Quantum ruler for biomolecules
Physicists measure molecular electronic properties of vitamins.
Posted: Aug 22nd, 2017
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Physicists measure molecular electronic properties of vitamins.
Posted: Aug 22nd, 2017
Read moreScientists developed a new dental restoration composite that proves more durable than the conventional material.
Posted: Aug 22nd, 2017
Read moreA new data analysis technique, moving subtrajectory analysis, defines the dynamics and kinetics of key molecules in the immune response to an infection. These biophysical descriptions are expected to clarify the TCR microcluster, an essential assembly for a T cell to initiate its attack on a pathogen.
Posted: Aug 21st, 2017
Read moreResearchers are mapping the distribution of all proteins in mitochondria for the first time.
Posted: Aug 18th, 2017
Read moreThe collagen changes its crystallinity in response to physical forces, so the ordered arrangement in collagen molecules of the cartilage in our knees may be flipping from one structural state to another with every step we take.
Posted: Aug 17th, 2017
Read moreScientists have investigated whether an artificial silk protein developed in the laboratory could be suitable for engineering cardiac tissue.
Posted: Aug 17th, 2017
Read moreThe lining of our intestines uses an approach known to business to quickly process food.
Posted: Aug 15th, 2017
Read moreBy employing molecular biology tools, a team of researchers measured the way mercury affects the gene expression of algae, even when its concentration in water is very low, comparable to European environmental protection standards.
Posted: Aug 15th, 2017
Read moreNew research results may lead to new drugs that could promote hair growth for people with baldness or alopecia, which is hair loss associated with such factors as hormonal imbalance, stress, aging or chemotherapy treatment.
Posted: Aug 14th, 2017
Read moreNew biomaterial could be delivered through minimally invasive surgery.
Posted: Aug 14th, 2017
Read moreScientists have synthesized a complex sugar molecule which specifically binds to the tumor protein Galectin-1. This could help to recognize tumors at an early stage and to combat them in a targeted manner.
Posted: Aug 14th, 2017
Read moreChemists have developed new tools that could make it much easier to detect low pH in living cells.
Posted: Aug 12th, 2017
Read moreGive your medicine a jolt. By using electrochemistry, future pharmaceuticals soon may be easily scaled up to be manufactured in a more sustainable way.
Posted: Aug 11th, 2017
Read moreThe inhibitor blocks a key virulence enzyme in the oral bacterium Streptococcus mutans, making it unable to stick to a tooth surface.
Posted: Aug 11th, 2017
Read moreBiologists discovered a previously unknown function of the SH3P2 protein, which plays an important role in the cellular protein transport process.
Posted: Aug 10th, 2017
Read moreA versatile coating for magnesium could eventually lead to better implants for mending broken bones.
Posted: Aug 10th, 2017
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