News tagged with enzyme catalysts
New CO2-removing catalyst can take the heat
(Phys.org) -- The current method of removing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from the flues of coal-fired power plants uses so much energy that no one bothers to use it. So says Roger Aines, principal ...
May 24, 2012 |
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Quantum biology and Ockham's razor
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper just published in Nature Chemistry, a team of University of Bristol scientists explores whether new models or concepts are needed to tackle one of the 'grand challenges' of che ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Foldit gamers improve protein design through crowdsourcing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Gamers on Foldit have succeeded in improving the catalyst abilities of an enzyme, making it 18-fold more active than the original version. The idea is the brainchild of University of Washington ...
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Research group develops more efficient artificial enzyme
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research group based out of the University of Michigan, and led by Vincent Pecoraro has successfully created a computer designed artificial enzyme that can serve as a catalyst for converting ...
Nov 28, 2011 |
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Oxygen inactivates the enzyme function in three phases: study
Scientists from the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology at the RUB have published a report in the Journal of Biological Chemistry explaining why enzymes used for the production of hydrogen are so sensitive to oxygen. In col ...
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Highway to hydrogenase: A new way to obtain the hydrogenase cofactor azadithiolate
To obtain hydrogen as an energy-rich and environmentally "clean" fuel by an inexpensive, simple method without using expensive metal catalysts preoccupies scientists around the world. Hydrogenases, enzymes ...
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Building a better catalyst
(PhysOrg.com) -- An engineering student illuminates the inner workings of vanadium oxide before an audience of biologists and chemists in Japan.
Nov 08, 2010 |
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Best drug development results from computer/test tube combination
While computer simulations of how the body metabolises drugs save both time and money, the best results when developing new drugs come from combining such simulations with laboratory experiments, reveals a ...
Oct 04, 2010 |
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Catalyst sandwich: Synthetic PCR mimic could lead to highly sensitive medical, environmental diagnostics
Northwestern University researchers have taken another step towards realizing a new class of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) enzyme mimics, opening the door for the development of highly sensitive chemical detection systems ...
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Chemical engineer patents enzymatic preparation to make natural ingredients in the lab
A Kansas State University chemical engineer has developed and patented a chemical structure to make all-natural personal care products and purer pharmaceuticals in the laboratory.
Jun 22, 2010 |
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'Nature's batteries' may have helped power early lifeforms
Researchers at the University of Leeds have uncovered new clues to the origins of life on Earth.
May 25, 2010 |
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Glucose biofuel cells may soon power implants
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Grenoble, France have for the first time successfully implanted glucose biofuel cells in living rats. The results suggest such cells may one day use the body’s own glucose and ...
May 19, 2010 |
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New technique permits development of enzyme tool kit
An Arizona State University graduate student, Jinglin Fu, in collaboration with Biodesign Institute researchers Neal Woodbury and Stephen Albert Johnston, has pioneered a technique that improves on scientists' ability to ...
May 10, 2010 |
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Newly found DNA catalysts cleave DNA with water molecule
Better tools for manipulating DNA in the laboratory may soon be possible with newly discovered deoxyribozymes (catalytic DNA) capable of cleaving single-stranded DNA, researchers at the University of Illinois say.
Aug 16, 2009 |
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