Solar cell technology, enabling the fabrication of metallic nanoparticles that display strong absorption characteristics across a wide range of the solar spectrum, improving light trapping efficiencies while reducing device sizes Metalens technology, allowing unprecedented levels of light focusing and polarizatio...
Nanoparticles are engineered particles of between one and 100 nanometers in diameter, a size known as the nanoscale. To put this into context, a nanometer (nm) is one billionth of a meter, and the distance between individual atoms in a solid is between 0.1 nm and 0.4 nm. Nanoparticles the...
For the cells in the experiment, we got some trout gill cells (trout is a freshwater fish species used for research a lot), the idea being that in the real world fish might take up nanoparticles through their gills. We broke open the cells, and put all the cell innards (technically ca...
However, differentiating between organelles, membranes, and other subcellular components is a daunting task due to the intricate and interwoven nature of these structures. Robust and accurate tools are required to conduct successful investigations within cells. ...
Although magnetic nanoparticles are being used more and more in cell imaging and tissue bioengineering, what happens to them within stem cells in the long term remained undocumented. Researchers from CNRS, the Sorbonne Université, and universities Paris
Inside of these nanoparticles, there is genetic information, sugars and proteins, that are like the texts that one cell sends to the other and are read in order to elicit a response. They come from both healthy cells and diseased cells. What is interesting is that w...
Sunscreen - Many sunscreens contain nanoparticles of zinc oxide or titanium oxide. Older sunscreen formulas use larger particles, which is what gives most sunscreens their whitish color. Smaller particles are less visible, meaning that when you rub the sunscreen into your skin, it doesn't give you...
cells, its efficiency remains relatively low. A detailed protocol for preparing Cas12a/crRNA RNPs and regenerating transgenic plants is provided in Fig.2q-w (Su et al.2023). Direct delivery of Cas12a/crRNA RNPs into citrus protoplasts offers a method for transforming recalcitrant genotypes with ...
Molecular engineering is simply the design and synthesis of molecules with specific properties and functions in mind. Certain chemical groups and atoms incorporated into molecules results in them having certain characteristics. When these molecules are used within a larger system their properties impact ...
For example, cacao is becoming more difficult to farm as growing regions get hotter and drier. This environmental change will further exacerbate the damage done by pathogens.“If you’ve eaten yogurt or cheese, chances are you’ve eaten CRISPR-ized cells.” — Rodolphe Barrangou, former ...