The properties of transparent glass sponges make them an ideal light source for photobioreactors for producing biofuels from algae.
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Trojan Horse Causes Nanoparticle Allergy
Workers with existing allergic conditions have worse reactions when exposed to nanoparticles, caused by a Trojan horse known as an exosome.
A Material for All Weathers (with Zero Thermal Expansion)
Specialized materials that do not change their volume with alteration of temperature may now be easier to produce, thanks to work into the mechanism of such behavior in antiperovskite manganese nitrides.
Responsive Labels for Cells
How do you stick a label on something as small as a cell? Cell-labeling techniques are explained, and the use of polymer-coated nanoparticles as environment-sensitive cell labels is demonstrated by scientists in Germany and Australia.
How Green Does Your Nanomaterials Garden Grow?
Professor Geoffrey Ozin discusses the safe and responsible development, production, use, transportation, and disposal of nanoparticles in existing or emerging nanotechnologies.
Taking Shape: Metamorphic Nanocomposites
The development of materials with magnetically adjustable properties has been presented by a German research team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG) Centre for Biomaterial Development in Teltow.
Works Well on Paper: The Graphene Muscle
Researchers demonstrate electrochemical actuation using graphene-based paper.
Reviewed: Fullerenes: Nanochemistry, Nanomagnetism, Nanomedicine, Nanophotonics
MIT professor Mildred Dresselhaus takes a look at the latest work in fullerene chemistry.
Forces Combine to Make DNA Arrays
Ring-shaped arrays of DNA by using a simple self-assembly process driven by a balance of different forces, by scientists in the USA and S. Korea.
On the Surface: Patterning Conjugated Polymers
Surface patterning using conjugated polymers is set to take off, according to a review by Chinese scientists.
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