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How Did Evolution Begin?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Life's ability to replicate itself is essential for evolution, yet even the simplest kind of replication requires a relatively complex system. So what kind of non-replicating system might ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (32) | comments 17 feature

Smart, self-healing hydrogels open new possibilities in medicine, engineering

University of California, San Diego bioengineers have developed a self-healing hydrogel that binds in seconds, as easily as Velcro, and forms a bond strong enough to withstand repeated stretching. The material ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

'Writing' Patterns on Carbon Nanotubes With Polymer Chains

(PhysOrg.com) -- Carbon nanotubes are at the center of the nanoelectronics research movement, with scientists making great progress toward getting nanotube-based electronic devices into the hands of consumers. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 3 feature

'Kinks' in tiny chains reveal Brownian rotation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University researchers have created a method to measure the axial rotation of tiny rods. The technique detailed in a paper by Sibani Lisa Biswal and her colleagues appears this month ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Invention could help pharmaceutical industry save money

Two Michigan State University researchers have invented a protein purifier that could help pharmaceutical companies save time and money.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A Straightforward Solution for Increasing Solar Cell Performance

(PhysOrg.com) -- Brookhaven National Laboratory researchers recently demonstrated improved stability and efficiency of a certain type of solar cell by incorporating a commercially available additive into the ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

New 'nanoburrs' could add to arsenal of therapies against heart disease

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have built targeted nanoparticles that can cling to artery walls and slowly release medicine, an advance that potentially provides an alternative ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 18, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Transparent conductive material could lead to power-generating windows

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory have fabricated transparent thin films capable of absorbing light and ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 03, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Peering into the interfaces of nanoscale polymeric materials

(PhysOrg.com) -- The development of polymer nanostructures and nanoscale devices for a wide variety of applications could emerge from new information about the interplay between nanoscale interfaces in polymeric ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nanorods made of fullerenes improve performance of polymer solar cells

The biggest obstacle to making use of solar energy has been the excessively high price of solar cells made of inorganic semiconductors. In contrast, solar cells based on semiconducting polymers are affordable, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Let's do the twist: Spiral proteins are efficient gene delivery agents

Clinical gene therapy may be one step closer, thanks to a new twist on an old class of molecules.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Caught red-handed: Detection of latent fingerprints through release of fluorescein from a nanofiber mat

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a forensic agent dusts a surface with powder or exposes it to the vapors of an iodine chamber, mystery fans know what is going on: This is how latent fingerprints are made visible so ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Giant molecule synthesized

Producing molecules comparable with large bio-molecules in size, shape and structure is an age-old dream of organic chemists. An international research team led by A. Dieter Schluter from the Department of ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 19, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Discovery brings organic solar cells a step closer

Inexpensive solar cells, vastly improved medical imaging techniques and lighter and more flexible television screens are among the potential applications envisioned for organic electronics.

Chemistry /

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 0

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" ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast