Chemistry, Nano & Materials

Fitness Fads and Their Environmental Price Tag

Tamzin Preece: The ‘home gym’ didn’t feature in many UK homes before the pandemic, but it’s now much more commonplace to own various bits of kit for home workouts. Within the first three months of lockdown alone, exercise bike sales rose…

Bioprinting Breakthrough: Bioprinter for Implantable Tissues Installed in French Hospital

3DPrint.com: A French hospital installed a bioprinter to manufacture biological tissues for transplantation in humans. This quantum leap in bioprinting is possible thanks to Poietis, a local biotech company…

Flu virus shells could improve delivery of mRNA into cells

NANO Magazine: Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new and potentially more effective way to deliver messenger RNA (mRNA) into cells. Their approach involves packing mRNA inside nanoparticles that mimic the flu virus—a naturally efficient vehicle…

Quantum Simulators Create a Totally New Phase of Matter

Quanta Magazine: Quantum computers, enthusiasts forecast, will one day work no end of miracles — from breaking digital encryptions to designing wonder drugs. At this early stage, however, the advantage of many quantum algorithms remains speculative. And some researchers wonder whether…