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Charged graphene gives DNA a stage to perform molecular gymnastics
When Illinois researchers set out to investigate a method to control how DNA moves through a tiny sequencing device they did not know they were about to witness a display of molecular gymnastics Fast accurate ... - Read MoreScientists create new protein-based material with some nerve
Scientists at the University of California Berkeley have taken proteins from nerve cells and used them to create a smart material that is extremely sensitive to its environment This marriage of materials science and biology ... - Read MoreDiscovery of cellular snooze button advances cancer, biofuel research
The discovery of a cellular snooze button has allowed a team of Michigan State University scientists to potentially improve biofuel production and offer insight on the early stages of cancer The discovery that the protein ... - Read MoreProtein Found in Insect Blood That Helps Power Pests' Immune Responses
along a larger carbohydrate molecule that makes a cell wall Their work identified the spatial orientation of the GRP proteins in the cluster and showed that the protein carbohydrate complexes stimulate an immune response in ... - Read MoreInvasive plant wins competition against its native cousin
Because of its aggressive behavior and its harmful effects the invasive prairie plant Lespedeza cuneata has been added to several noxious weed lists Research at the University of Illinois on how soil bacteria interact with ... - Read MoreClove oil tested for weed control in organic Vidalia sweet onion
Weed control is one of the most challenging aspects of organic crop production Most growers of certified organic crops rely heavily on proven cultural and mechanical weed control methods while limiting the use of approved ... - Read MoreSpecial chromosomal structures control key genes
that is filled with roughly three meters of DNA As the instructions for all cell processes the DNA must be accessible to the cell’s transcription machinery yet be compressed tightly enough to fit inside the ... - Read MoreRevving up fluorescence for superfast LEDs
Duke University researchers have made fluorescent molecules emit photons of light 1 000 times faster than normal setting a speed record and making an important step toward realizing superfast light emitting diodes LEDs and quantum ... - Read MoreInner workings of powerful biochemical switch revealed
A University of Utah led study using X rays and neutron beams has revealed the inner workings of a master switch that regulates basic cellular functions but that also when mutated contributes to cancer cardiovascular ... - Read MoreBioinspired coating for medical devices repels blood, bacteria
From joint replacements to cardiac implants and dialysis machines medical devices enhance or save lives on a daily basis However any device implanted in the body or in contact with flowing blood faces two critical ... - 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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New records set for silicon quantum computing
no picTwo research teams working in the same laboratories at UNSW Australia have found distinct solutions to a critical challenge that has held back the realisation of super powerful quantum computers The teams created two types ... - Read MoreAntibiotic resistance: Bacterial defense policies
no picHigh resolution cryo electron microscopy has now revealed in unprecedented detail the structural changes in the bacterial ribosome which results in resistance to the antibiotic erythromycin Multiresistant bacterial pathogens that are insensitive to virtually all ... - Read MoreVariable glass coatings to stop condensation on windows
no picThin film coatings impart new properties to glass in applications as diverse as window glazing solar cells and touchscreens With the Megatron® sputtering system it is now possible for the first time to vary the ... - Read MoreBio-inspired 'nano-cocoons' offer targeted drug delivery against cancer cells
no picBiomedical engineering researchers have developed a drug delivery system consisting of nanoscale “cocoons” made of DNA that target cancer cells and trick the cells into absorbing the cocoon before unleashing anticancer drugs The work was ... - Read MoreMagnetic superconductor: Strange bedfellows
no picChemists at Ludwig Maximilias Universitaet LMU in Munich have synthesized a ferromagnetic superconducting compound that is amenable to chemical modification opening the route to detailed studies of this rare combination of physical properties Superconductivity and ... - Read More- «
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Nuclear Chemistry
Argonne Radioisotopes Have Potential for Medical Diagnosis and Treatmentare essential to nuclear medicine In an effort to return to a stable mass isotopes known as radioisotopes emit radiation that can damage diseased tissue and can be traced in certain environments making them useful ...
- Scientists discover 'supramolecule' that could help reduce nuclear, agricultural waste
- "Weighing" Atoms with Electrons
- IU Scientists Discover 'Supramolecule' That Could Help Reduce Nuclear, Agricultural Waste
- UChicago Site of Radiocarbon Dating Discovery Named Historic Landmark
- Proton diffusion discovery a boost for fuel cell technologies
Agrochemistry
Fast-Cooking Dry Beans Provide More Protein, Iron Than 'Slower' Varietiesis also higher in the quicker cooking beans in each of the four classes examined The authors acknowledge funding from the U S Agency for International Development the U S Department of Agriculture and the ...
