News tagged with synthetic dna

First 'synthetic life': Scientists 'boot up' a bacterial cell with a synthetic genome

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have developed the first cell controlled by a synthetic genome. They now hope to use this method to probe the basic machinery of life and to engineer bacteria specially designed ...

Biology / Biotechnology

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Nanoscience goes 'big': Discovery could lead to enhanced electronics

Nanoscience has the potential to play an enormous role in enhancing a range of products, including sensors, photovoltaics and consumer electronics. Scientists in this field have created a multitude of nano ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

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Multi-component nano-structures with tunable optical properties

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory report the first successful assembly of 3-D multi-component nanoscale structures with tunable optical properties ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Chemists create two-armed nanorobotic device to maneuver world's tiniest particles

Chemists at New York University and China's Nanjing University have developed a two-armed nanorobotic device that can manipulate molecules within a device built from DNA. The device is described in the latest issue of the ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Genetic inspiration could show the way to revolutionise information technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists at the University of Reading have created a synthetic form of DNA that could transform how digital information is processed and stored.

Chemistry / Polymers

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Chemists create synthetic 'gene-like' crystals for carbon dioxide capture

UCLA chemists report creating a synthetic "gene" that could capture heat-trapping carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute to global warming, rising sea levels and the increased acidity of oceans.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 11, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

DNA-based gel produces proteins without live cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method developed by Cornell biological engineers offers an efficient way to make proteins for use in medicine or industry without the use of live cells. The proteins made in this way ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Progress Toward Artificial Tissue?

(PhysOrg.com) -- For modern implants and the growth of artificial tissue and organs, it is important to generate materials with characteristics that closely emulate nature.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

DNA cages 'can survive inside living cells'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Oxford University have shown for the first time that molecular cages made from DNA can enter and survive inside living cells.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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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

Biosensor chip enables high-sensitivity protein analysis for disease diagnosis

In the battle against cancer and other diseases, precise analysis of specific proteins can point the way toward targeted treatments. Scientists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM, Germany), together ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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Transparent 'DNA' adhesives help police nab thieves

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two British companies have worked out a way of helping dealers such as scrap and pawn dealers identify that objects brought to them have been stolen, and from whom, so they can then inform ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

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New biosensor can detect bacteria instantaneously

A research group from the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) in Tarragona, Spain, has developed a biosensor that can immediately detect very low levels of Salmonella typhi, the bacteria that causes typhoid fever. ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers develop tools to make more complex biological machines from yeast

Scientists are one step closer to making more complex microscopic biological machines, following improvements in the way that they can "re-wire" DNA in yeast, according to research published today in the journal ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop nanodevice manufacturing strategy using DNA 'building blocks'

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a method for building complex nanostructures out of short synthetic strands of DNA. Called single-stranded ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

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