highly porous polymer foam that mimic bone marrow drives the differentiation of blood-forming stem cells
5 December 2019Cordelia Sealy
A combination of 3D printing and photo-controlled/living polymerization can produce objects that transform their shape in response to certain conditions.
2 December 2019
Researchers have formulated design rules that guide how ribosomes can incorporate new kinds of monomers to produce synthetic polymers.
29 November 2019
Special Issue in Acta Biomaterialia
25 November 2019Joe D'angelo, Guohao Dai, Kaiming Ye
10th BIOMETAL2018 - International Sympsoium on Biodegradable Metals
25 November 2019Joe D'angelo, Diego Mantovani, Frank Witte
A material that mimics the organs targeted by autoimmune cells could draw these cells away from vulnerable body tissues
20 November 2019Biomaterials
Stable materials can be created from disordered proteins by altering the environmental triggers that cause them to undergo phase transitions.
13 November 2019
coating silk sutures with antimicrobial spider silk proteins could alleviate the problem of post-surgical infection
11 November 2019Cordelia Sealy
Using an electron microscope, scientists have uncovered the mechanisms that make nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, so hard and resilient.
7 November 2019
kirigami-inspired design allows graphene-based sensor devices to withstand large strains
6 November 2019Cordelia Sealy
New technique for 3D printing of soft materials with additive manufacturing
25 October 2019Laurie Donaldson
Researchers have developed silk materials that can wrinkle into highly detailed patterns, which can be erased by flooding the silk surface with vapor.
23 October 2019
Aerogel support for enzymes
10 October 2019David Bradley
Adding spider silk protein to wood cellulose nanofibrils makes tougher, but flexible composite
8 October 2019David Bradley
mechanically-triggered origami-inspired approach creates complex three-dimensional structures for biomedicine, electronics or robotics
27 September 2019Cordelia Sealy