News tagged with biomacromolecules
Spider web glue spins society toward new biobased adhesives
Oct 21, 2009 |
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With would-be goblins and ghosts set to drape those huge fake spider webs over doorways and trees for Halloween, scientists in Wyoming are reporting on a long-standing mystery about real spider webs: It is ...
Clothing to crow about: Chicken feather suits and dresses
Jan 12, 2009 |
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In the future, you may snuggle up in warm, cozy sweats made of chicken feathers or jeans made of wheat, enjoying comfortable, durable new fabrics that are "green" and environmentally friendly. Researchers ...
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Life isn't 2-D, so why should our encyclopedias be?
Aug 22, 2008 |
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Biologists and biochemists are now able to access 3D images of biomacromolecules underlying biological functions and disease. Rather than relying on text to provide the understanding of biomacromolecule structures, a collaborative ...
'Super paper:' New nanopaper more break-resistant than cast iron
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 09, 2008 |
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Researchers in Sweden and Japan report development of a new type of paper that resists breaking when pulled almost as well as cast iron. The new material, called "cellulose nanopaper," is made of sub-microscopic ...
Penicillin-coated biomaterial created
Jan 17, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists have developed a penicillin-coated version of a polymer biomaterial to protect polymer-based surgical devices and medical implants.
Toward improved antibiotics using proteins from marine diatoms
Sep 08, 2008 |
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Researchers in Florida are reporting an advance toward tapping the enormous potential of an emerging new group of antibiotics identical to certain germ-fighting proteins found in the human immune system. Their ...
Gel-like material shows promise as oral insulin pill for diabetes
Apr 21, 2008 |
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Researchers in Texas report development of a gel-like material that could help speed the long-awaited arrival of insulin that can be taken in a pill by mouth, rather than with injections. The study is scheduled for the April ...
Marine worm's jaws say 'cutting-edge new aerospace materials'
Jul 14, 2008 |
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Researchers in California and New Hampshire report the first detailed characterization of the protein composition of the hard, fang-like jaws of a common marine worm. Their work could lead to the design of ...
First evidence that bacteria get 'touchy-feely' about dangerous biofilms
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May 19, 2008 |
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Researchers in Massachusetts report for the first time that bacteria use a sense of touch in deciding where to form biofilms. Those colonies of microbes grow on medical implants and other devices and play ...
Toward a new oral delivery system for insulin using nanoshell shields
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 08, 2007 |
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Scientists in Taiwan are reporting development of a nanoparticle drug delivery system that shows promise as a potential way to administer insulin and perhaps other protein-based drugs by mouth rather than injection or nasal ...
New light-sensitive polymers may permit 'etching' images into vegetation
Mar 19, 2007 |
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Scientists in Ohio are reporting development of the first “biophotoresists,” new compounds that may be a counterpart to the light sensitive materials used in key industrial processes — such as photolithography and photoengraving ...
New 'self-exploding' microcapsules could take sting out of drug delivery
Jan 03, 2006 |
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Belgian chemists have developed "self-exploding" microcapsules that could one day precisely release drugs and vaccines inside the human body weeks or even months after injection. The study, by researchers at Ghent University ...
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