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Can DNA-nanoparticle motors reach the same speed as motor proteins?

Researchers use the knowledge of molecular motors to enhance the nanoscale artificial motor in hopes of leveling out the speed disparity between artificial motors and motor proteins.

January 22, 2025 Read more

AI advances label-free photoacoustic microscopy for confocal cell imaging

Scientists developed a technology that surpasses the constraints of traditional imaging methods, providing stable and highly accurate cell visualization.

January 19, 2025 Read more

A deep learning pipeline for controlling protein interactions

Scientists have used deep learning to design new proteins that bind to complexes involving other small molecules like hormones or drugs, opening up a world of possibilities in the computational design of molecular interactions for biomedicine.

January 16, 2025 Read more

SCP-Nano: A new technology to visualize nanocarriers in cells and tissues

Scientists have developed a method that, for the first time, enables the precise detection of nanocarriers throughout the entire mouse body at a single-cell level.

January 14, 2025 Read more

New tool for synthetic biology: DNA nanorobots that can alter artificial cells

Scientists have succeeded in controlling the structure and function of biological membranes with the help of DNA origami. The system they developed may facilitate the transportation of large therapeutic loads into cells.

January 13, 2025 Read more

Removing microplastics with engineered bacteria

Researchers altered bacteria found in wastewater treatment, where microplastics can enter environment.

January 9, 2025 Read more

New AI predicts inner workings of cells

Using a new artificial intelligence method, scientists can accurately predict the activity of genes within any human cell, essentially revealing the cell's inner mechanisms. The system could transform the way scientists work to understand everything from cancer to genetic diseases.

January 9, 2025 Read more

Detecting disease with only a single molecule

Scientists have developed a nanopore-based tool that could help diagnose illnesses much faster and with greater precision than current tests allow, by capturing signals from individual molecules.

January 3, 2025 Read more

Tinkering with the 'clockwork' mechanisms of life

Opening new doors for the development of nanotechnologies in medicine and other fields, scientists recreate and compare two natural mechanisms to better program the timescale of molecular communication and functionality.

December 19, 2024 Read more

Bacteria-infused, living ceramic materials remove carbon dioxide and detect toxic gases

Scientists have developed porous ceramic materials that host living bacteria, enabling carbon capture from air and detection of harmful chemicals through biological processes.

December 19, 2024 Read more

Researchers introduce Boltz-1, a fully open-source model for predicting biomolecular structures

With models like AlphaFold3 limited to academic research, the team built an equivalent alternative, to encourage innovation more broadly.

December 17, 2024 Read more

Peptide-guided nanoparticles deliver mRNA to neurons

This breakthrough marks a significant step toward potential next-generation treatments for neurological diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

December 17, 2024 Read more

Fast, rewritable computing with DNA origami registers

Researchers report a fast, sequential DNA computing method that is also rewritable - just like current computers.

December 12, 2024 Read more

Could we engineer stability in the microbiome? New research opens the door

New work could revolutionize our understanding of how the composition of the gut microbiome is determined and open the door to microbiome engineering.

December 12, 2024 Read more

Nanopore direct RNA sequencing identifies cancer 'fingerprint'

With this method, the disease's molecular patterns are detectable with near-perfect accuracy in just a few hours.

December 10, 2024 Read more

Breakthrough in the precision engineering of four-stranded beta-sheets

Researchers unveil a method to precisely create four-stranded berta-sheets via metal-peptide coordination, overcoming aggregation and isomeric challenges.

December 10, 2024 Read more

Nature inspires self-assembling helical polymer

Helical structures are ubiquitous across biology, from the double-stranded helix of DNA to how heart muscle cells spiral in a band. Inspired by this twisty ladder, researchers have developed an artificial polymer that organizes itself into a controlled helix.

December 10, 2024 Read more

New bioprinting technique creates functional tissue 10x faster

The novel high-throughput-bioprinting technique opens the door for tissue fabrication with high cell density at scale.

December 4, 2024 Read more