/ en-us 麻豆淫院 internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: 麻豆淫院ics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. A new gene therapy delivery device could let hospital pharmacies make personalized nanomedicines to order. This democratized approach to precision medicine, as published in Frontiers in Science, could revolutionize how hospitals treat rare diseases, even in low-resource settings. /news/2025-06-gene-therapy-delivery-device-personalized.html Bio & Medicine Thu, 26 Jun 2025 05:00:04 EDT news670068476 Scientists at National Taiwan University have developed a new microfluidic system that can detect subtle chemical fingerprints from bacteria鈥攈elping to identify even antibiotic-resistant strains. This technology could help physicians quickly and accurately diagnose infections in hospitals. The study is published in Biosensors and Bioelectronics. /news/2025-06-microfluidic-quickly-accurately-bacteria-antibiotic.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:56:03 EDT news670074961 Remote-controlled microflow using light-controlled state transitions within DNA condensates has been reported by scientists from the Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan. By switching between ultraviolet light (UV) and visible light irradiation, the researchers demonstrated that the novel DNA motifs containing azobenzene can dissociate or reassemble. Furthermore, localized photo-switching within a DNA liquid condensate generated two distinct directional motions. This study can fuel the development of innovative fluid-based diagnostic chips and molecular computers. /news/2025-06-photo-switchable-dna-condensates-enable.html Bio & Medicine Nanomaterials Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:40:03 EDT news669908401 Tiny gel droplets enhanced with University of Queensland technology could open new pathways to repairing and replacing damaged organs. /news/2025-06-microfluidic-technology-pathways.html Biotechnology Molecular & Computational biology Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:19:04 EDT news669536342 A research group has developed a technology for mass-producing uniform artificial cells (lipid bilayer vesicles) with artificial model nuclei using microfluidic devices with high reproducibility. They also demonstrated that protein synthesis from these model nuclei was possible. The team was led by Professor Suzuki Hiroaki from Faculty of Science and Engineering at Chuo University. The paper is published in the journal JACS Au. /news/2025-06-artificial-cells-nuclei-mass-microfluidic.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Thu, 19 Jun 2025 04:15:49 EDT news669525333 麻豆淫院icists at the University of Li猫ge have succeeded in sculpting the surface of water by exploiting surface tension. Using 3D printing of closely spaced spines, they have combined menisci to create programmed liquid reliefs, capable of guiding particles under the action of gravity alone. This is a promising advance for microscopic transport and sorting, as well as marine pollution control. The research is published in the journal Nature Communications. /news/2025-06-physicists-3d-spines-sculpt-surface.html Soft Matter Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:20:03 EDT news669388801 Resonantly tunable quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) are high-performance laser light sources for a wide range of spectroscopy applications in the mid-infrared (MIR) range. Their high brilliance enables minimal measurement times for more precise and efficient characterization processes and can be used, for example, in chemical and pharmaceutical industries, medicine or security technology. Until now, however, the production of QCL modules has been relatively complex and expensive. /news/2025-06-semi-automated-efficient-quantum-cascade.html Condensed Matter Optics & Photonics Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:00:03 EDT news668188801 Chinese researchers have developed an advanced, high-throughput single-cell sorting platform that enables direct isolation of living cells with targeted metabolic profiles from large mutant libraries. /news/2025-06-cell-platform-discovery-high-microbes.