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SINGAPORE - Scientists from a research alliance between Singapore and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have invented tools to optimise urban agriculture production. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Frequency filtering technique allows strong signals to be received from inaccessible places.

Fluorescent sensors are employed to label and image a broad range of molecules. They provide an exclusive look within living cells. However, they can primarily be employed only in cells grown in tissues close to the surface of the body or in a lab dish, as their signal is lost when they are embedded very deeply.

Fluorescent sensors, which can be used to label and image a wide variety of molecules, offer a unique glimpse inside living cells.

MIT engineers found a way to dramatically improve the signal emitted by fluorescing nanosenors. The researchers showed they could implant sensors as deep as 5.5 centimeters in tissue and still get a strong signal.

A new material created by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers is being hailed as revolutionary. 2DPA-1 is as light as plastic and two times stronger than steel. Unlike currently available polymers, it can conduct electricity and block gas. The scientists believe 2DPA-1 can help lower our carbon footprint and perhaps even reduce the rampant use of disposable plastics.

“Instead of making a spaghetti-like molecule, we can make a sheet-like molecular plane, where we get molecules to hook themselves together in two dimensions. This mechanism happens spontaneously in solution, and after we synthesise the material, we can easily spin-coat thin films that are extraordinarily strong,” Strano explained.

The polyaramide is easily processable in solution, according to MIT researchers, enabling numerous new applications requiring a high strength-to-weight ratio.

MIT chemical engineers have invented a new type of plastic that is twice as strong as steel and could one day be used as a building material.