When cells interact with their environment via receptors at their surface, the receptors can bind to hormones, neurotransmitters, drugs, and toxins which can trigger signaling inside the cell. Now, ...

Follow these guidelines to successfully attach single cells to arrays of cell-adhesion proteins. Single-cell analysis is becoming increasingly important for applications in cancer, stem cell ...

A Research Triangle Park company that sells tools for cell studies is celebrating new funding to accelerate its selling. Cell Microsystems, a developer of devices for biomedical researchers to ...

A new technique creates cell-surface-based glycan arrays that are more lifelike than the usual ones assembled by attaching glycans directly to solid supports. Glycans, carbohydrate oligomers, decorate ...

Using arrays of long, thin silicon wires embedded in a polymer substrate, scientists have created a new type of flexible solar cell that enhances the absorption of sunlight and efficiently converts ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), the world's first bioengineering and nanotechnology research institute, have developed a miniaturized biochip ...

The PV cell is the basic unit in a photovoltaic (PV) system. An individual PV cell typically produces between 1 and 2 watts, hardly enough power for the great majority of applications. But we can ...