Using engineered nanocomposite structures called metamaterials, a City College of New York-led research team reports the ability to measure a significant increase in the energy transfer between molecules. Reported in the ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 25, 2018
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Recent advances in bioengineering and computational modeling have given researchers the ability to examine complex biological processes with molecular-level detail.
Biotechnology
Mar 3, 2020
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sanjeevi Sivasankar was looking for a better tool to study how cells adhere to each other.
Biochemistry
Nov 22, 2010
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A digital signal processing technique long used by statisticians to analyze data is helping Houston scientists understand the roots of memory and learning, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and stroke.
Biochemistry
Feb 7, 2011
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Thanks to a single-molecule imaging technique developed by a University of Illinois professor, researchers have revealed the mechanisms of an important DNA-regulating enzyme.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 20, 2010
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The body's cell machinery often attaches sugar chains onto proteins to create molecules that play a crucial role in everything from protective immunity to structural stability. However, distinguishing between the different ...
Analytical Chemistry
Nov 30, 2012
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The same principle that causes figure skaters to spin faster as they draw their arms into their bodies has now been used by Michigan State University researchers to understand how molecules move energy around following the ...
Materials Science
Dec 22, 2011
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SMU nanotechnology expert MinJun Kim helped a team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin to develop a less expensive way to detect nuclease digestion—one of the critical steps in many nucleic acid sensing ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 13, 2024
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(Phys.org)—Acidity (pH) and its changes play an important role in many physiological processes, including protein folding, and can act as indicators of cancer. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, American researchers have ...
Nanomaterials
Dec 14, 2012
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University of Groningen scientists have developed a molecular sensor to measure 'crowding' in cells, which reflects the concentration of macromolecules present. The sensor provides quantitative information on the concentration ...
Biochemistry
Feb 2, 2015
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