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A UD research team has invented a more efficient process for extracting the sugars from wood chips, corn cobs and other organic waste from forests and farms. This biorenewable feedstock could serve as a cheaper, sustainable substitute .

"Our aim is to design and make the smallest machines possible. This is just the start but we anticipate that within 10 to 20 years molecular robots will begin to be used to build molecules and materials on assembly lines in molecular factories."

Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a technique to produce synthetic steroids that could pave the way for a cascade of new drug discoveries.

Company seeks funding to build on successful research programmes and commercialise new products.

Biometric experts for the first time have designed and created a fake finger containing multiple key properties of human skin.

Extended facilities in France to produce bulk thermal shipper CoolPall™ Vertos to meet growing global demand.

Early stage trials have shown promise for a cell-based therapy for treating lung tissue damaged by respiratory diseases.

A new study carried out by the University of Oxford has used flat worms to look at the role of migrating stem cells in cancer.

Using an ultrafast, ultraprecise laser, a team of physicists and biologists at Vanderbilt University has taken an important step toward understanding the nature of wound-healing trigger signals.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for "developing Cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution."