 2011 |
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New research reveals insight into lignin biosynthesis
Lignin is the durable biopolymer that gives carrots their fiber and crunch and meat grilled over a campfire its characteristic smoky flavor. Acting as the glue that holds the plant cell wall together, lignin ...
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Aging process of elastic polymers: Relaxation leads to lower elasticity
As they age many materials exhibit changes in their properties. Although such phenomena crop up in many domains, the underlying processes are oftentimes not fully understood. Particularly interesting in this ...
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Developments in nanobiotechnology point to medical applications
Two new groundbreaking scientific papers by researchers at UC Santa Barbara demonstrate the synthesis of nanosize biological particles with the potential to fight cancer and other illnesses. The studies introduce ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Aug 31, 2010 |
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CSI at the service of cellulose synthesis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Grains, vegetables and fruit taste delicious and are important sources of energy. However, humans cannot digest the main component of plants - the cellulose in the cell wall. Even in ruminants, ...
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Popping the Cork on Biofuel Agriculture
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a novel enzyme responsible for the formation of suberin -- the woody, waxy, cell-wall substance ...
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Building better bone replacements with bacteria
Bacteria that manufacture hydroxyapatite (HA) could be used to make stronger, more durable bone implants. Professor Lynne Macaskie from the University of Birmingham this week (7-10 September) presented work to the Society ...
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Silk-based optical waveguides meet biomedical needs
There is a growing need for biocompatible photonic components for biomedical applications - from in vivo glucose monitoring to detecting harmful viruses or the telltale markers of Alzheimer's. Optical waveguides are of ...
Aug 31, 2009 |
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New light-emitting biomaterial could improve tumor imaging, study shows
A new material developed at the University of Virginia - an oxygen nanosensor that couples a light-emitting dye with a biopolymer - simplifies the imaging of oxygen-deficient regions of tumors. Such tumors are associated ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 10, 2009 |
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