Inspired by nature, an international research team has created synthetic pores that mimic the activity of cellular ion channels, which play a vital role in human health by severely restricting the types of materials allowed ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 17, 2012
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(Phys.org)—In experiments at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory's Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser, researchers made snapshots of atomic-scale fluctuations in liquids and glasses. The results are a first step toward ...
Condensed Matter
Nov 16, 2012
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A critical feature of many multicellular lifeforms on Earth are hard, biological structures, such as animal bones and snail shells that are made from minerals.
Archaeology
Aug 28, 2017
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(Phys.org)—The rapidly evolving technology of laser plasma accelerators (LPAs) – called "table-top accelerators" because their length can be measured in centimeters instead of kilometers – promises a new breed of machines, ...
General Physics
Oct 22, 2012
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Cryo-EM requires protein samples to be frozen before they are imaged using an electron microscope. This revolutionary technique and its application to structural biology was the focus of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2017 ...
Biotechnology
Feb 14, 2022
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Natural and artificial crystals can change the spectral color of light, which is known as the nonlinear optical effect. Color conversion is used for numerous applications, including nonlinear microscopy for biological structures ...
Nanophysics
May 18, 2023
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Like cats, human cells have a finite number of lives-once they divide a certain number of times (thankfully, more than nine) they change shape, slow their pace, and eventually stop dividing, a phenomenon called "cellular ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 3, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Unless you are in a field of study related to cell biology, you most likely have never heard of Ndc80. Yet this protein complex is essential to mitosis, the process by which a living cell separates its chromosomes ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 14, 2010
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An international study based at the University of Pittsburgh provides the first identification of a human enzyme that can biodegrade carbon nanotubes—the superstrong materials found in products from electronics to plastics—and ...
Bio & Medicine
Apr 7, 2010
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Inactivated, but still active– how modification of an enzyme governs critical processes in sexual reproduction.
Cell & Microbiology
May 3, 2013
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