Molecular simulation of an engineered aerolysin pore (light blue color) embedded into a membrane bilayer (cream color) and translocating DNA (red color). Credit: Chan Cao,…
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Electrospun fiber looks like a spiderweb. Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services Novel applications of a technology called coaxial electrospinning could improve contraceptive products and…
Greater understanding of phenomena could enable unprecedented control over gene expression. Magnetogenetics — the idea that you can use magnetic fields to control cells and…
Researchers at ORNL’s Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences demonstrated the first example of capacitance in a lipid-based biomimetic membrane, opening nondigital routes to advanced, brain-like…
Liquid-Cell Electron Tomography (LC-ET) offers an exciting technical advance to study dynamic materials in solution. The figure illustrates how LC-ET was used to define the…
An illustration imagining the molecular machinery inside microbes as technology. Credit: Wayne Keefe/Berkeley Lab A new genetic engineering tool will help open the floodgates of…
The segments of the CysLT1 receptor responsible for its activation are shown in orange, next to other G protein-coupled receptors. Credit: Luginina et al./Science Advances…
New microbial research at the University of Copenhagen suggests that ‘survival of the friendliest’ outweighs ‘survival of the fittest’ for groups of bacteria Bacteria make…
Colonies of bacteria containing the repressilator circuit develop different patterns of “growth rings” over time depending on what stage the repressilator circuit was in when…
Inset shows a donut-shaped 3D silk scaffold (represented as schematic in background) that has been treated with fetal pig brain extracellular matrix and seeded with…
X-ray images at top left show the drug-delivery capsule in the intestine, before and after the arms expand. At right, the arms are unfolded to…
Army researchers are on a mission to understand the value of the molecular ‘living’ functionality of muscle, and the fundamental mechanics that would need to…
Researchers have developed compound lenses inspired by the mosquito eye. Credit: American Chemical Society Anyone who’s tried to swat a pesky mosquito knows how quickly…
Differences in the molecular structures explain the different colors of this bioluminescence in different species. This discovery has the potential for new biotechnological applications, such…
The researchers have harnessed exosomes together with synthetic nanomaterial as carriers of anticancer drugs. The new exosome-based nanomedicines enhanced tumor accumulation, extravasation from blood vessels…
Scientists have used a microchip to map the back of the eye for disease diagnosis. The interference technology used in the microchip has been around…
This is an artist rendering of a new generation of biobots — soft robotic devices powered by skeletal muscle tissue stimulated by on-board motor neurons.…
University of Waterloo researcher Parsin Haji Reza works in his lab. Credit: University of Waterloo ‘This is the future, a huge step towards our ultimate…
Silk is a natural protein that can also be produced synthetically. It has good abilities and versatile possibilities. Credit: Eeva Suorlahti The unique material outperforms…
Tissues created without SWIFT-printed channels display cell death (red) in their cores after 12 hours of culture (left), while tissues with channels (right) have healthy…