Using a succession of biological mechanisms, Sandia National Laboratories researchers have created linkages of polymer nanotubes that resemble the structure of a nerve, with many out-thrust filaments poised to gather or send ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 24, 2015
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Fleets of microscopic machines toil away in your cells, carrying out critical biological tasks and keeping you alive. By combining theory and experiment, researchers have discovered the surprising way one of these machines, ...
General Physics
Sep 2, 2019
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Life's smallest motor, a protein that shuttles cargo within cells and helps cells divide, does so by rocking up and down like a seesaw, according to research conducted by scientists at the U.S. Department ...
Biochemistry
Feb 18, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Friction limits the speed and efficiency of macroscopic engines. Is this also true for nanomachines? A Dresden research team used laser tweezers to measure the friction between a single motor protein molecule ...
Biotechnology
Aug 14, 2009
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Body movement, from the muscles in your arms to the neurons transporting those signals to your brain, relies on a massive collection of proteins called molecular motors.
Bio & Medicine
Jan 22, 2020
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Researchers have successfully used DNA origami to make smooth-muscle-like contractions in large networks of molecular motor systems, a discovery which could be applied in molecular robotics.
Bio & Medicine
May 31, 2019
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180
Like a wrench that gums up the gears, a common anesthetic keeps the motor proteins in your cells from making their rounds.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 28, 2021
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145
A research team led by an Oregon State University biophysicist and a plant biologist from University of California, Davis has discovered a novel motor protein that significantly expands current understanding of the evolution ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 14, 2018
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If you're the motor protein up front, be prepared to do the heavy pulling.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 2, 2017
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Tiny protein motors in cells can steer microtubules in the right direction through branching nerve cell structures, according to Penn State researchers who used laboratory experiments to test a model of how these cellular ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 23, 2014
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