Plant cuticle-inspired composites as sustainable alternative to traditional plastics for packaging applications.
Wind Farm on Target
Seismic surface surveys helped to stick to schedule despite post-approval design changes.
A Timely, On-Demand Anticoagulation Solution for Cardiovascular Diseases
A therapeutic thrombin-responsive patch to help with acute pulmonary thromboembolism.
Dancing Trees: Dual-Controlled Actuation of Polymer Films
Dancing polymer tree actuation!
Towards High Performance and High Resolution – Patterning of Organohalide Lead Perovskite Pixels
High-resolution photolithographic patterning of organohalide lead perovskites is made possible using hydrofluoroethers.
Melanin-Based Nanoparticles for Imaging of Tumor Vasculature
A novel melanin-based contrast agent may help assess the tumor vasculature after antiangiogenic treatment via Dynamic Contrast Enhanced Photoacoustic Imaging.
Novel Graphene-Based Composites
Highly Integrated Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Architectures by Noncovalent Exfoliation of Graphite and Assembly with Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles
Fight or die? How prokaryotes deal with infections
In their review in BioEssays, Eugene Koonin and Feng Zhang discuss the different outcomes when prokaryotes are infected by a virus.
Diamonds for prosthetic vision
Diamond based epiretinal devices offer the hope of improved prosthetic vision for blind patients.
Exfoliation of Graphene in Volatile Solvents Using Aromatic Surfactants
A multidisciplinary group led by Andrea Liscio at CNR, Bolgna, Italy, has reported that adding aromatic surfactants promotes the exfoliation of few-layers graphene nanosheets in low-boiling organic solvents.