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Complementary light switchable proteins and superresolution reveal moving protein complexes in live cells at single molecule level
Cells are restless They move during embryogenesis tissue repair regeneration chemotaxis Even in disease tumor metastasis cells get around To do this they have to keep reorganizing their cytoskeleton removing pieces from one end of ... - Read MoreNanoparticle cluster manufacturing technique using DNA binding protein developed
Scientists in South Korea used the Zinc Finger protein to develop a new manufacturing technique for size controllable magnetic Nanoparticle Clusters Professor Hak Sung Kim of the Department of Biological Sciences at Korea Advanced Institute ... - Read MoreDrugs in the environment affect plant growth
By assessing the impacts of a range of non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs the research has shown that the growth of edible crops can be affected by these chemicals even at the very low concentrations ... - Read More'Family' matters when predicting ecosystems' reaction to global change
Humans are rapidly changing the look and function of earth's ecosystems from the increase of greenhouse gases to the unintentional and harmful spread of plants and animals to new environments A major challenge for ecologists ... - Read MoreLooking at El Niño's past to predict its future
The El Niño Southern Oscillation is Earth's main source of year to year climate variability but its response to global warming remains highly uncertain Scientists see a large amount of variability in the El Niño ... - Read MoreChemicals released during natural gas extraction may harm reproduction, development
Unconventional oil and gas UOG operations combine directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing or fracking to release natural gas from underground rock Recent discussions have centered on potential air and water pollution from chemicals used in ... - Read MoreGreenhouse gases linked to African rainfall
Scientists may have solved a long standing enigma known as the African Humid Period an intense increase in cumulative rainfall in parts of Africa that began after a long dry spell following the end of ... - Read MoreEngineer applies robot control theory to improve prosthetic legs
A University of Texas at Dallas professor applied robot control theory to enable powered prosthetics to dynamically respond to the wearer's environment and help amputees walk In research available online and in an upcoming print ... - Read MoreA new look at the finer details of rust show an assumed atomic structure has been wrong all along
Magnetite or Fe3O4 is an elaborate kind of rust a regular lattice of oxygen and iron atoms But this material plays an increasingly important role as a catalyst in electronic devices and in medical applications ... - Read MoreNew research paves the way for nano-movies of biomolecules
An international team including scientists from Arizona State University the University of Milwaukee Madison UMW and Germany's Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron DESY have caught a light sensitive biomolecule at work using an X ray laser Their ... - Read MoreMost Popular Articles
Released 3 11 2013 5 00 AM EDTSource Newsroom National University of Singapore more news from this source Mar 11 2013 A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore NUS led by Professor ...
In the EU funded project MicroMilk European SMEs together with the University of Hohenheim and the Fraunhofer IGB have developed a novel method for pasteurization of milk with microwaves The system preserves the valuable components ...
All chefs know that you have to break some eggs to make an omelet and that includes engineers at Iowa State University who are using high frequency sound waves to break down plant materials in ...
Released 10 11 2013 9 35 AM EDTEmbargo expired 10 13 2013 1 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom McMaster University more news from this source Oct 15 2013 Hamilton ON Oct 13 2013 Researchers at McMaster ...
A natural shift to stronger warm El Niño events in the Pacific Ocean might be responsible for a substantial portion of the global warming recorded during the past 50 years according to new research at ...
Geochemistry analysis conducted by the U S Naval Research Laboratory of fossil sediment injection structures off the New Zealand coast in February and March reveal no presence of modern day expulsions of methane gas a ...
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Light propagation in solar cells made visible
no picHow can light which has been captured in a solar cell be examined in experiments Jülich scientists have succeeded in looking directly at light propagation within a solar cell by using a trick The photovoltaics ... - Read MoreComputers that teach by example: New computer system enables pattern-recognition systems to convey what they learn to humans
no picComputers are good at identifying patterns in huge data sets Humans by contrast are good at inferring patterns from just a few examples In a paper appearing at the Neural Information Processing Society's conference next ... - Read More45-year physics mystery shows a path to quantum transistors
no picAn odd iridescent material that's puzzled physicists for decades turns out to be an exotic state of matter that could open a new path to quantum computers and other next generation electronics Physicists at the ... - Read MoreBioplastic: Greener than ever
no picPolylactic acid is a degradable plastic used mostly for packaging To meet the rising demand ETH researchers have developed an eco friendly process to make large amounts of lactic acid from glycerol a waste by ... - Read MoreGut bacteria from a worm can degrade plastic
no picPlastic is well known for sticking around in the environment for years without breaking down contributing significantly to litter and landfills But scientists have now discovered that bacteria from the guts of a worm known ... - Read More- «
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Chemical Biology
Detecting chemical weapons quickly with a color-changing filmIn today's world in which the threat of terrorism looms there is an urgent need for fast reliable tools to detect the release of deadly chemical warfare agents CWAs In the journal ACS Macro Letters ...
