An international team working at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) has captured the first high-resolution 3-D images from individual double-helix DNA segments attached at either ...
Nanophysics
Mar 30, 2016
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A new method has been developed to make drugs 'smarter' using nanotechnology so they will be more effective at reaching their target.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 23, 2018
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Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine scientists have fine-tuned their delivery system to deliver a DNA editing tool to alter DNA sequences and modify gene function. The improved "hit and run" system works faster ...
Biotechnology
Sep 13, 2019
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Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs), essentially rubbers with liquid crystal properties, can do a number of fascinating things, especially in the fields of optics, photonics, telecommunications and medicine. They can curl up, ...
Condensed Matter
Dec 22, 2015
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating devices out of a water-based hydrogel material that can be patterned, folded and used to manipulate objects. The technique holds ...
Materials Science
Aug 2, 2013
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Hydrogels are gelatinous amalgams of cross-linked polymers that can absorb and hold large quantities of water. Their uses vary widely. Certain hydrogels form the absorbent layer in disposable diapers, while others form the ...
Materials Science
Nov 30, 2016
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Researchers at Western University have developed a new way to deliver the DNA-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 into microorganisms in the lab, providing a way to efficiently launch a targeted attack on specific bacteria.
Biotechnology
Oct 4, 2019
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Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has recently garnered attention among materials science researchers owing to its ability to form two-dimensional nanosheets like graphene. The nanosheets are created by the stacking of S–Mo–S ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 7, 2023
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Gene therapy holds promise in the treatment of cancer as well as a large number of other diseases. However, developing a scalable system for delivering genes to cells both efficiently and safely has been ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 25, 2009
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Anything you can do, nature can do better. Chemical delivery systems, self-healing cells, non-stick surfaces—nature perfected those long ago. Now, researchers at Harvard have hacked nature's blueprints to create a new technology ...
Polymers
Jun 22, 2015
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