Researchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have developed a method to grow blood vessels in a laboratory. The investigators used biomimetic polyethylene glycol hydrogels embedded with a growth factor called BB (PDGF-BB) to spur angiogenesis, and are now working on a way to guide the formation of vasculature for specific applications

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Nitric Oxide-Emitting Nanomaterials Kill Microbes

A new type of device that responds to a liquid’s surface tension can be used to reveal hidden messages or to distinguish among different classes of liquids

Watch some cool luminescent organic molecules glow brighter as they crystallize!!