Smart molecules could be key to computers with 100-times bigger memories
Computer hard drives of the future could be made up of smart molecules.
Computer hard drives of the future could be made up of smart molecules.
Nanomaterials
Jun 2, 2020
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Many island nations, including the Maldives in the Indian Ocean, are facing an existential threat as a result of a rising sea level induced by global climate change. A group of MIT researchers led by Skylar Tibbits, an associate ...
Environment
May 12, 2020
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Using just electrostatic charge, common microparticles can spontaneously organize themselves into highly ordered crystalline materials—the equivalent of table salt or opals, according to a new study led by New York University ...
Materials Science
Apr 22, 2020
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New insight on the conditions that control self-assembly in the protective shell of viruses has been published today in eLife.
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 21, 2020
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For years, researchers have searched for the working principles of self-assembly that can build a cell (a complex biological organism) as well as a crystal (a far simpler inorganic material) in the same way.
General Physics
Apr 20, 2020
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Most technical functional units are built bit by bit according to a well-designed construction plan. The components are sequentially put in place by humans or machines. Life, however, is based on a different principle. It ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 19, 2020
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A versatile class of flexible, protein-like polymers could significantly advance future drug delivery methods. But first, scientists have to develop a reliable process for tailoring these polymers into shapes that can effectively ...
Polymers
Mar 19, 2020
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An international team of scientists have discovered a new material that can be 3-D printed to create tissue-like vascular structures.
Nanomaterials
Mar 4, 2020
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A team of researchers has verified that it is possible to engineer two-layered nanofibers consisting of an ordered row of alternating peptides, and has also determined what makes these peptides automatically assemble into ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 20, 2020
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The efficient self-assembly of functional protein complexes is a major goal of industrial biotechnology. A new LMU study shows that the productivity of such processes crucially depends on tight regulation of the supply of ...
Biotechnology
Feb 20, 2020
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