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Tue, 03 Jun 2025 10:34:04 EDT news668165641 Human activities, such as agriculture, have dramatically increased nitrogen inputs into coastal seas. Microorganisms remove much of this human-derived nitrogen in coastal sands through a process called denitrification. Denitrification generally only occurs in the absence of oxygen. However, observations indicate that it also happens in oxygenated sands, via a thus far unknown mechanism. /news/2025-06-nitrogen-loss-sandy-shores-big.html Ecology Cell & Microbiology Mon, 02 Jun 2025 11:06:02 EDT news668081161 Water reshapes Earth through slow, powerful erosion, carving intricate landscapes like caves and pinnacles in soluble rocks such as limestone. An international team from the Faculty of 麻豆淫院ics at the University of Warsaw, the University of Florida, and the Institute of Earth Sciences in Orl茅ans has discovered that vertical channels, known as karstic solution pipes, preserve a record of Earth's climatic history. /news/2025-05-underground-channels-ancient-climate.html Earth Sciences Environment Wed, 28 May 2025 12:56:03 EDT news667655761 Researchers have created a pipeline for discovering unique combinations of molecules that increase the effectiveness of antibiotics against drug-resistant bacteria. The team, led by scientists at the Broad Institute and the Tufts University School of Medicine, used a microfluidic approach to screen more than 1 million combinations of antibiotics, small molecules, and bacteria. They identified a small molecule that boosts the power of the antibiotic rifampin in certain bacteria by weakening their defenses. The team also developed another molecule that was even more potent. /news/2025-05-combinatorial-screening-uncovers-molecules-antibiotics.html Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Wed, 28 May 2025 12:51:04 EDT news667655461 Organic particles that settle on the seabed ensure CO2 stays locked. However, natural gel-like substances slow down this process. Such microscale mechanisms play a crucial role in enhancing climate predictions. /news/2025-05-slower-microorganisms-bad-news-climate.html Earth Sciences Environment Wed, 28 May 2025 10:16:04 EDT news667646161 Blood vessels are like big-city highways; full of curves, branches, merges, and congestion. Yet for years, lab models replicated vessels like straight, simple roads. /news/2025-05-customizable-chips-mimic-real-life.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Tue, 27 May 2025 16:20:03 EDT news667581601 Chronic stress can lead to increased blood pressure and cardiovascular disease, decreased immune function, depression, and anxiety. Unfortunately, the tools we use to monitor stress are often imprecise or expensive, relying on self-reporting questionnaires and psychiatric evaluations. /news/2025-05-dental-floss-stress.html Biochemistry Polymers Mon, 26 May 2025 08:49:50 EDT news667468185 Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have developed an interface that creates "virtual sorting nanomachines" without the need to manufacture actual devices. /news/2025-05-scientists-virtual-nanomachines-electron-graphene.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Thu, 22 May 2025 11:55:03 EDT news667133701 Soft-bodied robots are unlocking a new era of adaptive machines that can safely interact with the human body, squeeze through tight spaces, and propel themselves autonomously. /news/2025-05-pneumatic-soft-robot-mimics-rotating.html Biotechnology Thu, 22 May 2025 09:51:05 EDT news667126258 Researchers have developed a 3D micro-printed sensor for highly sensitive on-chip biosensing. The sensor, which is based on a polymer whispering-gallery-mode microlaser, opens new opportunities for developing high-performance, cost-effective lab-on-a-chip devices for early disease diagnosis. /news/2025-05-3d-microlaser-sensors-supercharged-biosensing.html Bio & Medicine Nanophysics Mon, 19 May 2025 13:38:04 EDT news666880681 Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP), a DNA amplification technique valued for its speed, specificity, sensitivity, and simplicity, is increasingly employed in disease diagnostics and genetically modified organism detection. At the heart of this method lies the Bst DNA polymerase, whose enzymatic properties鈥攕uch as strand displacement activity, thermostability, and catalytic efficiency鈥攁re critical to the success of isothermal amplification, typically conducted at 60鈥�65掳C. /news/2025-05-ultrahigh-throughput-screening-yields-dna.html Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry Fri, 16 May 2025 10:30:03 EDT news666610201 Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan, in collaboration with the Institute of Translational Medicine and Biomedical Engineering (IMTIB) in Argentina and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, have advanced the "PDMS SlipChip," a versatile microfluidic device. By using a low-viscosity silicone oil and fine-tuning the fabrication process, they've made the SlipChip more reliable for cell-based experiments and simpler for creating concentration gradients. /news/2025-05-viscosity-oil-boosts-microfluidic-device.