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Building protocells from nanoparticles

9 May 2013

Mann group leads a new enquiry into how nanoparticles of silica can be used construct artificial protocells in the laboratory, published in Nature Chemistry

Cellulose/silk scaffolds for tissue engineering

8 May 2013

Silk and cellulose composites are demonstrated to be biologically effective for use in stem cell cartilage repair

IBM creates the world's smallest animation

3 May 2013

IBM researchers used an STM to construct a 90-second stop-motion animation using CO molecules on a copper surface.

Random walks on DNA

22 April 2013

Scientists have revealed how a bacterial enzyme has evolved an energy-efficient method to move long distances along DNA.