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Liquid crystal elastomer morphs on-demand

December 21, 2018
News
Rice University researchers have developed a liquid crystal elastomer that morphs between two different shapes.Shapes programmed into the shape-shifting polymer appear in ambient conditions and melt away with the application...
Materials
Materials Science
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Wasp venom repurposed as antibiotic drug

December 20, 2018
News
Variants of a peptide normally found in wasp venom could have applications as an antibiotic drug for humans.   Engineers from MIT studied antimicrobial properties of a toxin normally found in a...
Life Sciences
Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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UN biodiversity targets give false sense of achievement

December 19, 2018
News
UN biodiversity targets are structured to give a false sense of conservation achievement, according to a new research paper.The scientific team, led by the California Academy of Sciences, found that...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Electronic pill connects to external device

December 18, 2018
News
An ingestible sensor is able to release drugs and relay diagnostic information wirelessly to an external device, such as a smartphone.The capsule, developed by researchers at MIT, Draper, and Brigham...
Life Sciences
Biotechnology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals
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Artificial synapse created from nanowire memristor

December 6, 2018
News
A German team has built an artificial synapse from nanowires that can replicate functions of biological synapses.The component, developed by a team at Forschungszentrum Jülich and RWTH Aachen Universities, is...
Materials, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Materials Science, Nanotechnology
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Flexibility of crystal surfaces shown in real-time

December 4, 2018
News
Real-time imaging has shown the flexibility of crystal surfaces upon the introduction of a guest molecule.Researchers at Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) observed flexible and dynamic changes...
Materials
Materials Science
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DeepMind AI predicts 3D protein shapes

December 3, 2018
News
A British technology company has used AI to predict the 3D structure of a protein based on its genetic sequence.DeepMind used its AlphaFold AI system focused on modelling target shapes...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Proteomics & Genomics
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Black hole gas rings flow in complex formations

November 30, 2018
News
The black hole "donut" is not actually a rigid structure. The black rings of gas surrounding active supermassive black holes are not simple donut shapes, but a complex collection of...
Physics & Engineering
Astronomy, Physics
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Graphene performance doubled by removing silicon contamination

November 29, 2018
News
Researchers have registered the biggest electrical charge capacity for graphene by removing silicon contamination, unlocking the potential of the supermaterial.A team at RMIT in Melbourne demonstrated the effectiveness of using...
Physics & Engineering
Solid State Physics
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Nanotech specialist expands at The Heath

November 29, 2018
News
The Heath science park has created a new research and development facility for Nanoco Group – a leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots and nanomaterials.The new...
Materials
Nanotechnology
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Machine learning spots viral reservoirs

November 28, 2018
News
A machine learning algorithm has been developed at The University of Glasgow that can predict viral reservoirs in the animal kingdom.Viruses circulate in animal and insect communities long before spreading...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences
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Draw-your-own electrodes speed up microdetection

November 28, 2018
News
A new rapid prototyping method could speed up development of microdetection devices for sensing biological molecules.The method, developed by researchers at Imperial College London, allows intricate electrode patterns to be...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Medical Diagnostics
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