Using blood proteins to make living brains transparent
Making a living brain transparent and watching its neurons fire without disturbing their function-sounds like science fiction, doesn’t…
Can recycled lab gloves capture carbon dioxide?
 The world is facing a climate crisis and a plastic waste crisis. Aarhus University chemist Troels Skrydstrup…
Scientists uncover nanoplastics in brain tissue and question their role in neurological disease
Scientists are detecting nanoplastics in human brain tissue and exploring how these particles may influence the risk of…
Scientists develop a shelf-stable ‘smart’ plastic that hardens only when you trigger it
A bucket of liquid plastic that never hardens sounds like a fantasy in a factory. It is also…
Polymer physics offers fresh perspectives on neurodegenerative diseases
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have applied ideas from polymer physics to illuminate the mechanism behind a key…
Plastics recycling is in trouble
 Key Insights Many large consumer product companies are falling short of the plastics recycling targets they set…
Radical-enhanced photo-activated ultralong organic phosphorescence
Photophysical properties of the guests in crystal Three compounds r-MOP, s-MOP, and MOP were designed as the guests,…
New wearable sensor tracks vitamin B6 levels in sweat
Vitamin B6, which is absorbed from a broad range of foods, helps bolster immune system function and neurotransmitters…
Leveraging body dielectric polarization for ambient electromagnetic energy recovery via e-textile
Concept of body dielectric polarization-enabled body area networks Textile-based body area networks (BAN) require multiple sensors and wireless…