DNA, our genetic material, normally has the structure of a twisted rope ladder. Experts call this structure a double helix. Among other things, it is stabilized by stacking forces between base pairs. Scientists at the Technical ...
Biochemistry
Sep 8, 2016
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Opening a broad vista in the search for effective pharmaceuticals, a collaboration of Chinese and U.S. chemists has laid out a highly efficient new method to convert abundant organic molecules into new medicines.
Materials Science
Sep 1, 2016
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Our solar system began as a cloud of gas and dust. Over time, gravity slowly pulled these bits together into the Sun and planets we recognize today. While not every system is friendly to life, astronomers want to piece together ...
Astronomy
Jul 25, 2016
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Duke University researchers have taken a major step towards realizing a new form of MRI that could record biochemical reactions in the body as they happen.
General Physics
Mar 25, 2016
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New scanning technology which will give a much clearer picture of lung disease has taken a major step forward thanks to scientists at The University of Nottingham.
General Physics
Mar 10, 2016
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Researchers from the University of Amsterdam's Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) have developed a new catalyst that paves the way for low-cost, large-scale hydrogen-production. The researchers, led by Professor ...
Materials Science
Jan 26, 2016
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Using molecular dynamics simulations, researchers have analysed the properties of supercritical water. The researchers showed which structure of the hydrogen bond network is formed in different supercritical states and also ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 21, 2016
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In the quest for renewable fuels, scientists are taking lessons from a humble bacterium that fills our oceans and covers moist surfaces the world over. While the organism captures light to make food in a process called photosynthesis, ...
Biochemistry
Nov 11, 2015
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Astronomers have identified for the first time one of the key components of many stars, a study suggests.
Astronomy
Nov 10, 2015
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The Cassini spacecraft took a daring plunge into the icy geysers of Saturn's moon Enceladus this week in search of telltale signs of a habitable environment.
Space Exploration
Oct 30, 2015
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