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- Cell-infused gloves and bandages light up when in contact with certain chemicals
Engineers and biologists at MIT have teamed up to design a new "living material" - a tough, stretchy, biocompatible sheet of hydrogel injected with live cells that are genetically programmed to lig...
- Atomic structures of proteins elucidated
The more we know about the agents that cause disease, the more specifically we will be able to combat them. These are the words of Prof. Adam Lange of the Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakolo... - A novel interpretation of Raman spectra will help the 2020 Mars rover
In 2020, NASA plans to launch a new Mars rover that will be tasked with probing a region of the planet scientists believe could hold remnants of ancient microbial life. The rover will collect sampl... - Strength and ductility for alloys
For the steel industry, there may be a way out of the dilemma that has existed since people began processing metal. Scientists from the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung in Düsseldorf (Germany... - How to make metal alloys that stand up to hydrogen
High-tech metal alloys are widely used in important materials such as the cladding that protects the fuel inside a nuclear reactor. But even the best alloys degrade over time, victims of a reactor'... - A new way to deliver microRNAs for cancer treatment
Twenty years ago, scientists discovered that short strands of RNA known as microRNA help cells to fine-tune their gene expression. Disruption or loss of some microRNAs has been linked to cancer, ra...
- Spectroscopic characterization of isomerization transition states
For the first time, MIT chemists have measured the energy of the transition state of a chemical reaction - a fleeting, unstable state that is a reaction's point of no return. Chemists have long bel... - A probably new way to make X-rays
The most widely used technology for producing X-rays - used in everything from medical and dental imaging, to testing for cracks in industrial materials - has remained essentially the same for more... - Adaptable metallic-cage gels could be tuned for applications including drug delivery and water filtration
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) chemists have created a new material that combines the flexibility of polymer gels with the rigid structure provided by metal-based clusters. The new gel... - New protein nanoparticles allow tracking cells and interactions within them
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers have designed magnetic protein nanoparticles that can be used to track cells or to monitor interactions within cells. The particles are an enha... - Metallic gels produce tunable light emission
Researchers at MIT have developed a family of materials that can emit light of precisely controlled colors - even pure white light - and whose output can be tuned to respond to a wide variety of ex... - Gallium nitride: The new silicon?
An exotic material called gallium nitride (GaN) is poised to become the next semiconductor for power electronics, enabling much higher efficiency than silicon. In 2013, the Department of Energy (DO... - Nanoparticles can clean up environmental pollutants
Many human-made pollutants in the environment resist degradation through natural processes, and disrupt hormonal and other systems in mammals and other animals. Removing these toxic materials - whi... - New technique enables nanoscale-resolution microscopy of large biological specimens
Beginning with the invention of the first microscope in the late 1500s, scientists have been trying to peer into preserved cells and tissues with ever-greater magnification. The latest generation o...
- Removing estrogen from drinking water
A biological filter to remove estrogens from waste water and drinking water. The 15 Bielefeld students submitting this project to the 'international Genetically Engineered Machine competition' (iGE...
- NMR advance relies on microscopic detector
Detecting the molecular structure of a tiny protein using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) currently requires two things: a million-dollar machine the size of a massive SUV, and a large sample of t...