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Bio & Medicine Jan 12, 2022

An ice-inspired lubricant improves osteoarthritis symptoms in rats

With the Winter Olympics approaching, many people will soon be tuning in to watch events that take place on ice, such as figure skating, speed skating and ice hockey. An ultrathin, super-lubricating layer of water on the ...

Cell & Microbiology Jan 12, 2022

Biochip reduces the cost of manufacturing in vitro skin

Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and other entities have designed a new biochip, a device that simplifies the process of manufacturing in vitro skin ...

Nanophysics Dec 3, 2021

Egg-carton-style patterning keeps charged nanoparticles in place and suitable for a wide range of applications

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Seoul National University of Science and Technology have devised a new method for manufacturing devices that require precisely sized and positioned micro- and nanoscale particles. ...

Biochemistry Nov 30, 2021

Mapping enzyme catalysis with metabolic sensing

Enzymes maintain a range of protein sequences and diverse structural forms with activities that far exceed the best chemical catalysts. However, research on engineering them with new and improved features are limited due ...

Cell & Microbiology Nov 24, 2021

New technique for breaking open cells in order to screen for helpful enzymes

The natural world is a treasure trove of potentially useful enzymes, hidden in microorganisms living all around us. But finding them is tricky. A team of researchers at NTNU have developed a new method to break open cells ...

Plants & Animals Nov 4, 2021

What sponges can tell us about the evolution of the brain

Despite its central importance, the brain's origins have not yet been uncovered. The first animal brains appeared hundreds of millions of years ago. Today, only the most primitive animal species, such as aquatic sponges, ...

Materials Science Nov 4, 2021

Sweat-collecting patch inspired by cactus spines

A sweat-collecting patch has been developed using the principle based on how the cactus spines attract water.

Biotechnology Nov 2, 2021

New methods for detecting single molecules

Resistance to antibiotics is on the rise worldwide. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Âé¶¹ÒùÔºical Measurement Techniques IPM alongside the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich have developed a process for rapidly ...

Cell & Microbiology Nov 1, 2021

Sperm switch swimming patterns to locate egg

A new study reveals how sperm change their swimming patterns to navigate to the egg, shifting from a symmetrical motion that moves the sperm in a straight path to an asymmetrical one that promotes more circular swimming.

Cell & Microbiology Oct 27, 2021

Scientists identify protein that stops cell cycle in response to stress

UT Southwestern researchers have identified a new mechanism by which stress causes cells to stop dividing.

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