Sentences with phrase «potential biological applications»

Beyond looking at the dynamics of creating the droplets and how ordered materials behave when the torus transforms into a sphere, Fernandez - Nieves and colleagues are also exploring potential biological applications, applying electrical fields to the droplets, and sharing the unique structures with scientists at other institutions.

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Arrays of silicon nanotubes have many potential applications, including for solar - energy harvesting, photonics, and biological processes such as drug delivery.

«Until now we thought that spider silk was the strongest biological material because of its super-strength and potential applications in everything from bullet - proof vests to computer electronics but now we have discovered that limpet teeth exhibit a strength that is potentially higher.»

LIG can be written into target materials in patterns and used as a supercapacitor, an electrocatalyst for fuel cells, radio - frequency identification (RFID) antennas and biological sensors, among other potential applications.

This study opens up new potentials for tailoring the properties of biological materials to enhance their properties for use in novel applications.

This property means that these liquid crystals hold potential for biomedical applications, where their changing internal patterns could signal the presence of specific proteins or other biological macromolecules.

Next Wave asked: If research on gene vectors can be used not only to further gene therapy but also — potentially — to aid in the development of biological weapons, should scientists be concerned about the potential applications of their research in genetics (as Joseph Rotblat suggested in a 19 Nov 1999 editorial in Science magazine?)

Thus, neural derivatives of disease - specific human pluripotent stem cells constitute a relevant biological resource for exploring the impact of adult - onset HD mutations of the HTT gene on the division of neural progenitors, with potential applications in HD drug discovery targeting HTT - dynein - p150Glued complex interactions.

In addition to energy - related applications, the exceptional purity of the peptides and proteins prepared by ion soft landing have potential uses in biological sensors.

Nanomedicine varieties from the medical solicitations of Nano materials and biological devices, to Nanoelectronic biosensors, and even potential future applications of molecular nanotechnology such as biological machineries.

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Identifying biological samples with the MinION: scientific challenges and potential applications

Hugo de Jonge, an associate professor at Erasmus Medical Center in The Netherlands and director of the MDI Biological Laboratory's new biomedical innovation course, «Applications of Organoid Technology,» discusses the potential of this fascinating new «mini-organ» technology in this exclusive editorial in Regenerative Medicine Network.

Understanding the Biological Functions of Antimicrobial Peptides and Their Potential in Therapeutic Applications