For polar bears, the insulation provided by their fat, skin, and fur is a matter of survival in the frigid Arctic. For engineers, polar bear hair is a dream template for synthetic materials that might lock in heat just as ...
Materials Science
Jun 6, 2019
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EPFL researchers have discovered that cancer cells use exosomes to communicate with each other and send information through the bloodstream. This breakthrough opens up new possibilities for the use of cancer immunotherapy ...
Biochemistry
May 10, 2019
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A group of chemical and biomedical engineers at UNSW Sydney and University of Cambridge has improved the chemical stability of 'ZIF crystals', enabling these porous nanomaterials to be used for smart pharmaceutical drug delivery ...
Materials Science
May 7, 2019
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York University chemists have invented a new fluorescence-based method for accurately determining the strength of a range of Lewis acids, which could one day be used to help purify pharmaceutical drugs, improve industrial ...
Materials Science
Apr 24, 2019
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Scientists from the University of Groningen have succeeded in incorporating a light-controlled switch into a molecule used by bacteria for quorum sensing—a process by which bacteria communicate and subsequently control ...
Materials Science
Apr 15, 2019
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Scientists at the Sensitive Instrument Facility of the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory achieved real-time atom rearrangement monitoring using aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy during ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 2, 2019
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Scientists at the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and Yangzhou University (YZU) in Jiangsu have developed an effective and energy-efficient technique for purifying water ...
Materials Science
Feb 7, 2019
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Green plants capture light that spans the visible solar spectrum, and while a broad spectral range is required for sufficient absorption, the process requires energy to be funneled rapidly and efficiently downhill to drive ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2019
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Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a process that removes CO2 from coal-burning power plant emissions in a way that is similar to how soda lime works in scuba diving ...
Materials Science
Jan 31, 2019
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Single-atom catalysts (SACs) with atomically dispersed active metal centers on supports represent an intermediary between heterogeneous and homogeneous catalysis. Therefore, understanding the homogeneous catalysis prototype ...
Materials Science
Jan 24, 2019
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