Bikramjit Basu has received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for work on understanding in-vitro cell functionality modulation on engineered biomaterials.
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From the cradle of civilization to the frontiers of chemistry
Wesley R. Browne and Anna K. H. Hirsch, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry report on the first Frontiers in Chemistry conference held in Yerevan, Armenia, earlier this year.
New cloaking device is battery powered
Proposed design uses an external source of energy to significantly broaden its bandwidth of operation.
Researchers develop liquid crystal lenses
New liquid crystal ensemble resembles a compound eye and can be used as a lens.
Studying the gasification of pinewood char
Purdue University researchers show potential benefits of pinewood char as synthetic fuel source.
Shrinking quantum dots improves charge transfer
Single-particle study identifies possible path to improved conversion of sunlight to electricity in photovoltaic devices.
Tailor-made polymer gels for biology and medicine
A method developed by researchers from KIT and Jacobs University Bremen enables manufacturing of polymer layers with tailor-made properties and functions.
How safe are nanotubes in modern plastics?
Experiments at NIST aim to answer questions about environment and health risks of aging plastics.
Getting under the skin of the li-ion battery dendrite problem
Researchers discover that bulk of li-ion dendrite material lies below the surface of the lithium electrode in early stages of development.
Nanoparticles that slip through the vaginal mucus barrier to fight cervical cancer
Researchers develop polymer-based mucus-penetrating particles (MPP) loaded with paclitaxel, a frontline chemo drug.