Human tissues experience a variety of mechanical stimuli that can affect their ability to carry out their physiological functions, such as protecting organs from injury. The controlled application of such stimuli to living ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 8, 2019
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Few are more excited about Lego's new Mindstorms sets rolling out next month than Silicon Valley engineers.
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 18, 2013
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Nature contains a special kind of Lego brick: biological molecules, peptides to be exact, that can be built together to form a wide range of complex structures. Unlike the popular toy bricks, however, the molecular building ...
Biochemistry
Mar 3, 2016
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What if we could use antibodies as functional tools for nanotechnology applications? A group of researchers at the University of Rome Tor Vergata started from this simple question, and the results of their research are now ...
Bio & Medicine
Dec 3, 2019
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You might think Lego is just a kids' toy – one you played with as a child and now step on as you walk through the house as a parent.
Other
Dec 14, 2017
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It's possible to vary (even dramatically) the sliding properties of atoms on a surface by changing the size and "compression" of their aggregates: an experimental and theoretical study conducted with the collaboration of ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 22, 2015
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A team of researchers at the National Graphene Institute, have demonstrated that atomic lattices of slightly twisted 2-D transition metal dichalcogenides undergo extensive lattice reconstruction, which can pattern their optoelectronic ...
Nanomaterials
May 28, 2020
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Structures made out of building blocks can shift their shape and autonomously self-organize to a new configuration. The physicists Saeed Osat and Ramin Golestanian from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization ...
Nanophysics
Dec 13, 2022
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The creators of the "Lego" video games are building their own rendition of a toys-to-life franchise.
Business
Apr 9, 2015
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A new article shows how toy bricks, such as LEGO blocks, are not only for children—in the hands of engineers, they can become a powerful laboratory tool for conducting sophisticated tasks.
Engineering
Jan 19, 2016
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