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Scientists Discover Pentagonal Ice

Scientists Discover Pentagonal Ice

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (15) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered a five-sided ice chain structure that could be used to modify future weather patterns.


It's raining pentagons

It's raining pentagons

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 08, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 2

This week's Nature Materials (09 March 2009) reveals how an international team of scientists led by researchers at the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) at UCL have discovered a novel one dimensional ice ch ...





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Unfolding 'nature's origami'

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sometimes known as "nature's origami", the way that proteins fold is vital to ensuring they function correctly. But researchers at the University of Leeds have discovered this is a 'hit and miss' process, with proteins potentially ...


Crystal structure enables tailoring of pharmaceuticals against asthma

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 16, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have managed to elucidate the crystal structure of a human membrane protein – LTC4 synthase – which has a major influence on the development of asthma. LTC4 synthase is extremely ...


Scientists Show First 3-D Image of Antibody Gene

Scientists Show First 3-D Image of Antibody Gene

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created Apr 18, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 2

Using a multidisciplinary mix of geometry, biological research and techniques developed to solve problems on supercomputers, scientists at the University of California, San Diego have shown for the first time ...


The Long and the Short of Acrylate Polymerization

The Long and the Short of Acrylate Polymerization

Chemistry / Polymers

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Used in such diverse applications as adhesives, detergents, and super-absorbent disposable diapers, polyacrylates are key polymers, but the mechanisms of their formation are complex and have ...


The Link Between Birdsong And Human Language

The Link Between Birdsong And Human Language

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Scientists studying how Bengalese finches use sets of syllables to communicate are a step closer to understanding how humans develop and use vocabulary. After studying the neural networks in finch brains, ...


UC San Diego engineer provides insights to decades-old DNA squabble

UCSD Engineer Provides Insights to Decades-Old DNA Squabble

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of nanoengineers, biologists and physicists have used innovative approaches to deduce the internal structure of chromatin, a key player in DNA regulation, to reconcile a longstanding ...


Precise measurement of phenomenon advances solar cell understanding

Precise measurement of phenomenon advances solar cell understanding

Chemistry /

created Nov 18, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (12) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- "One type of solar cell design starts with a chain of chromophores strung between two electrodes," explained Dewey Holten, Ph.D., professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences. "This chain absorbs ...


Nanomanufactured polymer film could lead to lower-cost solar cells

Nanomanufactured polymer film could lead to lower-cost solar cells

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 25, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (32) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- You never know where basic research may lead. For decades materials scientists have been experimenting with a corkscrew-like polymer structure called a gyroid. Now an international team of ...


Laminin builds the neuromuscular synapse

Biology /

created Sep 15, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Like a plug and a socket, a nerve and a muscle fiber mesh at the neuromuscular junction. New work by Nishimune et al published in the Journal of Cell Biology reveals that an extracellular matrix protein called laminin shapes ...


Scientists create first crystal structure of an intermediate particle in virus assembly

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created Feb 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The structure, described February 8 in an advance online publication of the journal Nature, provides fresh insights into the elegant dance that viral proteins perform to create the infectious structure that causes all ma ...



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