Textiles have been pivotal to economies and social relationships throughout history. In today’s world, there is an unprecedented demand for smart materials. The advent of textile fabrics, crafted from high-quality, high-performance fibers, has enabled the incorporation specific functions into clothing apparel brands. Notably, rise fabrics evident in astronaut suits designed regulate temperature...

An adaptive tetrazole-derived host provides insight into tetrazolate-biomolecule interactions, and is the first member of a new family of receptors that function in pure water.

One of the major challenges in nanomedicine is to improve nanoparticle cell selectivity and adhesion efficiency through designing functionalized nanoparticles of controlled sizes, shapes, and material compositions. Recent data on cylindrically shaped filomicelles are beginning to show that non-spherical particles remarkably improved the biological properties over spherical counterpart. Despite ...

I consider how cell shape and environmental geometry affect the rate of nutrient capture and the consequent maximum growth rate of a cell, focusing on rod-like species like E. coli. Simple modeling immediately implies that it is the elongated profiles of such cells that allows for them to grow – as observed – at exponential rates in nutrient-rich media. Growth is strongly suppressed when nutrie...

Spindle length varies dramatically across species and during early development to segregate chromosomes optimally. Both intrinsic factors, such as regulatory molecules, and extrinsic factors, such as cytoplasmic volume, determine spindle length scaling. However, the properties that govern spindle shape and whether these features can be modulated remain unknown. Here, we analyzed quantitatively ...