Researchers develop soft memory with the consistency of Jell-O
As technology progresses there are a number of ways that tech will be able to help people recover from illness and accidents that compromise the function of a part of the body. Often the sort of tech that can help repair damaged body systems has to be implanted. The problem with implanting electronic in the body today is that most of the gear is ridged and the body tends to reject anything it sees as foreign leading to the need for all sorts of drugs to prevent rejection in many instances. A group of researchers at North Carolina State University has developed a new type of soft memory that opens the door to new biocompatible electronics that could be implanted into the human body. The teams says that the new memory has the consistency of Jell-O and is designed to function extremely well in a wet environment such as the brain. The devices use a liquid alloy of gallium and indium metals that are set into water-based gels. [via Eurekalert]
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E. coli could convert sugar to biodiesel at 'an extraordinary rate,' say Stanford researchers
By Louis Bergeron L.A. Cicero Xingye Yu, a graduate student in chemical engineering, and Professor Chaitan Khosla examine a culture of e. coli bacteria. When it comes to making biodiesel cheaply and efficiently enough to be commercially feasible, E. coli may prove to be "the little bacterial engine that could," say Stanford researchers. Biodiesel can be made from plant oil or animal fat – usually the former. The bacteria, often discussed in terms of the human digestive tract, also act as a catalyst in generating biodiesel by converting inexpensive sugars into fatty acid derivatives that are chemically similar to gasoline. But E. coli's natural conversion capability is not up to snuff, commercially speaking, and researchers tinkering with its internal machinery have yet to boost its capability enough to cross the commercial threshold. A powerful engine "The good news is that the engine that makes fatty acids in E. coli is incredibly powerful," Khosla said. Precursor to biodiesel Media Contact
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