Scientists find gene sequences that stall protein synthesis
(Phys.org)—Machines don't always run smoothly – phone calls drop, computers crash and cars stall.
Mar 01, 2013
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Artificial molecular machine could hold key to more efficient manufacturing (w/ video)
An industrial revolution on a minute scale is taking place in laboratories at The University of Manchester with the development of a highly complex machine that mimics how molecules are made in nature.
Jan 10, 2013
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Scientists design, control movements of molecular motor
(Phys.org)—An international team of scientists has taken the next step in creating nanoscale machines by designing a multi-component molecular motor that can be moved clockwise and counterclockwise.
Jan 10, 2013
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Laser spotlight reveals machine 'climbing' DNA
(Phys.org)—New imaging technology has revealed how the molecular machines that remodel genetic material inside cells 'grab onto' DNA like a rock climber looking for a handhold.
Oct 26, 2012
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Scientists recreate evolution of complexity using 'molecular time travel'
Much of what living cells do is carried out by "molecular machines" – physical complexes of specialized proteins working together to carry out some biological function. How the minute steps of evolution produced these ...
Jan 08, 2012
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When will artificial molecular machines start working for us?
Researchers decipher protein structure of key molecule in DNA transcription system
Scientists have deciphered the structure of an essential part of Mediator, a complex molecular machine that plays a vital role in regulating the transcription of DNA.
Jul 03, 2011
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Would a molecular horse trot, pace, or glide across a surface?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ludwig Bartels's lab has studied a class of molecular machines that 'walk' across a flat metal surface in order to determine how a quadrupedal molecular machine would move.
Sep 13, 2010
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A cellular housekeeper, and potential target of obesity drugs, caught in action
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have obtained the closest look yet of how a gargantuan molecular machine breaks down unwanted proteins ...
Aug 02, 2010
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Nanodragsters hit the street: Scientists roll agile hot rod out of micro-garage (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists are getting better at building nanomachines, but Rice researchers continue to race ahead of the pack.
Jan 06, 2010
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Molecular machines drive plasmonic nanoswitches
Plasmonics -- a possible replacement for current computing approaches -- may pave the way for the next generation of computers that operate faster and store more information than electronically-based systems and are smaller ...
Feb 11, 2009
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