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Wed, 14 May 2025 16:58:04 EDT news666460682 In our study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, our team from The University of Hong Kong and Northwestern University, led by the late Nobel Laureate Professor Fraser Stoddart, developed RP-H200, a hydrogen-bonded organic framework (HOF) with the largest pores in its class. /news/2025-05-large-pore-molecular-crystals-energy.html Nanomaterials Tue, 13 May 2025 11:20:01 EDT news666353418 When two organisms live together so closely that they merge into a functional unit, this is known as symbiosis. In the "1+1=1" project, an international, interdisciplinary research team is investigating how synthetic symbiosis between microorganisms can be created in a targeted manner鈥攁nd what this reveals about the formation of complex cell structures. /news/2025-05-paramecium-cyanobacterium.html Cell & Microbiology Biotechnology Mon, 12 May 2025 10:45:09 EDT news666265504 Researchers led by Professor Erik van Nimwegen at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, have discovered a new mechanism in bacteria that controls their response to prevailing environmental conditions. They derived their theory from a simple yet interesting observation: The growth rate of bacteria and their sensitivity to signaling molecules seem to be related. /news/2025-05-bacteria-sensitively-environment.html Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Thu, 08 May 2025 13:50:02 EDT news665928704 In a development that could reshape the future of microelectronics, optics, and biomedicine, researchers from Jinan University, in collaboration with the Institute of Chemistry at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have unveiled a new nanoprinting technology that simultaneously achieves unprecedented resolution and efficiency. /news/2025-04-quantum-photon-strategy-powers-generation.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Mon, 28 Apr 2025 11:06:04 EDT news665057161 Cranfield University spin-out company Frontier Space has sent a fully automated laboratory into orbit as part of a European Space Agency project to assess the viability of creating lab-grown food in microgravity. /news/2025-04-fully-automated-laboratory-orbit-food.html Space Exploration Fri, 25 Apr 2025 09:27:03 EDT news664792021 New research has uncovered how a simple circadian clock network demonstrates advanced noise-filtering capabilities, enhancing our understanding of how biological circuits maintain accuracy in dynamic natural environments. /news/2025-04-circadian-clocks-robustness-environments.html Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:22:04 EDT news663949321 The Earth's magnetic field quietly supports life on the planet and now, for the first time, its invisible powers have been used to create new nanoparticles and materials. /news/2025-04-earth-magnetic-field-impact-fluid.html Nanophysics Nanomaterials Tue, 15 Apr 2025 11:10:06 EDT news663931964 As you read this sentence, trillions of cells are moving around in your body. From the red blood cells being pumped by your heart, to the immune cells racing across your lymphatic system, everything you need to live pulsates and flows in a turbulent dance of finely tuned biological machinery. /news/2025-04-simulating-fluid-dynamics-cells.html Soft Matter Thu, 10 Apr 2025 11:34:04 EDT news663503641 Monash researchers have discovered that swimming sperm create swirling fluid vortices鈥攕haped like rolling corkscrews鈥攇iving them an extra boost in the race to the egg. /news/2025-04-sperm-dont.html Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:07:00 EDT news663336416 A research team has developed a compact peritoneal dialysis device that can be utilized as a portable artificial kidney. This research was published on March 29 in the journal Journal of Nanobiotechnology. /news/2025-04-dialysis-device-nanoelectrokinetic-technology-portable.html Bio & Medicine Thu, 03 Apr 2025 16:20:05 EDT news662916002 Polymer-coated nanoparticles loaded with therapeutic drugs show significant promise for cancer treatment, including ovarian cancer. These particles can be targeted directly to tumors, where they release their payload while avoiding many of the side effects of traditional chemotherapy. /news/2025-04-mass-nanoparticles-cancer-drugs-tumors.html Bio & Medicine Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:41:04 EDT news662902861