News tagged with folding
Ice Gets Bent Out of Shape
Sep 09, 2009 |
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For the first time, scientists have built completely flat, two-layer ice. While theoreticians have predicted that such ices are formed by squeezing water molecules between two surfaces, scientists at Pacific ...
Faster protein folding achieved through nanosecond pressure jump
Jun 01, 2009 |
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A new method to induce protein folding by taking the pressure off of proteins is up to 100 times faster than previous methods, and could help guide more accurate computer simulations for how complex proteins ...
Knowing when to fold: Engineers use 'nano-origami' to build tiny electronic devices (Video)
Feb 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Folding paper into shapes such as a crane or a butterfly is challenging enough for most people. Now imagine trying to fold something that's about a hundred times thinner than a human hair ...
Obesity: Reviving the promise of leptin
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Jan 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery more than a decade ago of leptin, an appetite-suppressing hormone secreted by fat tissue, generated headlines and great hopes for an effective treatment for obesity. But hopes ...
Cellular stress causes fatty liver disease in mice
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Dec 08, 2008 |
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A University of Iowa researcher and colleagues at the University of Michigan have discovered a direct link between disruption of a critical cellular housekeeping process and fatty liver disease, a condition that causes fat ...
Keeping an eye on the surroundings
Aug 13, 2008 |
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Water is no passive spectator of biological processes; it is an active participant. Protein folding is thus a self-organized process in which the actions of the solvent play a key role. So far, the emphasis ...
