A new type of flexible, wearable sensor could help people with chronic conditions like diabetes avoid the discomfort of regular pin-prick blood tests by monitoring the chemical composition of their sweat instead.
Engineering
Feb 23, 2018
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A new material that naturally adapts to changing environments was inspired by the strength, stability, and mechanical performance of the jaw of a marine worm. The protein material, which was designed and modeled by researchers ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 20, 2017
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An international team of researchers has developed a computer model that makes predictions regarding four major stressors to the world's oceans over the next several decades. In their paper published in the journal Nature ...
Bacterial cellular membranes protrude to form flagella, which are composed of up to about 30 distinct proteins and are essential for motility. The bacterial flagellar type III export apparatuses utilize energy derived from ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 13, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Akron has devised a method to shape shift materials into a preconditioned state at a preprogrammed time. They have ...
Ocean acidification makes it harder for sea snails to escape from their sea star predators, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.
Ecology
Jun 29, 2016
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Shells of California mussels collected from the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Washington in the 1970s are on average 32 percent thicker than modern specimens, according to a new study published by University of Chicago biologists.
Ecology
Jun 14, 2016
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Ocean acidification expected to accompany climate change may slow development and reduce survival of the larval stages of Dungeness crab, a key component of the Northwest marine ecosystem and the largest fishery by revenue ...
Environment
May 18, 2016
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The ability to control the transfer of molecules through cellular membranes is an important function in synthetic biology; a new study from researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and ...
Biochemistry
Feb 11, 2016
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A new sensor developed at the University of Toronto that provides greater accuracy in pH measurement may help in better understanding and diagnosing a range of diseases including cancer.
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 16, 2015
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