Can genetic information be controlled by light? October 10, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Researchers at Kiel University have succeeded in showing that DNA strands differ in their light sensitivity depending on their base sequences. Their results are reported by Nina Schwalb and colleagues in the current issue ... | |
 A new explosive: Melt-castable nitrate ester with high explosive energy October 10, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Since the discovery of nitroglycerin in 1846, the nitrate ester group of compounds has been known for its explosive properties. A whole series of other nitrate esters have been subsequently put to use as explosives ... | |
Nobel prizewinner describes his chemistry research as ‘a 1970s disco light' October 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Columbia University professor Martin Chalfie called the subject of his Nobel Prize-winning research "a 1970s disco light" that traces the growth of diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's. | |
Promising new material that could improve gas mileage October 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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With gasoline at high prices, it's disheartening to know that up to three-quarters of the potential energy you are paying for is wasted. A good deal of it goes right out the tailpipe instead of powering your car. | |
Research finds drug candidate slows age-related macular degeneration October 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Research results from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine show that the progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is markedly slowed in new laboratory-engineered mice when they received treatments ... | |
Future MP3 players may eat sugar to recharge October 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as humans scoff sugary food to keep energised, so might your future iPod to charge its “bio-battery”. | |
 Atomic-resolution views suggest function of enzyme that regulates light-detecting signals in eye October 07, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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An atomic-resolution view of an enzyme found only in the eye has given researchers at the University of Washington (UW) clues about how this enzyme, essential to vision, is activated. The enzyme, phosphodiesterase ... | |
 Tracking Down the Cause of Mad Cow Disease October 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The cause of diseases such as BSE in cattle and Creutzfeld–Jakob disease in humans is a prion protein. This protein attaches to cell membranes by way of an anchor made of sugar and lipid components ... | |
New Organic Catalyst Should Improve Drug Development, Lower Costs October 03, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists at Oregon State University have developed a new “organocatalyst” that will play a major role in new drug development, greatly reducing costs while making the process more efficient, effective and ... | |
Many receptor models used in drug design may not be useful after all October 02, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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It may very well be that models used for the design of new drugs have to be regarded as impractical. This is the sobering though important conclusion of the work of two Leiden University scientists published in Science ... | |
Amphibian Froth: Unusual linkage pattern in a blue protein found in the foam nests of tropical frogs October 02, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual blue protein called ranasmurfin and found in the foam nests of a Malaysian tree frog has aroused the interest of a team of British, Brazilian, and Malaysian researchers led by Alan Cooper at the ... | |
Scientists 'see' how HIV matures into an infection October 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
After improving the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), researchers at the University of Missouri actually watched the HIV-1 protease mature from an inactive form into an active infection. This process has never ... | |
Researchers create first model for retina receptors September 30, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A team of scientists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center has created the first genetic research model for a microscopic part of the eye that when missing causes blindness. The research appears in a recent ... | |
 Microscopic version of the CT scan reveals secrets of bone formation September 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new version of the computerized tomography (CT) scan, which revolutionized medical imaging during the last 25 years, is giving scientists precious new information about how Mother Nature forms shells, bones, ... | |
Engineers pave way to 'artificial nose' September 29, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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MIT biological engineers have found a way to mass-produce smell receptors in the laboratory, an advance that paves the way for "artificial noses" to be created and used in a variety of settings. | |
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