BioTech Mag Search: Lubricants
Waste into wealth: Harvesting useful products from microbial growth
Ancient alchemists dreamed of transforming base materials like lead into gold and other valuable commodities. While such efforts generally came to naught, researchers today are...
13 days ago - Phys
Scientists discover plants' roadblock to specialty oil production
Hundreds of naturally occurring specialty fatty acids have potential for use as raw materials for making lubricants, plastics, pharmaceuticals, and more-if they could be...
27 days ago - Phys
Production of 10-methyl branched fatty acids in yeast
Despite the environmental value of biobased lubricants, they account for less than 2% of global lubricant use due to poor thermo-oxidative stability arising from the presence...
1 month ago - Biotechnology for Biofuels
Rheological and tribological approaches as a tool for the development of sustainable lubricating greases based on nano-montmorillonite and castor oil
Abstract This study investigates the development of novel montmorillonite/castor oil blends to formulate sustainable lubricating greases to promote the replacement of...
1 month ago - Springer - 2 articles
State of the art of friction modelling at interfaces subjected to elastohydrodynamic lubrication
Abstract Elastohydrodynamic lubrication is a type of fluid-film lubrication where hydrodynamic behaviors at contact surfaces are affected by both elastic deformation of...
1 month ago - Springer
Scientists discover plants' roadblock to specialty oil production
Hundreds of naturally occurring specialty fatty acids have potential for use as raw materials for making lubricants, plastics, pharmaceuticals, and more-if they could be...
1 month ago - Phys
Tribological performance and microstructural evolution of α-brass alloys as a function of zinc concentration
Abstract Tailoring a material's properties for low friction and little wear in a strategic fashion is a long-standing goal of materials tribology. Plastic deformation plays a...
6 monthes ago - Springer
Investigation on hydrodynamic lubrication of bearings in a left ventricular assisted device
Abstract Formations of clots were found inside the hydrodynamic bearings of the left ventricular assisted devices and caused tremendous risks to the long-term use of these...
9 monthes ago - Springer
The surface stress of biomedical silicones is a stimulant of cellular response
Silicones are commonly used in the field of medicine to lubricate syringes, encapsulate medical devices, and develop surgical implants. Although the material is generally...
10 monthes ago - Phys
Distribution and diversity of olefins and olefin-biosynthesis genes in Gram-positive bacteria
The natural production of olefins by certain bacterial genera represents an alternative and sustainable source of biofuels and lubricant components. The biochemical steps o...
10 monthes ago - Biotechnology for Biofuels
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Co-culture of Vel1-overexpressed Trichoderma asperellum and Bacillus...
Retention of agricultural bio-mass residues without proper treatment could affect the subsequent plant growth. In the present investigation, the co-cultivation of genetically...
Strategy for mass production of lytic Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophage...
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria have emerged as a serious problem; bacteriophages have, therefore, been proposed as a therapeutic alternative to antibiotics. Several authorities...
Microbial biotechnological approaches: renewable bioprocessing for the...
The accelerating energy demands of the increasing global population and industrialization has become a matter of great concern all over the globe. In the present scenario, the...
Fermentative production of enantiopure -linalool using a metabolically...
Linalool, an acyclic monoterpene alcohol, is extensively used in the flavor and fragrance industries and exists as two enantiomers, - and -linalool, which have different odors...
DIGE-based identification of preferentially expressed proteins in early...
Abstract Proliferation and differentiation of mammary epithelial cells is mediated by a complex cross-talk between cell and matrix, interaction among cells, hormones and growth...
Accurate and sensitive detection of microbial eukaryotes from whole...
Abstract Background Microbial eukaryotes are found alongside bacteria and archaea in natural microbial systems, including host-associated microbiomes. While microbial...
Canola/Rapeseed Pan-Genome Consortium Results Reveal Broad Genetic Diversity...
NESS ZIONA, Israel & SAN DIEGO & SASKATOON, Canada-- Plantbreeding-The International Canola Pangenome Consortium of key academic and commercial companies announces the...
Phenolics and related in vitro functional activities of different varieties...
The polyphenol distribution in fresh waxy corns of different color varieties and their functional activities, which may be useful for treating various chronic diseases, were...
Anzu Partners Expands Life Sciences Investment Team with New Principal and...
BOSTON & SAN DIEGO & TAMPA, Fla. & WASHINGTON--Anzu Partners announced that Jaione Maiz, Ph.D. has joined as a Principal and Andrew Sandford has affiliated as an Executive in...