An illustration of cells inside a blood vessel

Fluid dynamics research could pave way for pill replacement to intravenous injections

Dec. 30, 2019

The way nutrients and drugs move within the body has more in common with space-bound rockets and jets than you might think.

Visualization of the structure of the FACT protein

Scientists now know what DNA鈥檚 chaperone looks like

Nov. 27, 2019

Researchers have discovered the structure of the FACT protein鈥攁 mysterious protein central to the functioning of DNA.

Principal Investigator Luis Zea working in the lab

Mold in space: NASA grant to study space station fungus

Nov. 1, 2019

The International Space Station has a problem with fungus and mold鈥攁nd BioServe Space Technologies at 精品SM在线影片 is investigating potential fixes thanks to a new grant from NASA.

Clusters of solitons as seen under a microscope

Schools of molecular 鈥榝ish鈥 could one day improve display screens

Oct. 21, 2019

Researchers are using a type of material called liquid crystals to create incredibly small, swirling schools of 鈥渇ish.鈥

Bone fragment

A new way to preserve ancient bones with modern technology

Sept. 27, 2019

A team of anthropologists is out to change the way that scientists study old bones damage-free.

A graphic representing a lattice of trefoil knots tied in a solution of liquid crystals. (Credit: Smalyukh lab)

How to tie microscopic knots

Sept. 26, 2019

Physicists have built on the "beautiful history" of humanity's obsession with knots to tie tiny structures within a solution of liquid crystals.

Water

Engineers join partnership to address critical U.S. water security issues

Sept. 25, 2019

精品SM在线影片 is part of a new $100 million interdisciplinary partnership to address critical water security issues in the United States over the next five years, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday.

精品SM在线影片 researcher holds drone with storm moving in

Riding the storm out: How drones could save lives

Early warning times are crucial to saving lives during major storms, and new data from 精品SM在线影片 research using instrumented drones could give people more time to get out of harm鈥檚 way.

Picture of cardiac cells on a hydrogel

Mimicking the heart鈥檚 microenvironment

Sept. 11, 2019

Researchers have developed biomaterial-based 鈥渕imics鈥 of heart tissues to measure patients鈥 responses to an aortic valve replacement procedure, offering new insight into the ways that cardiac tissue reshapes itself post-surgery.

Telomeres

The unexpected complexities of TERT, a key cancer driver

Sept. 11, 2019

Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT), an enzyme associated with nearly all malignant human cancers, is even more diverse and unconventional than previously realized.

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