Friday, April 29, 2016
Clay nanotube-biopolymer composite scaffolds for tissue engineering
Researchers combined three biopolymers, chitosan and agarose (polysaccharides), and a protein gelatine, as the materials to produce tissue engineering scaffolds and demonstrated the enhancement of mechanical strength (doubled pick load), higher water uptake and thermal properties in chitosan-gelatine-agarose hydrogels doped with halloysite.
Magnetic nanoparticles may reveal early traces of cancer
Nanoscale magnets offer a new way to find faint, early traces of cancer in patients, according to researchers working on a method to capitalize on the magnets? properties.
Nanoparticles present sustainable way to grow food crops
A team of engineers has found a sustainable way to boost the growth of a protein-rich bean by improving the way it absorbs much-needed nutrients.
What is a quantum spin liquid?
Quantum spin liquid comes in several different varieties with subtly different properties, but that they all share the ability to support peculiar quantum mechanical phenomena.
Cooling graphene-based film close to pilot-scale production
Researchers have developed an efficient way of cooling electronics by using functionalized graphene nanoflakes.
Scientists predict promising new family of materials for solid-state cooling
In a new paper, scientists point to a new family of materials with promising applications in solid-state cooling.
New technique spots active motion in cells
New data analysis technique distinguishes active from passive fluctuations inside cells.
Exploring phosphorene, a promising new material
Two-dimensional phosphane, a material known as phosphorene, has potential application as a material for semiconducting transistors in ever faster and more powerful computers.
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