Structural biologists from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have captured the first three-dimensional crystalline snapshot of a critical but fleeting process that takes place thousands ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 30, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

A new slow-motion method of controlling the synthesis of polymers, which takes inspiration from both trees and Celtic Knots, opens up new possibilities in areas including medical devices, drug delivery, elastics ...

Chemistry - Polymers

May 22, 2013 4 / 5 (5) 0 |

A patent-pending technology to produce nanospheres developed by a research team at North Dakota State University, Fargo, could enable advances across multiple industries, including electronics, manufacturing, ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Mar 26, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Researchers from AIST have developed microalga-based bioplastics mainly from constituents extracted from Euglena, a species of microalga.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Feb 28, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists are investigating how shell waste from crustaceans could be turned into polymer precursors as a substitute to petroleum-derived solutions.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Feb 07, 2013 not rated yet 1

(Phys.org)—Irradiation with light is an established method for initiating polymerization or crosslinking (curing) in the production of plastics. American researchers are now using light to retroactively ...

Chemistry - Polymers

Feb 06, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org)—There's hardly a moment in modern life that doesn't involve electronic devices, whether they're guiding you to a destination by GPS or deciding which incoming messages merit a beep, ring or vibration. ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Jan 14, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a technique to significantly improve the quality of bio-based plastic packaging.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Dec 04, 2012 3.7 / 5 (3) 0

"You look at the material world and see objects and how you can use them. I look at the material world and see a fascinating hidden life which is within our control, if we can only understand how it works," ...

Chemistry - Polymers

Nov 16, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) -- University of Oregon chemists have identified a catalyst that could dramatically reduce the amount of waste made in the production of methyl methacrylate, a monomer used in the large-scale manufacturing ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Aug 21, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

(Phys.org) -- For the first time, scientists have identified how a plant's skin is assembled.

Biology - Biotechnology

May 22, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) -- Thanks to advances in polymer chemistry and a wide variety of monomer constituents to choose from, the world of multiblock polymers is wide open. These polymers can result in an astonishing array ...

Chemistry - Polymers

Apr 26, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- A relatively fast, easy and inexpensive technique for inducing nanorods - rod-shaped semiconductor nanocrystals - to self-assemble into one-, two- and even three-dimensional macroscopic structures ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Feb 01, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 0 |

A special group of proteins, the so-called chaperons, helps other proteins to obtain their correct conformation. Until now scientists supposed that hydrolyzing ATP provides the energy for the large conformational ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jan 13, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

A critical step in advancing medical treatment is the development of novel drug delivery methods. While a simple tablet, taken by the patient with a sip of water, may be the easiest way to administer a drug, ...

Chemistry - Polymers

Dec 23, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0