A new inhibitor of glutamate transporter enzymes can be turned ‘on’ and ‘off’ using different wavelengths of light.
Aaron Brown
Total synthesis tragic, video editor and writer for Advanced Science News
Lasering in on Retinoblastoma
A technique using gold nanoparticles and laser pulses can successfully destroy retinoblastoma cells.
Love in the Time of Automata
Materials science meets Mills and Boon.
Rainbow Correction: Contact Lenses for Color Blindness
The viability of colored contact lenses as an aid for color blindness is investigated.
SIMple Access to Gold Nanoparticles
A team from the USA have developed a technique for making gold nanoparticles from old SIM cards .
Laying Waste to Oil Spills
An international team have used waste cooking oil from a university cafe to make a cheap, effective material for absorbing oil from seawater.
Cloak of Inv sib ity
A true invisibility cloak would encompass an object, and manipulate light, in a manner such that it traveled around the object, rather than reflecting off it. A recent paper reports some exciting progress toward such a design.
A New Bionic Skin; Makes Sense
The design of a new bionic skin that is sensitive to incredibly small changes in pressure and vibration is reported.
Let’s Do the Twist Again: Making Flexible, Durable Batteries
The addition of a liquid metal anode enables the design of a deformable battery with some unusual characteristics.
Solar Energy Storage: Solutions are not the Answer
Nordic researchers develop liquids for the storage of solar energy as chemical energy.