Here, the authors report the preparation of a PVA/PEG hydrogel with a cartilage-inspired structure, with high compressive strength and low coefficient of friction, amongst other properties.

Enzymes found in landfills around the world may be able to break down plastic waste. Some 11 billion metric tons of plastic ...

Recently, the stretchability of ionogels has attracted considerable attention. This is attributed to its essential role in ...

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Three-dimensional representation of the Quipu superstructure. Credit: MPE “If you look at the distribution of the galaxy clusters in the sky in a spherical shell with a distance of 416 to 826 million ...

(A) The internal structure of the giant structure in MII oocytes was analyzed by correlative light ... containing 0.1 mg/mL polyvinyl alcohol (PVA; Sigma-Aldrich; PVA/PBS) for 15 min at 25–27 °C.

These functions are mediated through a growing family of optoproteins that respond to the entire visible spectrum ranging from ultraviolet to infrared by changing their structure to transmit signals ...

This review presents a detailed understanding of surfactin in terms of structure and physicochemical properties; isolation and production; biosynthesis mechanisms and their regulations; and ...

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Single-structure models derived from X-ray data do not adequately account for the inherent, functionally important dynamics of protein molecules. We generated ensembles of structures by time-averaged ...