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Biodegradation of Plastic Waste
Researchers in Germany exploit enzymes to break down and recycle the most widely-used plastic for packaging.
Finding a Use for Jellyfish
Biodegradable plastic made from Jellyfish.
Special issue on Polymer Electronics
The latest guest-edited issue of Journal of Polymer Science: Polymer Physics takes an in-depth look at solar cells, transistors and characterization, with reviews free to download.
"Bulky" molecules control size of gold nanoparticles
The “bulkiness” of molecules commonly used in the creation of gold nanoparticles actually dictates the size of the nanoparticles.
Deceptive Viruses Trick Their Way Into Cells
Biomineralization-based virus shell engineering for functional modification of viruses to be used in cancer virotherapy or for vaccines
Nanotetrapods Give Lasers a Boost
Amplified stimulated emission is reported using CdSe-seeded CdS nanotetrapod optical gain media.
Gluing bones with polyurethane hierarchical nanocomposites
A new bone adhesive made with polyurethane and hydroxiapatite hierarchical nanocomposites shows great mechanical strength and biocompatibility.
A Breakthrough in Bio-imaging
Intracellular plasmonic imaging by exciting multi-mode resonances in split-ring resonators is reported in Advanced Optical Materials.
Artificial fingertips: Silicon for robot prosthetics
Elastomer-based skin has been developed for biomimetic artificial fingertip sensors.
Combining semiconductors: increasing charge mobility
Adding a little of a crystalline material to a conjugated polymer leads to great improvements in charge mobility in the resulting devices
Copying Butterflies to Create 3D Magnetophotonic Crystals
Researchers have developed a method to fabricate 3D network magneto photonic crystal with controllable properties from a butterfly wing
Corning's Gorilla Glass used in new Microsoft tablet
Microsoft revealed the new Microsoft Surface tablet Monday, featuring Corning’s Gorilla Glass.
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