MIT Engineers Develop Coated Tissue Scaffolds That Help Stimulate New Bone Growth
Chemical engineers from MIT have developed coated tissue scaffolds that help the body grow new bone to repair injuries or congenital defects. MIT chemical engineers…
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The Prospects for the Development of Clean Fuels Are Improving
New insights into the details of photosynthetic water splitting have provided a blueprint for synthetic systems that could store sunlight energy in chemical energy carriers….
Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrator Creates Solar Energy Without Blocking the View
By using small organic molecules that absorb specific nonvisible wavelengths of sunlight, researchers at Michigan State University have developed a transparent luminescent solar concentrator that…
Engineers Develop New Method to Detect Epigenetic Modifications
Chemical engineers from MIT have developed a new method to detect epigenetic modifications, which could offer a new way to choose the best treatment for…
Scientists Develop Self-Healing Battery Electrode
Using self-healing silicon microparticles, scientists have developed the first battery electrode that heals itself. Researchers have made the first battery electrode that heals itself, opening…
New Metabolic Pathway More Efficiently Converts Sugars into Biofuels
UCLA scientists have developed a new synthetic glycolytic pathway that converts all six glucose carbon atoms into three molecules of acetyl-CoA without losing any as…
Engineers at SEAS Develop a Microelectronic Device That Mimics Functions of Real Cells
Scientists at the Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science have developed a microelectronic device that controls the flow of ions through a nanometer channel…
Plant Dye Purpurin Creates Eco-Friendly Battery
Purpurin (1,2,4-Trihydroxyanthraquinon), a nontoxic dye used to color fabric in vivid oranges, reds, and pinks, could also be used to create eco-friendly, sustainable, lithium-ion batteries….
Liquid Metal Used in Ultra-Stretchable Conducting Wires
Researchers at the North Carolina State University have created conductive wires that are made out of liquid metal, with the ability to stretch eight times…
Stanford’s Self-Healing Plastic Skin Could Lead to Improved Prosthetics
Researchers in California have developed a synthetic version of skin that’s flexible, electrically conductive, and self-healing. The scientists published their findings in the journal Nature…
“Core-Shell” Nanostructure Demonstrates Reversible Hydrogen Storage Capacity
By synthesizing nanoparticles of sodium borohydride and encasing them inside nickel shells, chemical engineers at the University of New South Wales have demonstrated remarkable hydrogen…
Graphene’s Behavior Can Be Strongly Affected by an Underlying Material
A newly published study from MIT researchers details how the behavior of graphene can be drastically different when sheets of graphene are placed on substrates…
Microorganisms Convert Renewable Electricity Into Carbon-Neutral Methane
Taking a “greener” approach to methane production, scientists from Stanford and Pennsylvania State are raising colonies of microorganisms, called methanogens, which have the ability to…
New Desalination Membrane Technology Promises to Be More Efficient
This year, more than a third of the world will suffer from shortages of potable water. This number is expected to rise by 50% by…
