Top 10 Materials News from January 2015

2 February 2015 | Zara Preston

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1.	Algae breathe new life into tissue engineering
2.	Graphene oxide stability
3.	Nanodevices hinge on DNA origami
4.	Carbon nanotubes show nerve in repair
5.	Defying the Achilles heel of graphene
6.	Blue LEDs explored through computer simulations
7.	Improving bio-composites using an environmentally-friendly route
8.	How fast do electrons move through atomic layers?
9.	Nanoparticles could help guide surgery on cancer cells
10.	Self-folding 3D origami comes to fruition

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