Take Organic Dye, Add Carbon Nanotubes, Stir

Take Organic Dye, Add Carbon Nanotubes, Stir

May 8, 2018 | Non classé

A simple method of producing conductive nanomaterials may have uses from spacesuits to optoelectronics 07.05.2018   Hybrid nanocomposite viewed with an electron microscope: Carbon nanotubes (thin threads), separated from one another, coil around rod-like organic...
The Smallest Nose Glows

The Smallest Nose Glows

Apr 23, 2018 | Non classé

Made of a single molecule, the tiny artificial sensor might be able to “smell out” disease within living cells 23.04.2018 Reporting on multiple molecules at once could create a “fingerprint” for unique conditions inside living cells The smallest nose yet...
“Lord of the Rings” Protein Jump-Starts Nerve Repair

“Lord of the Rings” Protein Jump-Starts Nerve Repair

Apr 19, 2018 | Non classé

Hidden from view, a central repair protein is made to order 16.04.2018 Large amounts of the mTOR protein (magenta) appear in the sciatic nerve after injury (three images on the right), but are not present in the uninjured nerve (far left) When the body needs to repair...
A Rulebook for Living Cells

A Rulebook for Living Cells

Apr 13, 2018 | Non classé

New research delves into the process by which small sequences of RNA – microRNAs – regulate the long ones 12.04.2018 (l-r) Prof. Eran Segal and Ilya Slutskin are uncovering the basis of RNA binding On top of the basic code of life – the genes that encode all of the...

Photons Stopped in Time

Mar 22, 2018 | Non classé

A new method of trapping single photons could bring quantum memory one step closer 15.03.2018 (l-r) Dr. Eilon Poem, Ohr Lahad, Dr. Ofer Firstenberg and Ran Finkelstein are trapping photons on demand How do you stop light in midflight and hold on to it – even for a...