(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with Oxford University has developed a type of synthetic tissue made of synthetic cells that are able to communicate with one another. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, ...
When it comes to the various nanowidgets scientists are developing, nanotubes are especially intriguing. That's because hollow tubes that have diameters of only a few billionths of a meter have the potential to be incredibly ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 28, 2016
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DNA has been used as a 'molecular building block' to construct synthetic bio-inspired pores which will improve the way drugs are delivered and help advance the field of synthetic biology, according to scientists from UCL ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 11, 2016
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(Phys.org)—Synthetic biology is a multi-disciplinary field that applies engineering techniques to biological systems. While the foundations of synthetic biology were laid in the 1990s with the burgeoning of genomics and ...
(Phys.org)—It has been a very interesting week for physics, particularly for those researchers working in applied areas, one team at the Paul Scherrer Institute created a synthetic material out of a billion tiny magnets ...
The global rise in antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health, damaging our ability to fight deadly infections such as tuberculosis.
Bio & Medicine
Jun 25, 2015
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The process of wrinkle formation is familiar to anyone who has ever sat in a bathtub a little too long. But exactly why layered materials sometimes form one kind of wrinkly pattern or another—or even other variations, such ...
Materials Science
Mar 9, 2015
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Quantum computers are experimental devices that promise exponential speedups on some computational problems. Where a bit in a classical computer can represent either a 0 or a 1, a quantum bit, or qubit, can represent 0 and ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 30, 2015
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(Phys.org)—Scientists at Rice University and the University of Minnesota have identified synthetic materials that may purify ethanol more efficiently and greatly improve the separation of long-chain hydrocarbons in petroleum ...
Materials Science
Jan 23, 2015
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The creation of genetically modified and entirely synthetic organisms continues to generate excitement as well as worry.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 21, 2015
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