(Phys.org)—Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland have developed porous 200 nm supraspheres from gold nanoparticles whose surface is ...
When it comes to the various nanowidgets scientists are developing, nanotubes are especially intriguing. That's because hollow tubes that have diameters of only a few billionths of a meter have the potential to be incredibly ...
Nanomaterials
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A weapon in the battle against antibiotic resistance has been developed by A*STAR and SERI researchers, who have come up with a strategy for rational design of antimicrobials against multidrug-resistant pathogens, such as ...
Biochemistry
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(Phys.org)—Calling it an "Ode to Bubbles," MIT researchers have produced bubbling in sync with Beethoven's Symphony No. 9: Ode to Joy on a surface resembling a piano keyboard. The performance demonstrates the researchers' ...
Nanoparticles are ubiquitous in industrial applications ranging from drug delivery and biomedical diagnostics to developing hydrophobic surfaces, lubricant additives and enhanced oil recovery solutions in petroleum fields. ...
Bio & Medicine
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"Foldamers" are a class of synthetic structures modeled after proteins, but are designed to form unique, non-natural tertiary and quaternary structures. Like proteins, they are comprised of hydrophobic and hydrophilic subunits, ...
It sounds like science fiction to suggest that every cell in the human body is occupied by a tiny genome-equipped organelle, with which we exist in symbiosis. But in actuality, eukaryotic life is dependent on mitochondria, ...
Researchers have gained valuable insights into the behaviour of water on strongly hydrophobic (water-repelling) surfaces. Understanding this behaviour should help scientists develop new types of surfaces with applications ...
General Physics
Jul 3, 2015
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The research group of Prof. Makoto Fujita in the Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Prof. Koichi Kato in the Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes ...
Biochemistry
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(Phys.org)—The way a protein folds in aqueous solutions is largely determined by hydrophobic effects with the hydrophobic portions of the protein residing within the protein core or within the active site. Oftentimes, ionic ...
