Insight into plant behavior could aid quest for efficient biofuels
Tiny seawater algae could hold the key to crops as a source of fuel and plants that can adapt to changing climates.
Biotechnology
Jun 28, 2011
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Giant virus, tiny protein crystals show X-ray laser's power and potential
Two studies published in the February 3 issue of Nature demonstrate how the unique capabilities of the world's first hard X-ray free-electron laser -- the Linac Coherent Light Source, located at the Department of Energy's ...
General Physics
Feb 2, 2011
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Molecular fossil: Crystal structure shows how RNA, one of biology's oldest catalysts, is made
(PhysOrg.com) -- In today's world of sophisticated organisms proteins are the stars. They are the indispensible catalytic workhorses, carrying out the processes essential to life. But long, long ago ribonucleic acid (RNA) ...
Biochemistry
Nov 14, 2010
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Jellyfish protein could be used to power nanodevices
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Sweden have been liquidizing thousands of specimens of a common North American jellyfish to extract a protein that could be used in microscopic fuel cells.
New research divines structure for class of proteins
(PhysOrg.com) -- Most proteins are shapely, but about one-third of them lack a definitive form, at least that scientists can readily observe. These intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) perform a host of important biological ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 21, 2010
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How the 100th protein structure solved at Diamond impacts our understanding of how insects smell
New research announced today, Wednesday 30th September, by a team of leading scientists working with the UK's national Synchrotron, Diamond Light Source, could have a significant impact on the development and refinement of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 29, 2009
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Jet-propelled Imaging for an Ultrafast Light Source
(PhysOrg.com) -- John Spence, a physicist at Arizona State University, is a longtime user of the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he has contributed to major advances in lensless imaging. ...
General Physics
Aug 4, 2009
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Jet-propelled imaging for an ultrafast light source
John Spence, a physicist at Arizona State University, is a longtime user of the Advanced Light Source at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where he has contributed to major advances in lensless imaging. It's a particularly ...
General Physics
Jul 29, 2009
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Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in thermal material
Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) devices have the potential to revolutionize the world of sensors: motion, chemical, temperature, etc. But taking electromechanical devices from the micro scale down to the nano requires ...
Nanophysics
Jun 17, 2009
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Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in novel material
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) devices have the potential to revolutionize the world of sensors: motion, chemical, temperature, etc. But taking electromechanical devices from the micro scale down to ...
Nanomaterials
Jun 1, 2009
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