A new type of surface optical sensor for water capable of being embedded in aircraft wings with no influence on the aerodynamic design and capable of record high-performance.
Bone-Inspired Metallic Tubes
The gradient structure of bones inspired researchers to develop a technique by which a gradient structure can be imparted to metallic tubes.
Nature Inspires – Materials with Enhanced Mechanical Properties
Researchers studied how encapsulated droplets of gallium liquid increased the stiffness of an elastomer.
Advances in Acute Wound Repair
A simple method implementing epidermal growth factor encapsulated in a biodegradable hydrogel aids wound healing.
Caenorhabditis elegans: An Emerging Model Organism
Dichromatic fluorescence reporter system enables visualization of expression profiles of alternative pre-mRNA processing patterns in a nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans
Could Some Cases of Autism be Prevented by Nutritional Intervention?
In a Hypothesis article published in BioEssays, Arthur Beaudet speculates that brain carnitine deficiency might be the cause for about 10-20% of autism cases.
Perovskite Perspectives: Chul-Ho Lee and Min Jae Ko Discuss Moisture Stability
Chul-Ho Lee and Min Jae Ko discuss the critical moisture stability problem faced by researchers working on perovskite materials.
Fighting Cancer with Precise Diagnosis and Therapy
A Joint Virtual Issue between the European Journal of Immunology and Cytometry Part A presents several publications on the latest developments in cancer diagnostics and immunotherapy.
Avoiding the “Coffee-Ring Effect”
A freeze-drying procedure facilitates uniform drug loading of microparticles for efficient drug delivery.
Recent Progress in the Applications of Vanadium-Based Oxides on Energy Storage
Researchers from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics review the current developments and future opportunities for the application of vanadium-based oxides in Li- and Na-ion batteries.