News articles tagged with 'vesicle'
Clay-armoured bubbles may have formed first protocells
— 7 Feb 2011 15:07 | ChemistryA team of applied physicists at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), Princeton, and Brandeis have demonstrated the formation of semipermeable vesicles from inorganic…
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…
Synapses recycle proteins for the release of neurotransmitters
— 11 Nov 2010 12:17 | HealthNeurones communicate via chemical transmitters which they store in the bubble-like synaptic vesicles and release as required. To be able to react reliably to stimulation, neurones must…
Brain cell communication: Why it's so fast
— 22 Sep 2010 09:46 | HealthBillions of brain cells are communicating at any given moment. Like an organic supercomputer they keep everything going, from breathing to solving riddles, and 'programming errors'…
Liposome-hydrogel hybrids: No toil, no trouble for stronger bubbles
— 10 Jun 2010 10:06 | TechnologyPeople have been combining materials to bring forth the best properties of both ever since copper and tin were merged to start the Bronze Age. In the latest successful merger, researchers…
Scripps Research scientists solve protein structure revealing secrets of cell membranes
— 29 Apr 2010 10:46 | HealthA team of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has discovered the structure of a protein that pinches off tiny pouches from cells'…
NIST, Maryland researchers COMMAND a better class of liposomes
— 29 Apr 2010 09:22 | TechnologyPop a bubble while washing the dishes and you're likely to release a few drops of water trapped when the soapy sphere formed. A few years ago, researchers at the National Institute…
Scorpion venom provides clues to cause, treatment of pancreatitis
— 30 Mar 2010 10:35 | HealthA Brazilian scorpion has provided researchers at North Carolina State University and East Carolina University insight into venom's effects on the ability of certain cells to release…
Neurone connections seen in 3-D
— 23 Jan 2010 09:45 | BiologyA team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, in Germany, led by the Spanish physicist Ruben Fernandez-Busnadiego, has managed to obtain 3D images of the vesicles…
Gene called flower missing link in vesicle uptake in neurones
— 4 Sep 2009 15:21 | HealthAs part of the intricate ballet of synaptic transmission from one neurone to the next, tiny vesicles - bubbles containing the chemical neurotransmitters that make information exchange…