A crystal, but not as we know it
When we think of crystals, we think of ice, kitchen salt, quartz, and so on—hard solids whose shapes show a regular pattern.
General Physics
Mar 15, 2023
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News tagged with molecular structure
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Detect, bind and cut: Biomolecular action at the nanoscale
Researchers at Kanazawa University report in ACS Nano how high-speed atomic force microscopy can be used to study the biomolecular mechanisms underlying gene editing.
Bio & Medicine
Mar 14, 2023
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Discovering a protein's 'elevator motion' could spur new cancer treatments
Michigan State University researcher Jian Hu has taken another important step in learning as much as possible about tiny protein machines that help shuttle metals into living cells.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 10, 2023
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Soil bacteria as biocatalysts for producing pharmaceutical ingredients
Researchers from Bochum and Leipzig have successfully used a soil bacterium to specifically produce prodrugs. The key to this step was a detailed understanding of the metabolization of indole. The natural compound is first ...
Biochemistry
Mar 7, 2023
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Locking and unlocking molecular structures on demand
Researchers at Kanazawa University report in Angewandte Chemie International Edition how the formation and deformation speed of interlocked molecular structures called rotaxanes can be tuned—a discovery that may lead to ...
Analytical Chemistry
Feb 24, 2023
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Making molecular simulations more efficient with LongBondEliminator
During lockdown, two things were on everyone's mind: When is the vaccine going to come out, and while I'm waiting, what can I do to occupy my time? Some got into baking, others knitting. Researchers from the Vermaas lab at ...
Biotechnology
Feb 23, 2023
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New corrosion protection that repairs itself
Skyscrapers, bridges, ships, airplanes, cars—everything humans make or build sooner or later decays. The ravages of time are known as corrosion; nothing is safe from it.
Polymers
Feb 21, 2023
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Designing advanced 'BTS' materials for temperature and long-wave infrared sensing
Materials scientists are often inspired by nature and therefore use biological compounds as cues to design advanced materials. It is possible to mimic the molecular structure and functional motifs in artificial materials ...
Want healthy Valentine's day chocolates? We can print them
A Rutgers scientist has developed a formulation of low-fat chocolate that can be printed on a 3D printer in pretty much any shape a person can conceive, including a heart.
Other
Feb 14, 2023
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A new class of medicinal compounds that target RNA
A team of undergraduate and graduate chemistry students in Jennifer Hines' lab at Ohio University recently uncovered a new class of compounds that can target RNA and disrupt its function. This discovery identified a chemical ...
Biochemistry
Feb 13, 2023
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