News tagged with protein patterning

Researchers determine structure of 'batteries' of the biological clock

Howard Hughes Medical Institute scientists have determined the three-dimensional structure of two proteins that help keep the body's clocks in sync. The proteins, CLOCK and BMAL1, bind to each other to regulate the activity ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fastest X-ray images of tiny biological crystals

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international research team headed by DESY scientists from the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science (CFEL) in Hamburg, Germany, has recorded the shortest X-ray exposure of a protein crystal ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Researchers ink nanostructures with tiny 'soldering iron'

Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have shed light on the role of temperature in controlling a fabrication technique for drawing chemical patterns as small as 20 nanometers. ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Experiment reaches biology milestone with hard X-ray laser

Unraveling the molecular basis of life is an age-old quest of humanity. A breakthrough towards this goal was reported in a pair of studies published Feb. 3 in the scientific journal Nature, detailing a new ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

What makes flies attack?

Pity the poor female fruit fly. Being a looker is simply not enough, it seems. If you're to get a date, much less a proposal, you must also smell and act like a girl. Otherwise, you might just have a fight ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast