A new review from Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) summarizes the biocatalysts involved in semiartificial photosynthesis, an exciting research field that combines natural photosynthesis with artificial technology to efficiently generate fuels and useful substances from sunlight. In…
Origami anything
New algorithm generates practical paper-folding patterns to produce any 3-D structure. [caption id="attachment_12582" align="alignnone" width="639"] Researchers have created a universal algorithm for folding origami shapes that guarantees a minimum number of seams.Image: Christine Daniloff/MIT[/caption] CAMBRIDGE,…
Rice U. chemists create 3-D printed graphene foam
[caption id="attachment_12575" align="alignright" width="171"] James Tour (Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)[/caption] HOUSTON -- Nanotechnologists from Rice University and China's Tianjin University have used 3-D laser printing to fabricate centimeter-sized objects of atomically thin graphene. The…
New technique makes brain scans better
Boosting quality of patient MRIs could enable large-scale studies of stroke outcome. [caption id="attachment_12571" align="alignnone" width="639"] Researchers at MIT and other institutions have devised a way to boost the quality of low-resolution patient MRI scans…
Levels of Serum Amyloid A in Bone Sarcomas…
In a recent study published in Electrophoresis, University of Malaya’s researchers found significant correlation between increased levels of serum amyloid A (SAA) in patients with three different bone sarcomas: pleomorphic sarcoma (PS), osteosarcoma (OS) and…






