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New ‘Artificial Muscle’ Material Could Help Develop Safer Medical Devices, Implants

Whether wriggling your toes or lifting groceries, muscles in your body smoothly expand and contract.

13 Apr 2023

Experts Develop a New Mesoscopic Simulation Model of DNA Movement

The mesoscopic scale in physics and chemistry relates to the length scale on which the properties of a material or phenomenon can be researched without delving into the behaviour of individual atoms.

5 Apr 2023

New nanoparticles can deliver mRNA encoding CRISPR/Cas9 components to the lungs

Engineers at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have designed a new type of nanoparticle that can be administered to the lungs, where it can deliver messenger RNA encoding useful proteins.

31 Mar 2023

New nanoparticles can perform gene editing in the lungs, paving the way for inhalable therapies

Nanoparticles can be used to deliver messenger RNA encoding proteins to the lungs, results of a new study carried out at MIT and the University of Massachusetts Medical School show.

From Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 30 Mar 2023

New approach uses light to transform lignin into sustainable plastics

Lignin is arguably the most abundant component of biomass that most people have never heard of. That may be about to change.

22 Feb 2023

Researchers discover target enzyme for blast disease

A fungus that plagues rice crops worldwide gains entry to plant cells in a way that leaves it vulnerable to simple chemical blockers, a discovery that could lead to new fungicides to reduce the substantial annual losses of rice and other valuable cereals.

14 Feb 2023

Researchers decipher how common environmental bacterium can digest complex waste

A common environmental bacterium, Comamonas testosteroni, could someday become nature's plastic recycling center.

7 Feb 2023

Researchers develop a sustainable two-step process to upcycle organic carbon waste

When nature designed lignin -; the fibrous, woody material that gives plants their rigid structure -; it didn't cut any corners. Incredibly slow to break down, lignin is so sturdy and long lasting that it is resistant to bacteria and rot.

1 Feb 2023

Structure of the complete virion of S. epidermidis–infecting phage revealed

Scientists from the University of Alabama at Birmingham used cryo-electron microscopy to reveal the structure of a bacterial virus in extraordinary detail.

20 Dec 2022

Right solvent pretreatment needed to make valuable bioproducts

Lignin and cellulose are polymers-;large molecules made up of repeating modules-;that are situated in a tangled braid, along with some other polymers, within the plant cell wall.

15 Dec 2022

Sustainable seaweed-based wrapper could solve fast-food packaging problem

Flinders University materials researchers and pioneering German biomaterials developer one • fıve are using seaweed extracts to develop next-generation biopolymer coating materials that could solve packaging waste dilemmas for the fast-food industry.

14 Oct 2022

A strong enzyme that functions similar to a Swiss army knife

Blue-green algae, also known as cyanobacteria, have a superpower that likely contributes to their extreme success as waterway invaders. They have a remarkable capacity to store nitrogen and energy in their cells for use when necessary.

3 Oct 2022

Radical theory examines how charged macromolecules self-assemble

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that uniformly charged macromolecules, or molecules like proteins or DNA, which contain a large number of atoms all with the same electrical charge, can self-assemble into very large structures.

27 Sep 2022

Microbiomes can help cure food allergies in mice

Many people with dietary allergies may have minor symptoms when they consume foods that trigger them, but for some, the consequences could be lethal. In lab experiments, a bacterial chemical called butyrate produced by healthy microbiomes has shown promise in preventing allergy reactions, but it is unpleasant to consume.

23 Aug 2022

polymers News and Research

New ‘Artificial Muscle’ Material Could Help Develop Safer Medical Devices, Implants

Experts Develop a New Mesoscopic Simulation Model of DNA Movement

New nanoparticles can deliver mRNA encoding CRISPR/Cas9 components to the lungs

New nanoparticles can perform gene editing in the lungs, paving the way for inhalable therapies

New approach uses light to transform lignin into sustainable plastics

Researchers discover target enzyme for blast disease

Researchers decipher how common environmental bacterium can digest complex waste

Researchers develop a sustainable two-step process to upcycle organic carbon waste

Structure of the complete virion of S. epidermidis–infecting phage revealed

Right solvent pretreatment needed to make valuable bioproducts

Sustainable seaweed-based wrapper could solve fast-food packaging problem

A strong enzyme that functions similar to a Swiss army knife

Radical theory examines how charged macromolecules self-assemble

Microbiomes can help cure food allergies in mice

New type of chip could lead to earlier and more targeted treatment for cancer

Researchers use synthetic polymers as alternatives to nucleate the formation of biofilms

Researchers develop first biohybrid model of human ventricles with helically aligned beating cardiac cells

New polymer material may pave the way for development of electronic pills and drug implants

Researchers use new technique to examine the composition of cell walls from young poplar trees

Study shows polymersome can effectively deliver PARP1 siRNA to treat breast cancer

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