News tagged with molecular dance

How plants space out the pores through which they breathe

The way in which plants space out the pores through which they breathe depends on keeping a protein active during stem cell growth, according to John Innes Centre scientists.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists discover molecular defect involved in hearing loss

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have elucidated the action of a protein, harmonin, which is involved in the mechanics of hearing. This finding sheds new light on the workings of mechanotransduction, the process ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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A new twist on surface tension

(PhysOrg.com) -- On a mission to manipulate microscale structures of materials, researchers engineer new methods of controlling surface tension.

Physics / Soft Matter

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Scientists paint new picture of dance between protein and binding partners

Using a blend of technologies, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have painted a new picture of how biochemical information can be transmitted through the modification of a protein. Previously, ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A dance of aerosols: Study shows plant-sourced particles pick and choose their partners

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the complex molecular mixer that is the atmosphere, some molecules dance with others and some are wallflowers, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Using a ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Biocomplexity researchers announce multi-scale model of early embryonic development in vertebrates

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Indiana University's Biocomplexity Institute have developed a computational model for the intricate cellular dance that occurs during the earliest stages of animal development ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Observed 'live': Water is an active team player for enzymes

In biologically active enzyme substrate compounds, as can be found in medicines, water plays a more decisive role than has been imagined up to now. The surrounding water acts like an "adhesive", in order to keep the substrate ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests methylation and gene sequence co-evolve in human-chimp evolutionary divergence

Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and the University of Southern California (USC) today published the first quantitative evidence supporting the notion that the genome-wide "bookmarking" of DNA with methyl ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Green gasoline comes closer to fueling your car

The backbone of our energy infrastructure is carbon-based fuel. In the form of oil, coal and natural gas, carbon compounds run our cars, heat our homes and cook our food. For reasons of energy security and ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Material created at Purdue lets electrons 'dance' and form new state

A team of Purdue University researchers is among a small group in the world that has successfully created ultrapure material that captures new states of matter and could have applications in high-speed quantum ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jul 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Common drugs initiate a molecular pas de quatre at the surface of the cell membrane

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are popular drug targets, accounting for about one-third of approved drugs and many hundreds of drugs currently in development. They act as molecular switches that transduce extracellular ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The biology behind alcohol-induced blackouts

(Medical Xpress) -- A person who drinks too much alcohol may be able to perform complicated tasks, such as dancing, carrying on a conversation or even driving a car, but later have no memory of those escapades. ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast


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