Tag: droplets

Fat is a normal and necessary part of the body. Fat cells store and release energy, as well as play ...

“Oil-eating” Alcanivorax borkumensis bacteria form “dendritic” biofilms that reshape oil droplets to speed up the rate of consumption, researchers report. The findings ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Flexible displays that can change color, convey information and even send veiled messages via infrared radiation are ...

Self-assembled peptide supramolecular hydrogels have shown great application prospects in various areas, including tissue engineering, drug delivery, and biosensing. Credit: ...

Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) involve the use and development of micron-sized electrical devices such as microelectrodes, sensors, and actuators that are ...

Most proteins localize to distinct protein-rich droplets in cells, also known as “cellular condensates”. Such proteins contain sequence features that ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2022 – Understanding how water droplets spread and coalesce is essential for scenarios in everyday life, such ...

□ Recent studies have shown that liquid-liquid phase separation – akin to how oil droplets form in water – leads ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University chemists have uncovered a mechanism for peptide-forming reactions to occur in water — something that has ...

An emerging field explores how groups of molecules condense together inside cells, the way oil droplets assemble and separate from ...

A research team led by Dr. DU Xuemin from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, ...

Microfluidics technology is a hot topic in biochemistry because it can not only unlock new types of sensors and lab-on-a-chip ...

ITHACA, N.Y. -- At a time when astronomers around the world are reveling in new views of the distant cosmos, an experiment on ...

WASHINGTON, August 16, 2022 – During the COVID-19 pandemic, many live musical events and festivals were postponed and even canceled ...

Manipulating solid particles of a few micrometers in size using an electric field has been of great interest to physicists. ...

Aqueous droplet formation by liquid-liquid phase separation (or coacervation) in macromolecules is a hot topic in life sciences research. Of ...

A first-of-its-kind study led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers reveals why liquid droplets have the ability to erode ...

WASHINGTON, January 4, 2022 -- With many heading indoors for the winter months and respiratory droplets acting as a major ...

After studying the effectiveness of varying layers of masks in stopping respiratory droplets from escaping face masks, a team of international researchers ...

The inside of a cell is a busy, crowded place – full of proteins and other molecules colliding as they ...