- What becomes of the broken heart valves?
22 Nov 2011
Artificial heart valves have been used since the 1960s to replace natural heart valves damaged through disease. Each of four valves enables unimpeded blood flow through the heart itself and from the heart More... - Protecting Historic Parchment
09 Nov 2011
Parchment has been used for recording historical information since at least the 2nd century BC and makes an important contribution to our nation’s cultural heritage. Parchments are routinely assessed More... - Improving corneal surgery
27 Jul 2011
The cornea is the external lens of the eye, responsible for refracting incoming light onto the crystalline lens behind, which in turn focuses it on to the retina. It also plays a protective role, shielding More... - Synthesis and characterization of porphyrin nanorings
01 Jun 2011
Templates are widely used to arrange molecular components so that they can be covalently linked to generate complex molecules that are not readily accessible by classical synthetic methods. Nature uses More... - Nanoscale morphology development in polymer:fullerene photovoltaic blends during solvent casting
01 Jun 2011
Growing concerns about fuel security and global warming have made the development and use of sustainable (low carbon) sources of energy an increasingly attractive proposition. Harvesting energy from sunlight More... - The formation and stability of green rust: developing nanomaterials for environmental cleanup
04 Oct 2010
A combined time-resolved synchrotron-based Wide-Angle X-ray Scattering (WAXS) utilising a controlled chemical synthesis apparatus including electrochemical monitoring of the reaction was successfully developed More... - Directing crystallisation of polymers using nanoparticles based on low molar mass compounds
01 Oct 2010
We show that small quantities of 1,3:2,4-di(4- chlorobenzylidene) sorbitol dispersed in poly(ε- caprolactone) provide a very effective self-assembling nanoscale framework which, with a flow field, More... - Keeping babies safe before they enter the world
09 Apr 2009
Before we are born, each and every one of us is enveloped by membranes and fluid that ensure our safe development and protect us from the external environment at a time when we are at our most vulnerable. More... - A joint approach to helping drug delivery
10 Dec 2008
Scientists have been using both Diamond Light Source and the ISIS neutron source to get a better understanding of an important group of materials that can help target the delivery of drugs to the right More... - Complex Liquid Crystals
07 Jul 2008
Liquid crystals are a state of matter that possesses some properties of liquids and some of solids. Their use in display screens is familiar, where the optical properties of the substance change in response More...
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