chemistry
Carbon nanotubes can move molecules in and out of cell membranes
Posted in Hardware on 11th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Researchers have been able to make membranes permeable by inserting carbon nanotubes that work like little tunnels.
Complex organic molecules discovered in infant star system
Posted in Featured, Science on 10th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Hints that prebiotic organic chemistry is universal.
Oxygen-depleted oceans had key role in mass extinction
Posted in Science on 5th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Changes in the chemical balance of the ocean were crucial in the end-Triassic extinction, during which half of all plant, animal and marine life on Earth perished.
Cas9 molecule points the way to viral delivery of CRISPR genome editing
Posted in Medicine on 4th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Companies are working overtime to apply the recently discovered CRISPR genome editing technology to treating diseases.
Night vision eyedrops allow vision of up to 50m in darkness
Posted in Medicine on 28th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller
A group of scientists in California have successfully created eye drops that temporarily enable night vision.