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  • An aptamer-based nanobiosensor has been integrated into a wearable sweat sensor, allowing non-invasive tracking of the female reproductive hormone, oestradiol, with the potential to deliver sustainable solutions to female reproductive healthcare needs.

    • Fabiana Arduini
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  • An intelligent meta-imager can perform multi-channel convolutions to accelerate machine vision for incoherent light.

    • Zheng Huang
    • Hongwei Chen
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  • Chitosan/glucose co-polymers encapsulating silver sulfide quantum dots can be used to improve oral delivery of insulin in different animal models without hypoglycaemic incidents.

    • Mulham Alfatama
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  • Organic and inorganic nanoparticles have different clearance mechanisms from the brain resulting in different biological fates and retention times.

    • Elizabeth Nance
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  • Electrochemical carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction in acid with a nano-structured tandem catalyst achieves high single-pass conversion efficiency and selectivity to useful C–C coupled products, bringing the process closer to commercial viability.

    • Calton J. Kong
    • Joel W. Ager
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  • Conserved regions of the circular DNA sequence of the M13mp18 bacteriophage, which is used as a scaffold for DNA origami construction, are targeted with specific hybridization-chain-reaction probes. The probes enable sensitive detection of DNA origami nanostructures in cells, organoids and tissues to assess their biodistribution and stability.

    • Tania Patino
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  • A biohybrid, leaf-spring design of DNA origami functions as a pulsating nanoengine that exploits the DNA-templated RNA transcription mechanism while consuming nucleoside triphosphates as fuel. The nanoengine also drives a nanomechanical follower structure.

    • Divita Mathur
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  • To determine the physiologically relevant oligomeric form of membrane proteins is extremely challenging. Now an elegant method of counting the oligomers in membrane proteins in near-native states is presented, using photobleaching and nanodiscs formed directly from cellular membranes.

    • Koushambi Mitra
    • Yamuna Krishnan
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  • A biohybrid nanoparticle formulation effectively treats rheumatoid arthritis by concurrently providing symptom relief and restoring proper immune function.

    • Ronnie H. Fang
    • Liangfang Zhang
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  • In a major advancement for synthetic biology, dynamin A has been identified as a minimal component enabling cell division in synthetic cells, moving us one step nearer to realizing the ambition of creating synthetic life forms.

    • Oskar Staufer
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  • Three-dimensional optical imaging during battery operation reveals lithium heterogeneity at multiple length scales, challenging the look-at-one-particle approach.

    • Stephen Dongmin Kang
    • William C. Chueh
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