New DNA Computer Assesses Water Quality: Genetic Networks Mimic Electronic Circuits
Genetic networks mimic electronic circuits to perform a range of logic functions. Equipped with a series of eight small test tubes, the device glows green…
Genetic networks mimic electronic circuits to perform a range of logic functions. Equipped with a series of eight small test tubes, the device glows green…
Protein Structure Offers Clues to Drug-Resistance Mechanism A new study sheds light on how a protein pumps toxic molecules out of bacterial cells. MIT chemists…
Engineered Bacteria Upcycle Carbon Waste Into Valuable Chemicals Bacteria are known for breaking down lactose to make yogurt and sugar to make beer. Now researchers…
Fermented meat snack is helping researchers develop a safe, all-natural food preservative. A traditional Vietnamese meat snack could hold the key to developing a safe…
Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified hundreds of new proteins that could play a role in cystic fibrosis, and which may shed light…
Research team from Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy finds clue to possible extraterrestrial origin of peptides. Researchers from the…
Delivering what has been so challenging to produce, researchers present an engineered analog of tooth enamel – an ideal model for designing biomimetic materials –…
UCLA-led study could have implications for medical and sustainability research. The thought of bacteria joining together to form a socially organized community capable of cooperation,…
Sustainable, natural dye could solve a challenge for the food and textile industries. Plants that secrete colored nectars are part of an exclusive club. To…
A novel hybrid ferritin nanocage with histidine residues shows 1.5 times higher metal ion uptake and improved catalytic efficiency for alcohol production, find researchers from…
Researchers at Université de Montréal have created a nanoantenna to monitor the motions of proteins. Reported last week in Nature Methods, the device is a…
Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering studies hope to find drugs that work against variants. Many treatments for COVID-19 focus on the spike protein that the…
Researchers explored the evolution of metal-binding proteins across billions of years. Addressing one of the most profoundly unanswered questions in biology, a Rutgers-led team has…
Using Only 100 Atoms, Electric Fields Can Be Detected and Changed USC Viterbi researchers create first nano-sized, molecular device potentially capable of sensing and altering…
When scientists discovered DNA and learned how to control it, not only science but society was revolutionized. Today researchers and the medical industry routinely create…
Scientists develop plant-based ‘hairy nanocrystals’ to remove excess chemotherapy drugs from the blood. Millions of people around the globe are affected by cancer each year;…
New simulations reveal the mechanism of action and substrate specificity of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2, a biomarker for cardiovascular disease. Membrane-associated proteins play a vital role…
Shifting transmission of physical stimuli plays key role in cell differentiation. Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered how the sponginess and stickiness of stem…