Bacteria trapped inside porous beads function as efficient living biocatalysts and can be assembled to perform preprogrammed sequences of reactions.
Photoacoustic Computed Tomography to Help Understand the Brain
A team of American scientists used photoacoustic computed tomography to image the blood vascular network of a whole mouse brain through the intact skull, with high resolution and substantial depth.
How to “Grow” a Solar Cell
Biophotovoltaic devices by incorporation of oriented Photosystem I via phage display.
Electrically Driven Bio-Inspired Soft Robots
Researchers design a bio-inspired batoid robot from non-toxic hydrogels operated with Au microelectrodes.
Natural Wood for Clean Water
Water is a resource that humans cannot live without. It is considered one of the major global challenges faced by our world. Current desalination techniques have limitations, including salt accumulation, and extracting water from ground sources has been less studied....
Artificial Muscles – The Vision of Outperforming Human Muscles
A detailed analysis of existing optimization methods, and discussion on the virtues and shortcomings of each method with respect to the various transduction principles such as energy harvesting and actuation, is presented.
MRS Fall Meeting Boston 2017
The 2017 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS) took place in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, from November 26 – December 1. This year’s conference featured 55 technical symposia, eleven tutorial sessions, four poster sessions, and 241 exhibitors. The...
Tools for Protein Science Special Issue
Protein Science has published a Special Issue on Tools for Protein Science edited by Brian Matthews from the University of Oregon. Data analysis in life and physical sciences has come a long way since the development of high-power, high-speed computers, and computer...
Novel Bio-Functionalized Nanovesicles for Targeted Drug Delivery
A new biomimetic strategy provides a platform for the synthesis of ligand-targeted nanovesicles that can mediate selective drug delivery to specific tissues.
Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition Advances for Device Applications
Significant implications of and recent progress made in iCVD-based technologies in three fields: electronic devices, surface engineering, and biomedical applications are discussed.