Until now, biofilms—colonies of microbes like bacteria that grow together in a matrix produced by the cells themselves—have been poorly understood. Yet, they can be costly and dangerous. Infections related to hip- and ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 11, 2014
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Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego, have developed software that greatly expands the types of multi-scale QM/MM (mixed quantum and molecular mechanical) simulations ...
Other
Feb 19, 2014
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Cars inch forward slowly in traffic jams, but molecules, when jammed up, can move extremely fast.
Nanophysics
Feb 6, 2014
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Experimentalists searching for strong structural materials have established that nanocrystalline metals, which have average grain sizes smaller than 100 nanometers, are stronger, harder and more resistant to fatigue than ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 29, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Molecular dynamics simulations often require too much time to be practical for simulating important chemical processes that take place on long timescales. Using EMSL-developed NWChem, researchers provided evidence ...
Materials Science
Jan 27, 2014
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Manufacturers of increasingly minute computer chips, transistors and other products will have to take special note of research findings at the University of Huddersfield. The implications are that a key process used to transform ...
Nanophysics
Jan 6, 2014
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If scientists can control cellular functions such as movement and development, they can cripple cells and pathogens that are causing disease in the body.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 17, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Researchers have tried for decades to understand the undulations and gyrations that allow transport proteins to shuttle molecules from one side of a cell membrane to the other. Now scientists report that they ...
Biochemistry
Dec 2, 2013
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New metamaterial has been developed exhibiting hundreds of times greater strength than pure metals. Researchers from KAIST have developed a composite nanomaterial. The nanomaterial consists of graphene inserted in copper ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 26, 2013
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Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), led by Dr. Lee Bulla, have demonstrated for the first time the selective cytotoxicity of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis Cry4B toxin is mediated by BT-R3. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 24, 2013
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