12.08.2024
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers have modified bacteria with UV light to produce more cellulose. The basis for this is a new approach, which generates thousands of bacterial variants and helps select the most productive.
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Building blocks
Creating nanoscale structures
30.10.2023
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers have developed a method to build nanostructures by combining materials in such a way that these retain their unique specificities, while potentially unlocking new…
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Fishy
Stretchy composites shine a new light
01.03.2022
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at Zurich's Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) have developed rubbery composites that mimic the color changes of the neon tetra fish.
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Innovation
NCCR start-up Microcaps raises CHF 5 million
26.01.2021
The NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials start-up Microcaps, a developer of formulation, processes and equipment to generate precision microcapsules, has announced that it has closed a CHF 5 million seed financing…
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Recognition
FenX wins startup award
22.11.2019
The NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials supported startup FenX is the winner of this year’s Swiss Technology Award in the “Inventors” category, presented at the Swiss Innovation Forum in Basel on November 21.
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Sophisticated glassware
Novel printing technique for glass structures
11.11.2019
Stereolithography, one of the most common 3D printing technologies, has so far remained inaccessible to processing of functional glass structures. Now, NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at ETH Zürich…
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Hot off the press
A special NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials issue of CHIMIA
28.02.2019
The Swiss Chemical Society’s journal CHIMIA has released a special issue dedicated to the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials, providing an overview of the research and other activities carried out by Center staff.
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Strong
Mother of pearl inspires better composites
05.12.2018
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) are investigating improved composites, using nacre found in mollusk shells as an example of lightweight…
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Biocompatible
3D printed minifactories
05.12.2017
NCCR researchers at Zurich's Federal institute of Technology (ETHZ) have developed a biocompatible ink for 3D printing using living bacteria. This makes it possible to produce biological materials capable…
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