An epidemic of mange-related deaths in Bobcats severe enough to cause a genetic bottleneck is traced to anticoagulant agents in rodent poison.
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.
Hsp Protein Nanocages for siRNA Delivery
Green fluorescent protein (GFP) expression in HeLa EGFP cells is significantly downregulated by Hsp-R9/siRNA complexes
New Customized Compostable Materials
A Spanish consortium of indutry and science is seeking for new compostable materials for mass-market single-use products like tableware, packages and single-use bags.
State of the Art in Applied Polymer Science
The Journal of Applied Polymer Science presents work exclusively authored by its advisory board members.
Studying Autophagic Lysosome Reformation
Imaging and analysis of Autophagic Lysosome Reformation.
Alzheimer’s Disease and Beets?
Betanin may help slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Professor Helmuth Möhwald 1946-2018
The Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces mourns for the loss of a long-standing founding director.
Chloride and Plasma: An Antibacterial Match?
A team of Chinese researchers investigated the plasma-induced inactivation behavior of several bacteria without and with the presence of chloride.
Technical and Social Problems of Nuclear Waste
The waste forms produced during the process of generating nuclear energy constitute a nearly intractable management problem because of technical and social factors.