Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed tiny ultrasound-powered robots that can swim through blood, removing harmful bacteria along with the toxins they produce. These proof-of-concept nanorobots ...
Bio & Medicine
May 31, 2018
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What do you do when a patient needs a blood transfusion but you don't have their blood type in the blood bank? It's a problem that scientists have been trying to solve for years but haven't been able to find an economic solution ...
Biochemistry
Apr 29, 2015
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Researchers have generated the first immortalised cell lines which allow more efficient manufacture of red blood cells.
Biochemistry
Mar 23, 2017
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The mechanism that controls the internal 24-hour clock of all forms of life from human cells to algae has been identified by scientists.
Biotechnology
Jan 26, 2011
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A team of researchers at the University of British Columbia has found two types of enzymes that together, can transform type A blood to type O blood in the human gut biome. In their paper published in the journal Nature Microbiology, ...
Transitioning from fossil fuels to a clean hydrogen economy will require cheaper and more efficient ways to use renewable sources of electricity to break water into hydrogen and oxygen.
Nanophysics
May 6, 2021
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Precise, gentle and efficient cell separation from a device the size of a cell phone may be possible thanks to tilt-angle standing surface acoustic waves, according to a team of engineers.
General Physics
Aug 25, 2014
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Because the new device, called a "spaser," is the first of its kind to emit visible light, it represents a critical component for possible future technologies based on "nanophotonic" circuitry, said Vladimir ...
Optics & Photonics
Aug 16, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Numerous diseases, such as cardiovascular ailments and cancer, are characterized by a lack of oxygen in specific tissues. Therefore, increasing the supply of oxygen delivered by red blood cells (RBCs) to ...
Biochemistry
Dec 23, 2010
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Symbiotic relationships between legumes and the bacteria that grow in their roots are critical for plant survival. Without those bacteria, the plants would have no source of nitrogen, an element that is essential for building ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 11, 2022
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