In their review in BioEssays, Jean Peccoud and colleagues discuss the challenges and prospects of analyzing horizontal transfer of transposable elements on a large scale.
Self-Healing of a Confined Phase Change Memory Device : One Step Closer to Storage Class Memory
Self-healing of a phase change memory device with a metallic surfactant layer opens up new pathways in storage class memory.
Tackling Diabetes: Toward Bifunctional Glucose and Dopamine Sensors with Plasma
A plasma-treated polyethylene is used as as an affordable and easy mediator to produce enzymatic glucose sensors that could be used for diabetic patients.
Noncoding RNAs in Alzheimer’s Disease
New directions in which ncRNAs can be exploited in Alzheimer’s disease prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy are discussed.
Making Methane in the Morning
Making fuel from carbon dioxide in the presence of the morning sun; a recent paper reports on the most recent advances toward this goal.
Synthetic Macromolecular Machines
A special issue in Macromolecular Rapid Communications guest-edited by David Bléger and Rafal Klajn highlights the diverse ways by which molecular switches can be incorporated into macromolecular architectures.
Advanced Materials Interfaces: Enter the ‘Hall of Fame’
Advanced Materials Interfaces launches its new invited-only review ‘Hall of Fame’. All included papers are free to read for a limited time!
From Solar Panel To Suntan Lotion: Bright New Research on Zinc Films
Avery easy, fast, and scalable one-step process for synthesis and deposition of porous ZnO nanocrystalline film by low-temperature atmospheric pressure plasma is presented.
Aneuploidy and Chromosomal Instability: Their Relationship and Consequences
In their review in BioEssays, Klaske Schukken and Floris Foijer discuss the different concepts and consequences of chromosomal instability and aneuploidy.
Antibacterial Black Phosphorus Film for Infection Prevention
Researchers produce an antibacterial film for long-term disinfection and infection prevention using black phosphorous nanosheets (BPS) as photosensitizers for singlet oxygen production.