Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Magnetic aerogel for environmental remediation
A group of academic principle investigator from multiple countries (Poland, Taiwan and India) were developed an efficient adsorbent of magnetite nanoparticles decorated PVA-modified PEI-h-BNNSs aerogel (adsorbent) for efficiently capturing of heavy metals and organic dyes from an aqueous solution.
Biomimetic generation of the strongest known biomaterial found in limpet tooth
Limpet tooth has the highest known tensile strength of any known biological composite material. In our latest manuscript on limpet tooth, we chart new territory in marine invertebrate cell culture, developmental biology, transcriptomics and biomimetics with implications for sustainable technology.
Highly conducting single-molecule topological insulators based on mono- and di-radical cations
Designing long and highly conducting molecular wires has been a great challenge for decades. It has now been shown that an oxidized 2.6-nm-long oligophenylene-bridged bis(triarylamine) can show a single-molecule junction conductance over 0.1G0.
Topoisomerase I poison-triggered immune gene activation is markedly reduced in human small-cell lung cancers by impairment of the cGAS/STING pathway
We used molecular, genetic and bioinformatic approaches to determine the mechanism of micronuclei formation induced by two TOP1 poisons (CPT and LMP776) in different human cancer cells, including SCLC cell lines.
