Washington [US], August 3 (ANI): People notice your smile when they first meet you. People desire healthy, bright white teeth to feel more secure when flashing wide-mouthed, eye-crinkling smiles. However, whitening procedures can damage enamel, causing cavities and discolouration, and toothpaste only remove superficial stains. Researchers have discovered a new hydrogel therapy that whitens teeth without harming them and disintegrates cavity-forming biofilms.
Sapporo [Japan], July 12 (ANI): A barium cobalt oxide thermoelectric converter that is reproducibly stable and effective at temperatures as high as 600°C has been created by a team under the direction of Professor Hiromichi Ohta at the Research Institute for Electronic Science at Hokkaido University. Their research was released in the ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces journal.
Washington [US], April 16 (ANI): A team of researchers from the American Chemical Society have augmented a procedure in laboratory animals by coating an implant with a laser-activated dye that kills cells producing ghrelin, the hunger hormone.