Solar-powered cup brews better brine treatments
A new distillation device can better recycle contaminants produced by a desalination plant to dramatically reduce waste.
Environment
Apr 10, 2019
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News tagged with structural design
New design improves firefighting robots, increases maneuverability to fight fires better, save lives
A new design in firefighting robots, already successfully tested in the field, could make firefighters' jobs less dangerous and address one of the biggest challenges with firefighting robots – the ability to maneuver in ...
Robotics
Feb 7, 2019
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Novel antibacterial drugs developed at University of Eastern Finland
Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed novel antibacterial compounds, focusing on the role of LsrK kinase. LsrK kinase is a protein involved in bacterial communication. In a new study published in ...
Biochemistry
Nov 1, 2018
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Color effects from transparent 3-D printed nanostructures
Most of the objects we see are colored by pigments, but using pigments has disadvantages: such colors can fade, industrial pigments are often toxic, and certain color effects are impossible to achieve. The natural world, ...
Engineering
Aug 17, 2018
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Earwigs and the art of origami
ETH Zurich researchers have developed multifunctional origami structures, which they then fabricated into 4-D printed objects. The design principle mimics the structure of an earwig's wing.
Engineering
Mar 22, 2018
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Feedback from thousands of designs could transform protein engineering
The stage is set for a new era of data-driven protein molecular engineering as advances in DNA synthesis technology merge with improvements in computational design of new proteins.
Biochemistry
Jul 13, 2017
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Managing complexity: Novel protein folding tool vastly simplifies understanding how sequence encodes structure
(Phys.org)—Protein folding is the process by which a polypeptide (a linear organic polymer chain consisting of many amino acid residues, or monomers) transforms from a random coil into the 3D conformation in which it can ...
Big moves in protein structure prediction and design
The potential of modular design for brand new proteins that do not exist in the natural world is explored Dec. 16 in the journal Nature. The reports are the latest in a recent series of developments toward custom-designing ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 16, 2015
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Near-atomic resolution of protein structure by electron microscopy holds promise
A new study shows that it is possible to use an imaging technique called cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to view, in near-atomic detail, the architecture of a metabolic enzyme bound to a drug that blocks its activity. ...
General Physics
May 7, 2015
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How do you make a greasy protein?
Every cell is encapsulated and protected by a thin membrane made of greasy molecules called lipids. Assemblies of equally greasy protein molecules span the membrane, forming passageways that control the flow of signaling ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 7, 2015
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