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Mimicking Wrinkly Fingers: Toward Creating Smart Surfaces
Inspired by human fingers after prolonged exposure to water, moisture responsive wrinkling surfaces are developed.
Ketosis Mimics the Life Span Expanding Powers of Caloric Restriction
Mechanisms of the action for ketosis in aging and extending life span are proposed in a recent review.
Detecting Enantiomers – Nanoparticles Acting as Circular Dichroism Antennas
A discussion of how nanoparticles of different plasmonic materials can facilitate the detection of molecular CD spectra is presented.
Nanotherapy Treatments Aim to Change Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy’s Outcome
A recent review discusses the emerging nanomedications and therapies with potential to alter Duchenne’s fatal outcome.
From Cells, To Cells: A Step Forward in Targeted Drug Delivery
Extracellular vesicles are highly biocompatible and efficient carriers for targeted and personalized drug delivery.
Behavioral Analysis in Social Networks
A review of the methods for modeling and analyzing online user behaviors found in social networks.
Complex Refractory Plasmonic Designs
Researchers demonstrated a new approach to fabricate large-scale, complex nano-architectures of refractory plasmonic transition metal nitrides.
Carbon Pricing in Climate Policy: Seven Reasons
Carbon pricing is a recurrent theme in debates on climate policy. As there is much misunderstanding about the many reasons to implement a global carbon price, ideological resistance against it prospers.
RNA Making a Move
Do not expect RNA to sit still. Although structural investigations typically illustrate a single, more or less static picture of an RNA, most RNAs most undergo conformational changes to exert their cellular function.
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