News tagged with individual strands
MIT zeroes in on Alzheimer's structures
Aug 22, 2008 |
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MIT engineers report a new approach to identifying protein structures key to Alzheimer's disease, an important step toward the development of new drugs that could prevent such structures from forming.
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Models begin to unravel how single DNA strands combine
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using computer simulations, a team of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers has identified some of the pathways through which single complementary strands of DNA interact and combine to form the double ...
Nano-Softball Made of DNA
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 01, 2008 |
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For quite some time, DNA, the stuff our genes are made of, has also been considered the building material of choice for nanoscale objects. A team led by Günter von Kiedrowski at the Ruhr University in Bochum has now made ...
Unraveling the physics of DNA's double helix
Jul 12, 2007 |
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Researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have uncovered a missing link in scientists' understanding of the physical forces that give DNA its famous double helix shape.
MIT reports new twist in microRNA biology
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Jan 10, 2008 |
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MIT scientists have found a new way that DNA can carry out its work that is about as surprising as discovering that a mold used to cast a metal tool can also serve as a tool itself, with two complementary shapes each showing ...
Important new model shows how proteins find the right DNA sequences
Mar 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Uppsala University and Harvard University have collaboratively developed a new theoretical model to explain how proteins can rapidly find specific DNA sequences, even though ...
'Nanoglassblowing' Seen as Boon to Study of Individual Molecules
Jun 11, 2008 |
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While the results may not rival the artistry of glassblowers in Europe and Latin America, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Cornell University have found beauty in a new ...
Stretching DNA to the Limit: DNA damage in a new light
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 20, 2007 |
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It has long been known that UV light can damage DNA, reducing its ability to replicate and interact with proteins, and often resulting in the development of skin cancers. However, not much is known about how the elasticity ...
Hollywood Hair is Captured at Last
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego computer scientists presented a new method this week for accurately capturing the shape and appearance of a person’s hairstyle for use in animated films and video games.
Scientists build world's first nanofluidic device with complex 3-D surfaces
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Cornell University have capitalized on a process for manufacturing integrated circuits at ...
Magnetic Computer Sensors May Help Study Biomolecules
May 10, 2007 |
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Magnetic switches like those in computers also might be used to manipulate individual strands of DNA for high-speed applications such as gene sequencing, experiments at the National Institute of Standards ...
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