A New Biomaterial That More Closely Mimics Human Tissue
A new biomaterial that more closely mimics the properties of native human tissue has been designed for repairing damaged human tissue. It doesn’t wrinkle up when stretched. This invention from...
View ArticleLargest Biochemical Circuit Built Using Small Synthetic DNA Molecules- A...
Caltech researchers say they have built the most complex biochemical circuit ever created from scratch. This biochemical circuit was made with DNA-based devices in a test tube that are analogous to...
View ArticleSynthetic Windpipe Seeded With Stem Cells Successfully Transplanted in...
A synthetic windpipe, seeded with patient's own stem cells, was successfully transplanted in a patient with tracheal cancer by physicians in Sweden. According to the hospital, the transplanted patient...
View ArticleGlucose meters to be used for food, water and blood chemistry- new study
Glucose meters can do more than just measuring blood glucose. A new invention published in Nature Chemistry claims that glucose meters can be used for the quantitative detection of a broad range of...
View ArticleHydrogen-powered symbiotic bacteria in deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussels
During a recent expedition to hydrothermal vents in the deep sea, researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Marine Microbiology and the Cluster of Excellence MARUM discovered mussels that have their...
View ArticleSutureless Method for Joining Blood Vessels - A Surgical Revolution?
A Stanford University surgical research team used a poloxamer gel and bioadhesive rather than a needle and thread to join together blood vessels, a procedure called vascular anastomosis. An...
View ArticleMatching Images of Brain Activity with Complex Thought
Can you get a text output of your thoughts? Princeton scientists show that it is possible to generate text about the mental content reflected in brain images. Recent work has shown that it is possible...
View ArticleBioethanol from Cellulose - Plant Matter to Replace Oil as a Fuel Source
Researchers identified the molecular mechanism behind an enzyme found in fungi which can degrade the cellulose chains of plant cell walls to release shorter sugars for biofuels.read more
View ArticleData capacity of cell signal is lower than the signal from a dial-up modem
This might sound strange or unbelievable, but researchers say that the data capacity of cell signal is lower than the signal from a dial-up modem. read more
View ArticleInorganic Chemical Cells - Creating ‘Life’ Without Carbon Bonds
Scientists at the University of Glasgow say they have taken their first tentative steps towards creating ‘life’ from inorganic chemicals potentially defining the new area of ‘inorganic biology’.read more
View ArticleFoldit Gamers Solve Protein Folding Puzzle
According to a research report, following the failure to solve the crystal structure of a retroviral enzyme by conventional methods, Foldit game players were challenged to produce accurate models....
View ArticleA Catalyst That Improves Artificial Photosynthesis Developed
According to a paper published in the journal Science, University of llinois researchers produced a catalyst that dramatically reduces the energy requirements of artificial photosynthesis. The...
View ArticleFoldit Gamers Strike Again - Creative Power Of Foldit Gamers Unraveled
Researchers now reveal the creative power of Foldit players' strategies and compare them to the best-known scientist-developed methods. This report follows a recent paper on solving the crystal...
View ArticleHow Silkworms Beat Polymer Scientists - The Aquamelt Secret
A new research shows us how silkworms beat materials scientists by spinning silk with minimum energy expenditure. Scientists demonstrate that natural silks are a thousand times more efficient than...
View ArticleNIH and NSF are Shut Down - US Government Shut Down Consequences to Scientists
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) are shut down from October 1, 2013 for an indefinite duration. This is a direct consequence of the US Government shut...
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