Optimizing the physical properties and mechanical parameters of the extracellular matrix boosts the functionality of vascular cells
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Device exploits lightweight, semi-transparent organic solar cells
Read article: ‘Solar glasses’ provide power as well as shade
New finding could revolutionize understanding of Sun's structure
Read article: Solar core spins four times faster than expected
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Read article: Live embryos analysed with new microscopy method
Nanocages treated with a unique polymer coating can penetrate lung tumours and airway mucus layers to deliver drugs for targeted treatment
Read article: Engineered nanocages boost drug delivery
To avoid the worst effects of global warming demands an effective and economically feasible way to decrease the concentration of atmospheric CO2. Researchers in the US have developed a way to remove t...
Read article: New technique creates long carbon nanotubes out of thin air
Misalignments between grain boundaries in nanocrystalline copper films lead to surface roughening in the form of nanoscale ridges and valleys, meaning perfectly flat metal films do not exist
Read article: Grain dynamics make perfectly flat copper films impossible
Carbon nanotubes might boost quantum technologies
Read article: Single photons set for telecom wavelengths
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Read article: No insects harmed with new imaging method
Engineers mimic how mushrooms disperse spores
Read article: Mushroom spores launched by ‘catapult’
