Smart polymers harden on demand with light or gentle heat activation

Chemists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a "smart" polymer that could make industrial curing, 3D ...

Geometry shapes life: Embryo curvature acts as instruction manual for coordinated cell division

Life begins with a single fertilized cell that gradually transforms into a multicellular organism. This process requires ...
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This brainless blob folds itself like living origami using a trick we’ve never seen before

For decades, this question has bewildered biologists. Now, by studying Placozoa, scientists at Stanford University have ...
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Direct MRI of Collagen

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body and has an important role in healthy tissue as well as in a range of prevalent diseases. Medical research and diagnostics hence call for means ...