This implant zaps away high blood sugar in mice
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, have designed an implant that converts excess…
Hyaluronic acid could cut cancer risk, if we can get around its cons
Key Insights The hyaluronic acid (HA) residing in the space outside our cells can in some forms…
Music inspires proteins and scientists alike
Musical macromolecules This Newscriptster has had a fascination with the proteins piccolo and bassoon since learning about them in high school. These proteins…
Wild seal milk rivals human milk in sugar complexity
A new, in-depth analysis of the sugar chains in wild seal milk is challenging the paradigm that…
Small bioprinter can deliver healing hydrogel to the throat
Healing hydrogels—cross-linked polymer chains that hold a lot of water—can promote tissue healing and prevent postsurgical complications. But…
Chemistry in Pictures: Tiny ocean engineers
The plated, porous, and spiky exteriors of these coccolithophore plankton species may look wildly different, but they all…
Dinosaur hemoglobin may have been discovered in fossils
Key Insights Using a spectroscopy technique on dinosaur fossils has revealed the presence of hemoglobin in blood…