A new method for the solid-state thermal processing of silk allows the biopolymer to be molded directly into bulk parts with tunable properties.
8 January 2020
Neutron scattering experiments have helped to optimize a novel zeolite catalyst that can convert biomass into fuel sources with a high efficiency.
6 January 2020
More durable materials from 3D printing of polymers
3 January 2020Laurie Donaldson
Lab-grown mini-tumours with a network of functioning blood vessels will assist understanding of cancer and drug testing
18 December 2019
drug-loaded silica nanoparticles target the blood vessels that supply tumors with oxygen and nutrients to ‘starve’ cancer cells
18 December 2019Cordelia Sealy
17 December 2019Ann Leenaers, Lorenzo Malerba, Philippe Pareige, Michael Preuss
Researchers test a sampling of synthetic, biocompatible hydrogels to see how tuning them influences the body’s inflammatory response.
17 December 2019Jeffrey D. Hartgerink et al.: “Chemical functionality of multidomain peptide hydrogels governs early host immune response,” Biomaterials (2020)
German Research Foundation honours Dr. Baptiste Gault with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award
9 December 2019Joe D'angelo
plastic waste in seawater breaks down and dissolves into organic molecules much more quickly than expected when exposed to sunlight
6 December 2019Cordelia Sealy
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