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Humidity-Driven Motility in Feather Grass Awns

by Jessica D'Lima | Jul 24, 2018 | Biosystems, Environment

The Stipa awn uses a humidity-driven mechanism to disperse and self-bury its seed.

Increase Therapeutic Outcomes

by Anne Pfisterer | Jul 23, 2018 | Biotechnology, Therapeutics

Decellularized ECM hydrogels as a delivery platform for extracellular vesicles and microRNAs.

A Dress Rehearsal: Prototype Smart Bandage for Wound Healing

by Kieran Schlegel-O'Brien | Jul 23, 2018 | Features, Sensors, Therapeutics

Wearable electronic device can be inserted into convential wound dressings.

Materials for Healthcare: Virtually All Advances

by Advanced Science News | Jul 22, 2018 | Biosystems, Diagnostics, Disease Prevention, Regenerative Medicine, Therapeutics

Cutting-edge research from Advanced Heathcare Materials assembled in Virtual Issues.

Assembly Required: A User-Friendly Approach to Paperfluidic Point-of-Care Devices

by Jenna Flogeras | Jul 22, 2018 | Diagnostics, Features, Sensors

A team of researchers construct a library of pre-fabricated, reusable paperfluidic blocks for point-of-care diagnostic devices.

Simulating Complex Systems: Agent-based Modeling in Molecular Systems Biology

by Kerstin Brachhold | Jul 21, 2018 | Biosystems, Life Science

Mohammad Soheilypour and Mohammad Mofrad discuss a technique termed ‘agent-based modeling’ that is used in systems biology.

Stacking Up: Building Complex Perfused Tissues

by Advanced Science News | Jul 20, 2018 | Biosystems, Biotechnology, Life Science, Regenerative Medicine

An automated system to assemble macrotissues from prefabricated living microtissues with a cell density similar to organs is reported.

New Ultra‐Low‐Cost Smartphone Sensor To Diagnose Autoimmune Disease

by Bette Nijboer | Jul 20, 2018 | Diagnostics, Life Science, Sensors

American researchers designed a smartphone octo‐channel optosensor (SOS) for low‐cost low‐volume lab tests as a mHealth diagnostic tool.

Get Your Sunglasses Out: UV-Radiation and Eye Health

by Bette Nijboer | Jul 19, 2018 | Disease Prevention, Features, Life Science, Optics

A German team of scientists published an overview on all the most recent knowledge on the role of the ultraviolet radiation in eye health and its aging process.

Treating Biofilm Infections with Red Phosphorus [Video]

by Advanced Science News Video | Jul 18, 2018 | Disease Prevention, Therapeutics

A team of researchers develop a coating based on red phosphorus to treat biofilm infections resulting from bone implantation.

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