News tagged with nmr spectroscopy
After 50 year search, research team finds plutonium signature
(Phys.org) -- After fifty years of trying by various researchers, a group made up of teams from Los Alamos National Libratory in the US and the Atomic Energy Agency in Japan, have succeeded in spotting the ...
May 18, 2012 |
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Scientists take a giant step forward in understanding plutonium
Plutonium is the most complex element in the periodic table, yet it is also one of the most poorly understood ones. But now a well-known scientific technique, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, ...
May 23, 2012 |
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Hitting moving RNA drug targets
By accounting for the floppy, fickle nature of RNA, researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Irvine have developed a new way to search for drugs that target this important molecule. Their ...
Jun 26, 2011 |
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'Holy powder' ingredient makes membranes behave for better health
Revered in India as "holy powder," the marigold-colored spice known as turmeric has been used for centuries to treat wounds, infections and other health problems. In recent years, research into the healing powers of turmeric's ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 06, 2009 |
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Citrate key in bone's nanostructure
Bone is one of nature's surprising "building materials." Pound-for-pound it's stronger than steel, tough yet resilient. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have identified the composition ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 08, 2011 |
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Scientists home in on lithium battery safety flaws
Scientists at Cambridge have developed a simple, accurate way of "seeing" chemistry in action inside a lithium-ion battery.
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 16, 2010 |
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New mechanism in the regulation of human genes
Scientists at the Technical University of Munich and the Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen and along with their colleagues from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and the Centre for Genomic Regulation ...
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Marine lab hunts subtle clues to environmental threats to blue crabs
The Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, long prized as a savory meal at a summer party or seafood restaurant, is a multi-million dollar source of income for those who harvest, process and market the crustacean along ...
Jan 26, 2010 |
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Hyper-SAGE boosts remote MRI sensitivity
A new technique in Magnetic Resonance Imaging dubbed "Hyper-SAGE" has the potential to detect ultra low concentrations of clincal targets, such as lung and other cancers. Development of Hyper-SAGE was led ...
Oct 09, 2009 |
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Chemists create protein structure database
(PhysOrg.com) -- Any chemist with access to the Internet can now use a powerful tool to help them accurately identify the structure of a protein, thanks to recently published work led by Harold A. Scheraga, Cornell's Todd ...
Sep 09, 2009 |
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A little magic provides an atomic-level look at bone
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study using solid-state NMR spectroscopy to analyze intact bone paves the way for atomic-level explorations of how disease and aging affect bone. The research by scientists at the University of Michigan ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Scientists determine 3D structure of proteins in living cells for the first time
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Glasgow scientist was part of a team of researchers which has, for the first time, been able to determine the three-dimensional structure of protein in living cells.
Mar 05, 2009 |
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First NMR Signal of a Copper Site in Azurin Obtained
(PhysOrg.com) -- Metalloproteins, such as the copper-containing azurin, play a major role in catalyzing electron transfer in cellular reactions. Understanding how their structure relates to function can give ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Dysfunctional protein dynamics behind neurological disease?
Researchers at Lund University, Sweden, have taken a snapshot of proteins changing shape, sticking together and creating structures that are believed to trigger deadly processes in the nervous system. The discovery opens ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 13, 2009 |
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A challenge to improve Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for structural biology
(PhysOrg.com) -- In structural biology, the only technique available to predict the three dimensional structure of large complex molecules in solution, such as proteins and DNA, is NMR spectroscopy. To catalyze improvements ...
Nov 30, 2009 |
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