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New candidate for raw material synthesis through gene transfer

July 13, 2020
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Cyanobacteria hardly need any nutrients and use the energy of sunlight. Bathers are familiar with these microorganisms - often incorrectly called "blue-green algae" - as they often occur in waters....
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Genetics, Materials, Materials Science, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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Synthetic materials mimic living creatures

June 24, 2020
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Northwestern University researchers have developed a family of soft materials that imitates living creatures.When hit with light, the film-thin materials come alive -- bending, rotating and even crawling on surfaces....
Life Sciences, Materials
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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The many lifetimes of plastics

June 16, 2020
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Infographics strive to give us a sense of how long plastic goods will last in the environment but is this information reliable? Many of us have seen informational posters at...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials
Earth & Environmental, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science, Oceanography
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Reactive 3D printing for autonomous shapeshifting materials

June 12, 2020
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Soft robots and biomedical implants that reconfigure themselves upon demand are closer to reality with a new way to print shapeshifting materials. Rafael Verduzco and graduate student Morgan Barnes of...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Engineering, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Machine learning predicts nanoparticle structure and dynamics

June 12, 2020
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Researchers at the Nanoscience Center and at the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have demonstrated that new distance-based machine learning methods, developed in the...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics, Theoretical Physics
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Materials Informatics: The Time For Adoption is Now

June 3, 2020
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Materials Informatics is the key to enabling a paradigm shift in our approach to materials science R&D. Significant investment, notable adoption from key end-users, and technology leaps make it evident...
Materials
Materials, Materials Science
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Viable sodium-ion battery for sustainable energy storage

June 3, 2020
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Washington State University (WSU) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) researchers have created a sodium-ion battery that holds as much energy and works as well as some commercial lithium-ion battery...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Environmental Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Materials, Materials Science
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Oil-hungry smart sponge could restore our oceans

June 2, 2020
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A Northwestern University-led team has developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water. With an ability to absorb more than 30 times its weight in...
Earth & Environmental, Materials
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, Environmental, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Oceanography
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New technique for higher resolution molecular imaging and analysis

June 1, 2020
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A Northwestern University research team has developed a new method to conduct spectroscopic nanoscopy, an approach that could help researchers understand more complicated biomolecular interactions and characterize cells and diseases...
Life Sciences, Materials
Biotech, Biotechnology, Materials, Materials Science, Molecular Biology, Nanotech, Nanotechnology
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Tracking the physics of biological cells using nanodevices (video)

May 27, 2020
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For the first time, scientists have introduced minuscule tracking devices directly into the interior of mammalian cells, giving an unprecedented peek into the processes that govern the beginning of development....
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biophysics, Biotech, Biotechnology, Materials, Materials Science, Nanotech, Nanotechnology, Physics
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