Chemical Thermodynamics
Hot showers, lower power bills with heat pump water heaters: How water heaters are installed impacts total home energy useHow much energy was used to heat the water for your morning shower is probably the least of your groggy uncaffeinated thoughts However some homeowners are discovering they have even less need to think about ...
- Breakthrough in predictions of pressure-dependent combustion chemical reactions
- 'Smart windows' have potential to keep heat out and save energy
- High-tech mirror beams heat away from buildings into space
- A coating that protects against heat and oxidation
- Jet-fueled electricity at room temperature: Fuel cell can run without high heat
Neurochemistry
New high-speed 3-D microscope -- SCAPE -- gives deeper view of living thingsOpening new doors for biomedical and neuroscience research Elizabeth Hillman associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering and of radiology at Columbia University Medical Center CUMC has developed a new microscope that can image ...
- Wireless brain sensor could unchain neuroscience from cables
- Small molecule acts as on-off switch for nature's antibiotic factory: Tells Streptomyces to either veg out or get busy
- Fluorescent sensor developed for detecting nitric oxide, a molecule related to many diseases
- Ketamine acts as antidepressant by boosting serotonin
- Scientists decode serotonin receptor at room temperature
Mechanochemistry
WHACK! Study measures head blows in girls' lacrosseLacrosse players swing hard which is why errant stick blows are the leading cause of concussion in girls' and women's lacrosse In a new study researchers measured how much the worst blows accelerate the head ...
Separation Processes
Deep within spinach leaves, vibrations enhance efficiency of photosynthesisBiophysics researchers at the University of Michigan have used short pulses of light to peer into the mechanics of photosynthesis and illuminate the role that molecule vibrations play in the energy conversion process that powers ...
- Broadening the scope for synthesizing optically active compounds
- Lab-on-a-chip realizes potential
- Game changer for synthesizing new materials: Method synthesizes thousands of new compounds with ultra low thermal conductivity
- Evaporation: Tiny temperature differences are primary driving force in droplet evaporation
- Chemists Find New Compounds to Curb Staph Infection
Nuclear Chemistry
Nanoscale mirrored cavities amplify, connect quantum memoriesThe idea of computing systems based on controlling atomic spins just got a boost from new research performed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT and the U S Department of Energy's DOE Brookhaven National ...
- Promising drug candidate protects against radiation exposure from nuclear fallout
- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
- Individual protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei do not behave according to predictions
- Graphene brings quantum effects to electronic circuits
- New decontamination tool expected to help Fukushima cleanup
Food Chemistry
Antiquity of dairying on Emerald Isle revealedAs dairy farmers across Europe anxiously await the lifting of EU milk quotas in April this year new research from the University of Bristol UK has revealed the antiquity of dairy farming in a region ...
Spectroscopy
Researchers use sound to slow down, speed up, and block lightResearchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign have experimentally demonstrated for the first time the phenomenon of Brillouin Scattering Induced Transparency BSIT which can be used to slow down speed up and block ...
Chemical Physics
Scientists set quantum speed limitUniversity of California Berkeley scientists have proved a fundamental relationship between energy and time that sets a quantum speed limit on processes ranging from quantum computing and tunneling to optical switching The energy time uncertainty ...
- Electroluminescent light sheets: Printable luminous particles enable cost-effective, large and curved luminous surfaces
- Graphene enables all-electrical control of energy flow from light emitters
- Shining a light on quantum dots measurement
- Improved interface for a quantum internet
- Physicists observe light-matter interaction of two atoms for the first time
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- Researchers tune friction in ionic solids at the nanoscale
- Nanoscale mirrored cavities amplify, connect quantum memories
- Researchers use sound to slow down, speed up, and block light
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- Detecting chemical weapons quickly with a color-changing film
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- Nanoshuttle wear and tear: It’s the mileage, not the age
- Visualizing interacting electrons in a molecule
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- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
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- Soils could keep contaminants in wastewater from reaching groundwater, streams
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- New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratory
- Path to artificial photosynthesis? Manganese catalyst's electronic states characterized
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- Fine motor skills for robotic hands
- Gold 'nano-drills' help with DNA analysis
- Exotic, gigantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- New conductive coatings for flexible touchscreens
- Electroluminescent light sheets: Printable luminous particles enable cost-effective, large and curved luminous surfaces
- Decorative and flexible solar panels become part of interior design and the appearance of objects
- Sequestration on shaky ground: Natural impediment to long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide
- Watching protein crystal nucleation in real time
- Self-assembled nanotextures create antireflective surface on silicon solar cells
- Individual protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei do not behave according to predictions
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