News tagged with microcapsule
Battery, heal thyself: Inventing self-repairing batteries
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine dropping your phone on the hard concrete sidewalk—but when you pick it up, you find its battery has already healed itself.
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Blue light enables genes to turn on
(Medical Xpress) -- With a combination of synthetic biology and optogenetics, researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology published a paper in Science outlining their new technique which enable ...
Jun 24, 2011 |
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'Smart' microcapsules in a single step
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new, single-step method of fabricating microcapsules, which have potential commercial applications in industries including medicine, agriculture and diagnostics, has been developed by researchers ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 13, 2012 |
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Polymer science team designs new nanotech technique for lower-cost materials repair
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the super-small world of nanostructures, a team of polymer scientists and engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered how to make nano-scale repairs to a damaged ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Research teams develop rolling microcapsules to repair micro-sized defects in surfaces
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine if instead of relying on special x-ray or electrical current testing technology to find really tiny cracks in the skin that covers an airplane, microcapsules filled with easily detected ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Micro-onions and magnetic ink
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microfluidic systems for the easy production of multiphasic emulsion drops and multishelled polymer capsules. Under a microscope they look like miniature onions, in fact, they are new microcapsules introduced ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 08, 2011 |
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Tiny capsules deliver drugs
A tiny particle syringe composed of polymer layers and nanoparticles may provide drug delivery that targets diseased cells without harming the rest of the body, according to a team of chemical engineers. This ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Unique gel capsule structure enables co-delivery of different types of drugs
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have designed a multiple-compartment gel capsule that could be used to simultaneously deliver drugs of different types. The researchers used a simple "one-pot" ...
Jul 06, 2011 |
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'Micro shuttle' drug delivery could mean an end to regular dosing
Scientists working at Queen Mary, University of London, have developed micrometer-sized capsules to safely deliver drugs inside living cells.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 02, 2009 |
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Next-generation microcapsules deliver 'chemicals on demand'
Scientists in California are reporting development of a new generation of the microcapsules used in carbon-free copy paper, in which capsules burst and release ink with pressure from a pen. The new microcapsules ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Researchers developing bio-based polymers that heal cracks
Michael Kessler has worked with polymers that repair themselves when they crack. And he's worked with polymers made from vegetable oils. Now he's working to combine the two technologies.
Jan 06, 2011 |
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New 'microcapsules' put more medication into the bloodstream to treat disease
Scientists are reporting a potential solution to a problem that limits the human body’s ability to absorb and use medications for heart disease, Type-2 diabetes, cancer and other conditions. It is a “nano-hybrid ...
May 27, 2009 |
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