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Scientists create novel liquid wire material inspired by spiders\' capture silk
18.5.2016 | Press monitoring
Why doesn't a spider's web sag in the wind or catapult flies back out like a trampoline? The answer, according to new research by an international team of scientists, lies in the physics behind a 'hybrid' material produced by spiders for their webs. Pulling on a sticky thread in a garden spider's orb web and letting it snap back reveals that...
Photosynthetic bacteria give biologists a cool new tool
16.5.2016 | Press monitoring
Photosynthetic bacteria that have lived on Earth for 2.7 billion years are the source of a new and valuable biological regulatory tool being developed by Rice University bioengineers. Synechocystis bacteria produce a protein pathway that senses the presence of UV-violet light and activates a motor protein that moves the single-cell organism into...
Bio cosmetics: Bio-on bioplastic designed for cosmetics that defend the environment
16.5.2016 | Press monitoring
Bologna (Italy) 16 May 2016 - Few are aware that cosmetics pollute the rivers and seas due to the presence of microscopic particles of oil-based and non-biodegradable plastic (polyethylene, polypropylene and other types of polymers). To solve this problem and make every beauty product "environmentally friendly", Bio-on S.p.A. has developed and...
Repairing damaged cartilage with a man-made bio-glass
13.5.2016 | Press monitoring
Pioneering technologies like 3D printing have had a huge impact on the medical world, and now a unique material developed by researchers at Imperial College London and the University of Milano-Bicocca could lead to all-new implants for replacing damaged cartilage, including discs between vertebrae. The new material mimics the properties of the...
Performing cellular surgery with a laser-powered nanoblade
11.5.2016 | Press monitoring
To study certain aspects of cells, researchers need the ability to take the innards out, manipulate them, and put them back. Options for this kind of work are limited, but researchers reporting May 10 in Cell Metabolism describe a "nanoblade" that can slice through a cell's membrane to insert mitochondria. The researchers have previously used...
CROSSJECT - AFPric study: patients approve needle-free injection
10.5.2016 | Press monitoring
Chenôve (France), 10 May 2016, 5:45 pm - Crossject (ISIN: FR0011716265 ; Mnemo: ALCJ), a laboratory specialized in auto-injection drugs dedicated to emergency situations, and AFP ric , the largest French association of patients with polyarthritis and chronic inflammatory rheumatisms, pursued their collaboration and released today the main...
Cayman Islands to deploy genetically modified mosquitoes
9.5.2016 | Press monitoring
British biotech company Oxitec and the Cayman Islands government announced plans Thursday to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes in the fight against a species that spreads Zika and other diseases. Deployment of the mosquitoes against the Aedes aegypti species in the Cayman Islands is a major advance for Oxitec, which has promoted...
Scientists grow human embryo in lab for nearly two full weeks
6.5.2016 | Press monitoring
Studying the way a human embryo grows in its earliest stages can have a significant impact on in vitro fertilization methods as well as on our understanding of how diseases develop when life is just getting started. However, it's always been necessary to put lab-fertilized embryos back in the womb after seven days in order for them to attach and...
Clay nanotube-biopolymer composite scaffolds for tissue engineering
4.5.2016 | Press monitoring
The fabrication of a prototype tissue having functional properties close to the natural ones is crucial for effective transplantation. Tissue engineering scaffolds are typically used as supports which allow cells to form tissue-like structures essentially required for the correct functioning of the cells under the conditions close to the...
Engineers produce biodiesel from microalgae in three hours
2.5.2016 | Press monitoring
Microalgae developed in wastewater retain large amounts of lipids, carbohydrates and proteins suitable for energy production, without a biomass limit or transformation. Scientists at the National University of Mexico (UNAM) tell us that they can produce biofuel in three hours. A research conducted using academic exchanges with students of the...
