Biomaterials news, March 2016

New NMR technique offers damage limitation for fragile materials

A new NMR spectroscopy technique allows hyperpolarized xenon gas to be dissolved into samples without disrupting their molecular order.

Urine: flush or fuel?

5 finalists selected for Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge

Details of the five finalists for Elsevier's Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge.

Scientists show the benefits of moldy batteries

Scientists have shown that the fungus Neurospora crassa can transform manganese into a composite for use in lithium-ion batteries.

Simple materials produce advanced sensors

Using everyday materials like paper and foil, engineers have developed a low-cost sensor that can detect external stimuli.

Understanding cancer's niche

Poly(ε-caprolactone) used as a scaffold to mimic the pre-metastatic niche

Apples and oxides boost sodium-ion batteries

Scientists have developed two new sustainable electrode materials for sodium-ion batteries.

Give us a smile! Artificial muscles for robotic jaws

Realistic facial expressions may be coming to a robot near you, thanks to work from engineers in Singapore.

Nano Today 2016 cover competition: Now open

See your image on the cover of Nano Today in 2016.

Seaweed makes super-tough biomaterial

biomaterials based on seaweed-derived alginate could improve polyurethanes used to repair cardiac and vascular tissue

Carbon scaffolds give muscle cells the right cues

Carbon-based scaffold with hierarchical architecture could help muscle tissue regenerate after injury or disease.