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Air gen
You might say that the “Air-gen” device being pioneered by Yun Lao and Derek Lovley and their teams makes electricity…
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Bio-inspired structures help provide bone replacement materials
A new approach to producing bone replacement materials based on cells that grow around and inside them has been…
Bio materials 3 min read
Woody approach to recycling concrete
For all its incredibly diverse array of uses, concrete is a problematic material when it comes to disposal at the…
Bio materials 3 min read
Naturally inspired ‘green’ membranes clean up
‘Green’ membrane fabrication process for sustainable membrane separations. Removing contaminants like heavy metal ions, dye molecules, and salt compounds from…
Bio materials 4 min read
Alternating peptides produce two-layered nanofibers
This image is an adaptation of a computer simulation of the CATCH(+) and CATCH(-) mixture of peptides. A team…
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Studying packed polymers at oil-water interface could lead to new biomaterials
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee tracked polymer self-assembly at the liquid-liquid interface in…
Bio materials 2 min read
New graphene-based material self-assembles into vascular structures
Close-up of a tubular structure made by simultaneous printing and self-assembly of graphene oxide and a protein. An international…
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Remote battery charging using hydrogels
With electronic devices such as insulin pumps, pacemakers and implantable hearing aids being increasingly used for medical treatment, a…
Bio materials 2 min read
Making nanomaterials work in 3D cancer theranostics
Cancer researchers are increasingly using three-dimensional models of tumors – 3D cell cultures – in diagnostics and so-called theranostics.…
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Salts for grabbing water from air
The proof-of-concept atmospheric water harvesting system Harvesting water from the air could provide much-needed freshwater supplies, even in conditions of…
