News articles tagged with 'structures'
UCLA researchers determine toxic levels of Alzheimer's clusters in brain
— 12 Aug 2009 10:56 | HealthScientists have long suspected that Alzheimer's disease (AD) is caused by a small protein called the amyloid beta-protein (Abeta). This protein clumps or binds to itself, eventually... — full story
Discovery to aid study of biological structures, molecules
— 12 Aug 2009 10:36 | BiologyResearchers in the United States and Spain have discovered that a tool widely used in nanoscale imaging works differently in watery environments, a step toward better using the instrument... — full story
NYU chemists discover twisted molecules that pick their targets
— 11 Aug 2009 11:11 | ChemistryNew York University chemists have discovered how to make molecules with a twist - the molecules fold in to twisted helical shapes that can accelerate selected chemical reactions. The... — full story
Navigating in the ocean of molecules
— 8 Aug 2009 15:15 | BiologyTracking down new active agents for cancer or malaria treatment could soon become easier - thanks to a computer program with which researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular... — full story
Scientists unlock optical secrets of jewel beetles
— 23 Jul 2009 18:00 | BiologyA small green beetle may have some interesting lessons to teach scientists about optics and liquid crystals - complex mechanisms the insect uses to create a shell so strikingly beautiful... — full story
Rensselaer researchers to participate in seismic test of 7-story building
— 10 Jul 2009 14:43 | TechnologyA destructive earthquake will strike a lone, wooden condominium in Japan next week, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Michael Symans will be on site to watch it happen... — full story
Nano measurement in the 3rd dimension
— 6 Jul 2009 14:09 | TechnologyFrom the motion sensor to the computer chip - in many products of daily life components are used whose functioning is based on smallest structures of the size of thousandths - or even... — full story
Unexpectedly long-range effects in advanced magnetic devices
— 1 Jul 2009 17:27 | TechnologyA tiny grid pattern has led materials scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Institute of Solid State Physics in Russia to an unexpected finding... — full story
New fabricated material changes colour instantly in response to external magnetic field
— 17 Jun 2009 02:59 | TechnologyA research team led by a chemist at the University of California, Riverside has fabricated microscopic polymer beads that change colour instantly and reversibly when external magnetic... — full story
'Disordered' amino acids may have an unexpected biological role
— 27 May 2009 12:10 | HealthSections of proteins previously thought to be disordered may in fact have an unexpected biological role - providing certain proteins room to move - according to a study published by... — full story