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Iowa State University researcher discovers key to vital DNA, protein interaction

Researchers discover key to vital DNA, protein interaction

Biology / Other

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A researcher at Iowa State University has discovered how a group of proteins from plant pathogenic bacteria interact with DNA in the plant cell, opening up the possibility for what the scientist ...


DNA molecules in moss open door to new biotechnology

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Plasmids, which are DNA molecules capable of independent replication in cells, have played an important role in gene technology. Researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden have now demonstrated that plasmid-based methods, ...


Nanostructured Integrated Circuit Detects Type and Severity of Cancer

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of investigators from the University of Toronto have used nanomaterials to develop an inexpensive microchip sensitive enough to quickly determine the type and severity of a patient's cancer so that ...


Metals could forge new cancer drug

Metals could forge new cancer drug

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Drugs made using unusual metals could form an effective treatment against colon and ovarian cancer, including cancerous cells that have developed immunity to other drugs, according to research at the University ...


The Nobel Prize and Pond Scum as a 'Model' Organism

The Nobel Prize and Pond Scum as a 'Model' Organism

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A man is a man and a mouse is a mouse, but if you talk to a few biomedical scientists about their research, at least one is likely to spring the term “mouse model” on you.


All tied up: Tethered protein provides long-sought answer

All tied up: Tethered protein provides long-sought answer

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The tools of biochemistry have finally caught up with lactose repressor protein. Biologists from Rice University in Houston and the University of Florence in Italy this week published new results about "lac ...


Carbon nanotubes could make efficient solar cells

Carbon nanotubes could make efficient solar cells

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (21) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers fabricated, tested and measured a simple solar cell called a photodiode, formed from an individual carbon nanotube.


World's smallest semiconductor laser heralds new era in optical science

World's smallest semiconductor laser heralds new era in optical science

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 30, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have reached a new milestone in laser physics by creating the world's smallest semiconductor laser, capable of generating visible light ...


A Real Dracula Story

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Research, discovery and publishing in a prestigious journal are not as easy as 1-2-3. However, an outstanding mentor and a well-equipped lab made this feat possible for doctoral student Fei Jiang.


Scientists Use DNA Scaffolding To Build Tiny Circuit Boards

Scientists Use DNA Scaffolding To Build Tiny Circuit Boards

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today, scientists at IBM Research and the California Institute of Technology announced a scientific advancement that could be a major breakthrough in enabling the semiconductor industry to ...


DNA molecules can detect pathogens, deliver drugs

DNA molecules can detect pathogens, deliver drugs

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- First, Cornell researchers created DNA "bar codes" -- strands of the genetic material that quickly identify the presence of different molecules by fluorescing. Now, they have created new DNA ...


DNA gripped in nanopores

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Molecular biologists, including the cool dudes from CSI, use gel electrophoresis to separate DNA fragments from each other in order to analyze the DNA. A team of researchers under the leadership of Vici winner Serge Lemay, ...