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How do you create strong, yet quick-release connections between living and non-living tissues? This is a question that continues to puzzle bioengineers who aim to create materials that bond together for advanced biomedical applications.

The main issue behind Nylon-6, the plastic inside fishing nets, carpet and clothing, is that it’s too strong and durable to break down on its own. Now, chemists have developed a new catalyst that quickly, cleanly and completely breaks it down.

A newly designed semiconductor architecture that "fits together like Lego" integrates traditional electronics with photonic, or light, components.

Pitcher plants capture insects using their pitcher-shaped leaves, the bottom of which are filled with digestive fluids that drown and eventually break down prey. A study has found that the specialized pitcher trap of the Asian pitcher plant may have been promoted by polyploidy.

A new study has reported that as more carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, it becomes a more potent greenhouse gas, trapping more heat.

Incorporating navy beans into the diet of colorectal cancer patients may boost gut health and the health of the patient by modulating obesity and disease-linked markers.

The origins of maize have been debated for over a century. New research reveals all modern maize descends from a hybrid created over 5000 years ago in Mexico.

In a study with 22 pairs of identical twins, Stanford Medicine researchers and their colleagues have found that a vegan diet improves cardiovascular health in as little as eight weeks.

An exploratory study has shown that light, regular exercise can improve the cognitive, as well as physical, health of adults with Down syndrome.

Researchers have now developed an innovative analytical method that combines different specialized techniques, including flow cytometry, to characterize and count microplastics.