News articles tagged with 'structure'
Scientists develop brand new class of small molecules through innovative chemistry
— 20 Nov 2011 18:36 | ChemistryInspired by natural products, scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have created a new class of small molecules with the potential to serve as a rich foundation…
Force of acoustical waves tapped for metamaterials
— 6 Apr 2011 18:13 | TechnologyA very simple bench-top technique that uses the force of acoustical waves to create a variety of 3D structures will benefit the rapidly expanding field of metamaterials and their myriad…
Exploring the possibilities for zeolites
— 6 Apr 2011 15:43 | ChemistrySome people collect stamps and coins, but when it comes to sheer utility, few collections rival the usefulness of Rice University researcher Michael Deem's collection of 2.6 million…
How the slime mould gets organised
— 15 Mar 2011 21:05 | BiologyThe so-called cellular slime mould, a unicellular organism that may transition into a multicellular organism under stress, has just been found to have a tissue structure that was previously…
Finding of long-sought drug target structure may expedite drug discovery
— 15 Mar 2011 21:02 | HealthResearchers have solved the three-dimensional structure of a key biological receptor. The finding has the potential to speed drug discovery in many areas, from arthritis to respiratory…
Probing atomic chicken wire
— 5 Mar 2011 13:57 | TechnologyGraphene - a sheet of carbon atoms linked in a hexagonal, chicken wire structure - holds great promise for microelectronics. Only one atom thick and highly conductive, graphene may…
'A little off the top' helps NIST map cells with submicrometre resolution
— 3 Mar 2011 14:20 | TechnologyTo determine if a tissue biopsy reveals the presence of cancer, a histologist often screens for cells with an abnormal appearance or a specific visible trait such as a larger-than-usual…
Iowa State, Ames Lab researchers describe the pump that bacteria use to resist drugs
— 24 Feb 2011 20:56 | HealthA research team led by Edward Yu of Iowa State University and the Ames Laboratory has identified and described two parts of the three-part system that pumps toxins from bacteria and…
Simpler way of making proteins could lead to new nanomedicine agents
— 23 Feb 2011 17:40 | HealthResearchers have developed a simple method of making short protein chains with spiral structures that can also dissolve in water, two desirable traits not often found together. Such…
Earth's core rotating faster than rest of the planet but slower than previously believed
— 21 Feb 2011 17:57 | Geology and palaeontologyNew research gives the first accurate estimate of how much faster the Earth's core is rotating compared to the rest of the planet…