News articles tagged with 'structure' (Page 2)
Plants that can move inspire new adaptive structures
— 20 Feb 2011 16:30 | TechnologyThe Mimosa plant, which folds its leaves when they're touched, is inspiring a new class of adaptive structures designed to twist, bend, stiffen and even heal themselves. University…
Residual dipolar couplings unveil structure of small molecules
— 18 Feb 2011 18:41 | ChemistryThe team of Professor Burkhard Luy from KIT and Junior Professor Stefan F. Kirsch from the TUM has now shown for the first time that certain NMR parameters, the so-called residual dipolar…
Plankton inspires creation of stealth armour for slow release microscopic drug vehicles
— 31 Jan 2011 16:25 | BiologyThe ability of some forms of plankton and bacteria to build an extra natural layer of nanoparticle-like armour has inspired chemists at the University of Warwick to devise a startlingly…
DNA caught rock 'n rollin'
— 29 Jan 2011 18:25 | BiologyDNA, that marvellous, twisty molecule of life, has an alter ego, research at the University of Michigan and the University of California, Irvine reveals…
Vitamin D deficiency alters lung growth and decreases lung function
— 29 Jan 2011 17:43 | HealthPreviously linked to the severity of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in humans, vitamin D deficiency has now been shown to alter lung structure and function…
Stretching the truth: JILA biophysicists help unravel DNA stretching mystery
— 21 Jan 2011 20:11 | BiologyUsing a new experimental test structure, biophysicists at JILA have unravelled part of a 15-year mystery in the mechanics of DNA - just how the molecule manages to suddenly extend to…
Unfolding amyloid secrets
— 21 Jan 2011 18:53 | HealthScientists from the University of Leeds have made a fundamental step in the search for therapies for amyloid-related diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and diabetes mellitus.…
Triblock spheres provide a simple path to complex structures
— 20 Jan 2011 16:40 | TechnologyUniversity of Illinois materials scientists have developed a simple, generalisable technique to fabricate complex structures that assemble themselves…
A nanoscale rope, and another step toward complex nanomaterials that assemble themselves
— 20 Jan 2011 16:13 | TechnologyScientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have coaxed polymers to braid themselves into wispy nanoscale ropes that approach…
Columbia University uses technological innovation to study bone structure
— 16 Jan 2011 20:33 | HealthA team of researchers at Columbia Engineering and Columbia University Medical Centre announced today the results of the first study comparing bone structure in Chinese-American women…