News tagged with pore
How plants sense touch, gravity and other physical forces
(PhysOrg.com) -- At the bottom of plants' ability to sense touch, gravity or a nearby trellis are mechanosensitive channels, pores through the cells' plasma membrane that are opened and closed by the deformation ...
Oct 21, 2011 |
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Discovery of extremely long-lived proteins may provide insight into cell aging
One of the big mysteries in biology is why cells age. Now scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies report that they have discovered a weakness in a component of brain cells that may explain ...
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Tiny reader makes fast, cheap DNA sequencing feasible
Researchers have devised a nanoscale sensor to electronically read the sequence of a single DNA molecule, a technique that is fast and inexpensive and could make DNA sequencing widely available.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Aiming to boost electronics performance, researchers capture images of sub-nano pore structures for the first time
(PhysOrg.com) -- Moore's law marches on: In the quest for faster and cheaper computers, scientists have imaged pore structures in insulation material at sub-nanometer scale for the first time. Understanding ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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U.S. team creates diamond aerogel in lab by emulating Mother Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers working out of Lawrence Livermore and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, have devised a process whereby an ordinary carbon aerogel is used as a base to create a new type ...
May 10, 2011 |
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Glass that cleans itself
Eyeglasses need never again to be cleaned, and dirty windscreens are a thing of the past! Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz and the Technical University Darmstadt are now ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Shocking new way to create nanoporous materials revealed
Scientists have developed a new method of creating nanoporous materials with potential applications in everything from water purification to chemical sensors.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 27, 2011 |
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Researchers find new evidence on how cholesterol gets moved from HDLs to LDLs
Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found new evidence to explain how cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) mediates the transfer of cholesterol from "good" high ...
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Researchers construct a device that mimics one of nature's key transport machines
(PhysOrg.com) -- To help protect its genes, a cell is highly selective about what it allows to move in and out of its nucleus. Yet that choosiness is regulated by just a thin barrier, perforated with tiny ...
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Jan 06, 2009 |
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New method for making tiny catalysts holds promise for air quality
Fortified with iron: It's not just for breakfast cereal anymore. University of Illinois researchers have demonstrated a simpler method of adding iron to tiny carbon spheres to create catalytic materials that ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Biologists reveal structure of cell nucleus 'gatekeeper'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Biologists led by associate professor Thomas Schwartz (MIT) have worked out a rudimentary architectural plan for the nuclear pore complex (NPC), the gatekeeper of the cell's nucleus.
Oct 27, 2009 |
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A nano-Solution to global water problem: Nanomembranes could filter bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- New nanomaterials research from the University at Buffalo could lead to new solutions for an age-old public health problem: how to separate bacteria from drinking water.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Leafy social network: Scientists study how stomata communicate
(PhysOrg.com) -- To survive, leafy plants need to take in as much carbon dioxide as possible through pores in their leaves without losing water. Known as stomata, these pores somehow work together, processing ...
Nov 22, 2011 |
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The breakdown of barriers in old cells may hold clues to aging process
Like guards controlling access to a gated community, nuclear pore complexes are communication channels that regulate the passage of proteins and RNA to and from a cell's nucleus. Recent studies by researchers ...
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Jan 22, 2009 |
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Kinked nanopores slow DNA passage for easier sequencing
(PhysOrg.com) -- In an innovation critical to improved DNA sequencing, a markedly slower transmission of DNA through nanopores has been achieved by a team led by Sandia National Laboratories researchers.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 30, 2010 |
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