- Global Food Security, Eating Your Greens Could Help Your Game, Lower Cancer Risk with Ginger and Chili Peppers, and More in the Food Science News Source
- Researchers create synthetic biopathway to turn agriculture waste into 'green' products
- Researchers Create Synthetic Biopathway to Turn Agriculture Waste Into 'Green' Products
- Wildflowers on Farms -- Not Just Crops -- Can Expose Bees to Neonicotinoids
- Microscopic Molecules Can Fight Citrus Greening Bug with Less Insecticides
Electrochemistry
Glow-in-the-Dark Dye Could Fuel Liquid-Based Batteriesof charging and draining Based on the experiments scientists also predict that BODIPY batteries would be powerful enough to be useful to society generating an estimated 2.3 volts of electricity The study focused on PM ...
- Pioneering Scientists in Battery Technology, Renewable Energy to Be Featured at PRiME 2016
- Chemists Offer Enhanced 3D Look Inside Batteries
- Car roof and battery made with byproducts of paper production
- Researchers Prove Surprising Chemistry Inside a Potential Breakthrough Battery
- Engineer improves rechargeable batteries with nano 'sandwich'
Statistical Mechanics
On quantum scales, there are many second laws of thermodynamicsNew research from UCL and the Universities of Gdansk Singapore and Delft has uncovered additional second laws of thermodynamics which complement the ordinary second law of thermodynamics one of the most fundamental laws of nature ...
- String field theory could be the foundation of quantum mechanics: Connection could be huge boost to string theory
- Scientists propose existence and interaction of parallel worlds: Many Interacting Worlds theory challenges foundations of quantum science
- Electrical control of nuclear spin qubits: Important step towards quantum computers
- Quantum engines must break down
- Reconcilable differences: Study uncovers the common ground of scientific opposites
Supramolecular Chemistry
Tying Molecular KnotsReleased 18 Feb 2016 2 05 PM ESTEmbargo expired 18 Feb 2016 5 00 PM ESTSource Newsroom National Institute of Chemistry Add to Favorites Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Nature Communications ...
- Smartphone face recognition 'improved' by copying the brain
- New catalyst to create chemical building blocks from biomass
- Mysteries of 'molecular machines' revealed: Phenix software uses X-ray diffraction spots to produce 3-D image
- A molecular thread: Flexible metal–organic frameworks with a range of pore sizes are made by threading through molecular ligands
- Hollow-fiber membranes could cut separation costs, energy use
Bioorganic Chemistry
3-D neural structure guided with biocompatible nanofiber scaffolds and hydrogelsDamage to neural tissue is typically permanent and causes lasting disability in patients but a new approach has recently been discovered that holds incredible potential to reconstruct neural tissue at high resolution in three dimensions ...
- Thin transparent flexible screens: Roll up your screen and stow it away?
- Super-resolution microscopes reveal link between genome packaging, cell pluripotency
- Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solved
- Arachnid Rapunzel: Researchers spin spider silk proteins into artificial silk
- Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapes
Astrochemistry
Scientists Expect to Calculate Amount of Fuel Inside Earth by 2025Sep 13 2016 Earth requires fuel to drive plate tectonics volcanoes and its magnetic field Like a hybrid car Earth taps two sources of energy to run its engine primordial energy from assembling the planet ...
Theoretical Chemistry
Tomoyasu Mani Wins 2016 Blavatnik Regional Award for Young ScientistsTomoyasu Mani former Goldhaber Fellow at the U S Department of Energy’s DOE Brookhaven National Laboratory and now an assistant professor in the University of Connecticut’s Department of Chemistry has received the 2016 Blavatnik Regional ...
Chemical Engineering
Flexible and transparent pressure sensorHealthcare practitioners may one day be able to physically screen for breast cancer using pressure sensitive rubber gloves to detect tumors owing to a transparent bendable and sensitive pressure sensor newly developed by Japanese and ...
- Queen's University Belfast Scores a World First with Invention of 'Porous Liquid'
- Optimising soft-optoelectronics materials through molecular engineering
- Engineering a multipurpose, environmentally friendly dam
- Fluid-filled pores separate materials with fine precision
- The better to see you with: Prosthetic leg would keep an eye on path ahead
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