New method helps fabricate tissue-like wet and slippery hydrogels
Scientists have demonstrated an innovative chemical method for engineering diverse layered hydrogels with wet and slippery features at room temperature.
Dec 9th, 2021
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Visualising cell structures in three dimensions in mere minutes
Scientists have optimised a special X-ray process - known as soft X-ray tomography - to deliver high-resolution three-dimensional images of entire cells and their molecular structure in just a few minutes.
Dec 6th, 2021
Read morePrinting technique creates effective skin equivalent, heals wounds
Material mimics all three layers of the skin, allows for complex printing structures.
Dec 3rd, 2021
Read moreBuilding better tools for biomanufacturing
A team of researchers has developed an analytical tool designed to improve the biomanufacturing process of advanced cell-based therapies.
Dec 3rd, 2021
Read moreUncovering a promising use case for exosomes
Scientists are pursuing the biological aspects of extracellular vesicle-cell communication, to expand exosome-based delivery of growth factors that could potentially help in regenerative medicine and in controlling diseases such as cancer.
Dec 2nd, 2021
Read moreScientists develop wireless networks that allow brain circuits to be controlled remotely through the Internet?
Wireless implantable devices and IoT could manipulate the brains of animals from anywhere around the world due to their minimalistic hardware, low setup cost, ease of use, and customizable versatility.
Dec 2nd, 2021
Read moreDeep learning dreams up new protein structures
Researchers show that a neural network trained exclusively to predict protein shapes can also generate new ones.
Dec 1st, 2021
Read moreSynthetic tissue can repair hearts, muscles, and vocal cords
Combining knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering, scientists develop a biomaterial tough enough to repair the heart, muscles, and vocal cords, representing a major advance in regenerative medicine.
Nov 30th, 2021
Read moreBiosensor barcodes identify, detail 'chatting' among cancer cells
Tagging biochemical processes with colors enables in-depth examination of cellular communications network at molecular level.
Nov 30th, 2021
Read moreWe might not know half of what's in our cells, new AI technique reveals
Artificial intelligence-based technique reveals previously unknown cell components that may provide new clues to human development and disease.
Nov 24th, 2021
Read moreEnhancing the workhorse: Artificial intelligence, hardware innovations boost confocal microscope's performance
To push confocal imaging to an unprecedented level of performance, researchers have invented a 'kitchen sink' confocal platform that borrows solutions from other high-powered imaging systems, adds a unifying thread of Deep Learning artificial intelligence algorithms, and successfully improves the confocal's volumetric resolution by more than 10-fold while simultaneously reducing phototoxicity.
Nov 24th, 2021
Read moreDesigning microbe factories for sustainable chemicals
Machine learning, Bayesian inference, and metabolic modeling help design biofuel-producing yeast.
Nov 20th, 2021
Read moreNovel artificial genomic DNA can replicate and evolve outside the cell
Scientists have successfully induced gene expression from a DNA, characteristic of all life, and evolution through continuous replication extracellularly using cell-free materials alone, such as nucleic acids and proteins for the first time.
Nov 19th, 2021
Read moreResearchers develop method for early detection of bacterial infection in crops
Novel Raman Spectroscopy-based method enables early detection and quantification of pathogens in plants, which can impact plant disease management and agricultural industry.
Nov 18th, 2021
Read moreArtificial intelligence successfully predicts protein interactions
The study identified more than 100 probable protein complexes for the first time and provided structural models for more than 700 previously uncharacterized ones. Insights into the ways pairs or groups of proteins fit together to carry out cellular processes could lead to a wealth of new drug targets.
Nov 17th, 2021
Read moreSynthetic biology yields easy-to-use underwater adhesives
Scientists have developed a method that uses engineered microbes to produce the necessary ingredients for a biocompatible adhesive hydrogel that is as strong as spider silk and as adhesive as mussel foot protein (Mfp), which means it can stick to a myriad.
Nov 16th, 2021
Read moreThe Sorting Hat: An AI-powered image classifier for cell biologists
Scientists designed and evaluated the performance of deep learning models with a user-friendly interface for biological image classification.
Nov 16th, 2021
Read moreThis light-powered catalyst mimics photosynthesis
The new molecule can improve the yield of reactions for generating pharmaceuticals and other useful compounds.
Nov 15th, 2021
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