Study reveals more than 100 tiny plastics in every meal
We could be swallowing more than 100 tiny plastic particles with every main meal, a Heriot-Watt study has revealed.
Environment
Apr 04, 2018
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Petroleum-eating mushrooms
Take a Petri dish containing crude petroleum and it will release a strong odor distinctive of the toxins that make up the fossil fuel. Sprinkle mushroom spores over the Petri dish and let it sit for two weeks in an incubator, ...
Biotechnology
Nov 30, 2011
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Light-responsive E. coli functional biofilms as scaffolds for hydroxyapatite mineralization
Living organisms have evolved mechanisms of biomineralization to build structurally ordered and environmentally adaptive composite materials. While research teams have significantly improved biomimetic mineralization research ...
Researchers deliver transcription factors into specific tissue of a living animal for the first time
A team of researchers affiliated with the University of California has for the first time, delivered transcription factors into specific tissue of a living animal. In their paper published in the journal Nature Materials, ...
Stem cells turned into complex, functioning intestinal tissue in lab
For the first time, scientists have created functioning human intestinal tissue in the laboratory from pluripotent stem cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 12, 2010
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A new paper made of graphene and protein fibrils
(Phys.org) -- Researchers led by Raffaele Mezzenga, a professor in Food and Soft Materials Science, have created a new nanocomposite made of graphene and protein fibrils: a special paper, which combines the best features ...
Nanomaterials
May 07, 2012
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Pancreatic cancer 'time machine' exposes plot twist in cell growth and invasion
Pancreatic cancer has one of the worst survival rates among cancers. Patients can expect as low as a 9% chance to live for at least five years after being diagnosed.
Bio & Medicine
Feb 14, 2020
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Visualizing floating cereal patterns to understand nanotechnology processes
Small floating objects change the dynamics of the surface they are on. This is an effect every serious student of breakfast has seen as rafts of floating cereal o's arrange and rearrange themselves into patterns on the milk. ...
Soft Matter
Nov 16, 2012
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Gene discovery prevents weight gain with a high-sugar diet
Imagine being able to take a pill that lets you eat all of the ice cream, cookies, and cakes that you wanted – without gaining any weight.
Biotechnology
Oct 06, 2014
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Researchers synthesize sound from electrical energy of slime mold
(Phys.org)—Researchers with the Interdisciplinary Centre for Computer Music Research at Plymouth University in the UK have created a form of music based on the electrical output of the common slime mold. By inducing the ...
