News articles tagged with 'molecular' (Page 51)
How Candida albicans transforms into life-threatening form
— 5 Oct 2007 06:37 | BiologyResearchers at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research's (A*STAR) Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have discovered new molecular mechanisms that provide a more…
How basil gets its zing
— 3 Oct 2007 02:35 | ChemistryThe blend of aromatic essential oils that gives fresh basil leaves their characteristic warm and sweet aroma is well characterised but not much is known about the enzymatic machinery…
Researchers pinpoint when a cell is ready to reproduce
— 22 Sep 2007 13:39 | BiologyFor more than 100 years, scientists have tried to figure out the cell size problem: How does a cell know when it is big enough to divide? In research conducted in budding yeast (Saccharomyces…
Explosive crystal
— 24 Aug 2007 19:04 | Chemistry300 years after its discovery, the crystal structure and molecular structure of mercury fulminate are determined. Known to the alchemists and long used as a detonator to set off dynamite…
Marine worm opens new window on early cell development
— 3 Jul 2007 02:36 | BiologyUniversity of Oregon biologists studying a common ocean-dwelling worm have uncovered potentially fundamental insights into the evolutionary origin of genetic mechanisms, which when…
Protein sequences converted into classical music
— 16 May 2007 14:00 | BiologyUCLA molecular biologists have turned protein sequences into original compositions of classical music. We converted the sequence of proteins into music and can get an auditory signal…