Scientists from the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA, have elucidated genome-wide patterns in the complex structures formed by the DNA of bacteria ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 4, 2016
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Studying sequence and function of DNA has been in the focus of life sciences for decades, but now the interest of many researchers has turned to the RNA. Today, many scientists believe that RNA molecules, together with a ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 4, 2016
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Like the gravitational forces that are responsible for the attraction between the Earth and the moon, as well as the dynamics of the entire solar system, there exist attractive forces between objects at the nanoscale.
Nanophysics
Mar 11, 2016
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University of Adelaide forest DNA forensics research has helped convict National Forest timber thieves in a landmark case in the United States.
Environment
Mar 7, 2016
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Could a cheap molecule used to disinfect swimming pools provide the key to creating a new form of DNA nanomaterials?
Biochemistry
Mar 1, 2016
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University of Kentucky Department of Chemistry researchers Edith Glazer, Sean Parkin and students Erin Wachter and Diego Moyá recently published a study showing that specialized compounds containing the metal ruthenium may ...
Biochemistry
Jan 11, 2016
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A team of researchers from the University of California, Davis and the University of Washington have demonstrated that the conductance of DNA can be modulated by controlling its structure, thus opening up the possibility ...
Nanophysics
Dec 11, 2015
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The macroscopic movement of our muscles is caused by the collective movement of "biomolecular motors". Scientists and engineers have long been trying to imitate this process. French scientists have now come a good way closer ...
Biochemistry
Dec 8, 2015
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University of Utah chemists devised a new way to detect chemical damage to DNA that sometimes leads to genetic mutations responsible for many diseases, including various cancers and neurological disorders.
Biochemistry
Nov 6, 2015
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A research conducted by Juan Méndez, Head of the DNA Replication Group of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), sheds light on the molecular mechanisms of ageing of the stem cells responsible for regenerating ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 15, 2015
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