News tagged with soft matter
Japanese researchers turn a crab shell transparent
A group of researchers working out of Kyoto University in Japan have successfully transformed a normal crab into one that is transparent. As they describe in their paper published in the British Royal Society ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 01, 2011 |
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Self-replication process holds promise for production of new materials
New York University scientists have developed artificial structures that can self-replicate, a process that has the potential to yield new types of materials. The work, conducted by researchers in NYU's Departments of Chemistry ...
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Unlocking jams in fluid materials: A theoretical model to understand how to best avoid jamming of soft matter
In a study recently published in European Physical Journal E (EPJE), a German scientist constructed a theoretical model to understand how to best avoid jamming of soft matter that can be applied in food and cosmetics produc ...
Oct 05, 2011 |
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New approach to scratch resistance: Improving coatings with polymer-based nanocomposite materials
A new way to analyze how coatings of tiny particles alter the properties of transparent plastic could help researchers create lightweight windows with nearly the strength of glass. The same method could also lead to high-strength, ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Memristors with a twist: Quasi-liquid soft matter foreshadows biocompatible electronics and flexible robots
In some circles, memristors (from "memory resistor," as coined by Leon Chua in a 1971 paper outlining memristive theory) are all the rage – and for good reason: As circuit elements which "remember" the ...
Jul 28, 2011 |
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Sticky solution for surgical sealants
(Medical Xpress) -- A Monash University researcher has developed a new form of surgical sealant that is not only easier for surgeons to manipulate, allowing for a more effective application, but significantly ...
Jun 22, 2011 |
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Physicists develop potent packing process
New York University physicists have developed a method for packing microscopic spheres that could lead to improvements in commercial products ranging from pharmaceutical lotions to ice cream. Their work, which relies on an ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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When worms stick together and swim on thin water, what happens and why does it matter?
Nematodes, microscopic worms, are making engineers look twice at their ability to exhibit the "Cheerios effect" when they move in a collective motion.
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Clay-armored bubbles may have formed first protocells
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of applied physicists at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Princeton, and Brandeis have demonstrated the formation of semipermeable vesicles from inorganic ...
Feb 07, 2011 |
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New microscope reveals ultrastructure of cells
German researchers at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin have developed a new X-ray nanotomography microscope. Using their new system, they can reveal the structures on the smallest components of mammalian cells in ...
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Reproducing nanoscale surfaces with adhesion properties similar to gecko footpad
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Northeastern and Korean universities collaborate on developing a surface that mimics lizard?s footpad for extraordinary adhesive quality
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Supramolecular architecture explains the incredible strength of fibrin blood clots
A new study unlocks the previously unknown structural features that underlie the incredible elastic resilience of fibrin, the main protein in blood clots. The research, published by Cell Press in Biophysical Journal on May ...
May 18, 2010 |
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A Little Less Force: Making Atomic Force Microscopy Work for Cells
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists with Berkeley Lab?s Molecular Foundry have developed a nanowire-based imaging technique by which atomic force microscopy could be used to study biological cells and other soft ...
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Researchers create 'handshaking' particles
Physicists at New York University have created "handshaking" particles that link together based on their shape rather than randomly. Their work, reported in the latest issue of the journal Nature, marks the first time scient ...
Mar 24, 2010 |
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Bird Feathers Produce Color Through Structure Similar to Beer Foam
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some of the brightest colors in nature are created by tiny nanostructures with a structure similar to beer foam or a sponge, according to Yale University researchers.
Apr 02, 2009 |
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