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Smart Materials: Fused Liquid Marbles Show Their Strength
July 31, 2013 A superglue polymerisation strategy that fortifies encapsulated ‘liquid marble’ water droplets also strengthens their market ... > full story -
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Game Changer for Synthesizing New Materials: Method Synthesizes Thousands of New Compounds With Ultra Low Thermal Conductivity
July 31, 2013 A chemist likens his lab's newly published accomplishments to combining two flavors of ice cream and churning out thousands of flavors to appeal to any taste bud. In reality, he is referring to his ... > full story -
Using Gold and Light to Study Molecules in Water
July 31, 2013 Thanks to a new device that is the size of a human hair, it is now possible to detect molecules in a liquid solution and observe their interactions. This is of major interest for the scientific ... > full story -
Physicists Discover Theoretical Possibility of Large, Hollow Magnetic Cage Molecules
July 31, 2013 Researchers have discovered, in theory, the possibility of creating large, hollow magnetic cage molecules that could one day be used in medicine as a drug delivery system to non-invasively treat ... > full story -
Tiny, Brightly Shining Silicon Crystals Could Be Safe for Deep-Tissue Imaging
July 31, 2013 Tiny silicon crystals caused no health problems in monkeys three months after large doses were injected, marking a step forward in the quest to bring such materials into clinics as biomedical imaging ... > full story -
Surprising Result Discovered When Looking Into Effects of Carbon Nanotubes and Soil Sorption of Toxicants
July 31, 2013 When it comes to carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in the soil, recent research shows that the new materials do not affect the sorption of the toxic part of oil called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ... > full story -
Progress in Using Ethanol to Make Key Raw Material Now Produced from Oil
July 31, 2013 Ethanol from corn and other plants could become the sustainable, raw material for a huge variety of products, from plastic packaging to detergents to synthetic rubber, that are currently ... > full story -
Step Towards a Bioartificial Liver Device: A Microreactor for Hepatocyte Cultures from IBIB PAN
July 31, 2013 Liver cells are very sensitive hence are difficult to cultivate outside the body. However, scientists have now shown that with an appropriately designed microreactor such cultivation is ... > full story -
Microfluidic Breakthrough in Biotechnology
July 31, 2013 Chemical flasks and inconvenient chemostats for cultivation of bacteria are likely soon to be discarded. Researchers have constructed a microfluidic system allowing for merging, transporting and ... > full story -
Chemists Develop Innovative Nano-Sensors for Multiple Proteins
July 31, 2013 Chemists have developed a new method for parallel protein analysis that is, in principle, capable of identifying hundreds or even thousands of different proteins. It could be used to detect the ... > full story
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