12.08.2024
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at ETHZ 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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X-ray nanotomography
Unlocking the secrets of nanoscale networks
23.07.2024
An international team of researchers, including from the NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials, has used advanced imaging techniques to achieve a high-resolution three-dimensional visualization of topological defects…
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Recyclage
Bientôt des plastiques plus facilement dégradables?
15.04.2024
Des chercheuses et des chercheurs de l'Institut Adolphe Merkle, en collaboration avec l'Université technique de Darmstadt, ont mis au point un nouveau type de polymère, le principal composant des plastiques,…
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Emulating nature
Synthesizing artificial cells
04.12.2023
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers have published a groundbreaking study in the journal Nature Chemistry on the development of artificial cells using synthetic materials. These cells could represent…
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Repair job
New ink generates tough composite
23.02.2023
NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials researchers at EPFL have developed a 3D-printable ink containing calcium carbonate-producing bacteria. The resulting mineralized bio-composite is unprecedentedly strong, light,…
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Nanocapteurs bioinspirés pour la détection du cancer
17.01.2023
Dépister et diagnostiquer les cancers à un stade précoce améliore sensiblement l?efficacité des traitements et le taux de survie des malades. Des scientifiques de l'Université de Fribourg ont développé…
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Imunotherapy
Tackling aggressive brain cancer
26.09.2022
New NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials WINS Fellow Dr. Flavia Sousa is developing a novel approach to treat a form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma, with a biodegradable microneedle loaded with an RNA nanovaccine…
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