Author Archive for: David Bradley (472)

Medical LEDs Get Under Your Skin

Medical LEDs Get Under Your Skin

Ultra-thin sheets of LEDs implanted under the skin could be used in medical monitoring or in light-activated drug delivery systems

Oral Texture And Designer Porridge

Oral Texture And Designer Porridge

Salivary amylase helps determine the feel in the mouth of the food we eat, in particular how the digestion of starch alters texture perception

Startled by Addiction Research

Startled by Addiction Research

Clue to drug addiction emerges from studies of episodic withdrawal from morphine and its effects on psychomotor sensitization

Soaking Up Synthesis

Soaking Up Synthesis

A 21-step synthesis of (−)-nakadomarin A from the simple starting material D-pyroglutamic acid has been achieved

UV or IR for AZT

UV or IR for AZT

IR and UV spectroscopy can be used to analyze the HIV/AIDS drug, Zidovudine (AZT) in solid dosage form

Cheap, Pure Hydrogen

Cheap, Pure Hydrogen

Low-temperature platinum catalyst could be used for on-board hydrogen production in fuel-cell powered vehicles

Janus Gel

Janus Gel

A long-chain organogelator behaves normally in toluene, but changes to a heat-responsive gelator when lithium chloride is added

Metallic Sponge

Metallic Sponge

Theorizing and synthesizing metallic sponges for absorption of greenhouse gases and hydrogen storage in vehicle fuel cells