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Putting the squeeze on Alzheimer's (w/ Video)

Brain cells exposed to a form of the amyloid beta protein, the molecule linked to Alzheimer's disease, become stiffer and bend less under pressure, researchers at UC Davis have found. The results reveal one mechanism by which ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 20, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Clean Genes: Chemists Cull the Good Synthetic DNA from the Bad

(PhysOrg.com) -- Birds do it, bees do it. Even scientists in labs do it. But the scientists can't hold a candle to the birds and the bees, who can make gobs of primo DNA without even thinking about it.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

CSIRO grants global license for new polymer technology

CSIRO has signed a global licensing agreement for its patented RAFT technology. Reversible Addition-Fragmentation chain Transfer (or RAFT) technology is an elegant and powerful polymerisation process that ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Jul 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Plastic antibody works in first tests in living animals

Scientists are reporting the first evidence that a plastic antibody -- an artificial version of the proteins produced by the body's immune system to recognize and fight infections and foreign substances -- works in the bloodstream ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (13) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pull-chain 'polymer' solves puzzle of complex molecular packing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes the simplest things hold the key to understanding complex effects. It turns out that a humble metal pull-chain -- just like those used on ceiling fans -- can be a pretty good model ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How Did Evolution Begin?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Life's ability to replicate itself is essential for evolution, yet even the simplest kind of replication requires a relatively complex system. So what kind of non-replicating system might ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (32) | comments 17 feature

DNA molecules can detect pathogens, deliver drugs

(PhysOrg.com) -- First, Cornell researchers created DNA "bar codes" -- strands of the genetic material that quickly identify the presence of different molecules by fluorescing. Now, they have created new DNA ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Molecular structure could help explain albinism, melanoma

Arthropods and mollusks are Nature's true bluebloods - thanks to hemocyanin, an oxygen-carrying large protein complex, which can even be turned into the enzymatically active chemical phenoloxidase.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A molecular ripcord for chemical reactions

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands) have developed an entirely new method for starting chemical reactions. For the first time they used mechanical forces to control catalytic ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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