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August 2020

Reversible Wet Adhesives Can Repair Tissue Almost Instantly

August
2020
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently improved a double-sided adhesive tape that can stick to wet surfaces, including those within the human body.

Nanosponges Soak Up Coronavirus

August
2020
Researchers at Boston Univ. (BU) and the Univ. of California, San Diego (UCSD) have developed a novel antiviral treatment that uses cellular nanosponges to bind to SARS-CoV-2 and draw it away from human cells, thereby neutralizing the virus.

Bending the Rules for Flexible Electronics

August
2020
To advance the field of flexible electronics, engineers at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) have developed bendable and inexpensive micro-wave circuits, which play an important role in wireless technology.

Artificial Chemist Platform Advances R&D

August
2020
Chemical engineers at North Carolina State Univ. (NCSU) have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can automatically run and improve chemical reactions.

A New Class of Drugs, Minus the Side Effects

August
2020
Many pharmaceuticals work by targeting G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), a type of protein found in all human cells.

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