Items tagged with Molecule

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Reversing the Conventional DNA Wisdom Friday, December 5th, 2008 - 12:33:49 - Anuradha Menon The copying of DNA's master instructions into messenger molecules of RNA, a process known as DNA transcription, has always been thought to be a... read more

Sweet Molecule Could Lead Us To Alien Life Wednesday, November 26th, 2008 - 14:37:38 - Anuradha Menon Scientists have detected an organic sugar molecule that is directly linked to the origin of life, in a region of our galaxy where habitable planets... read more

Steering Electrons Using Laser Pulses Friday, November 14th, 2008 - 14:57:31 - Anuradha Menon Theoretical physicist Uwe Thumm and his colleagues Feng He and Andreas Becker not only work with some of the smallest molecules in the universe, but... read more

Red Meat Target for Disease-Causing Bacteria Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 - 14:17:10 - Anuradha Menon Offering another reason why eating red meat could be bad for you, an international research team, including University of California, San Diego... read more

Cholera Turn-On Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 - 10:03:41 - Anuradha Menon An important toxin behind cholera's lethality activates itself by clamping down on a signaling molecule found only in hosts susceptible to the... read more

New Molecular Clue to Evolution Uncovered Saturday, October 11th, 2008 - 18:27:04 - Anuradha Menon A Florida State University researcher who uses high-powered computers to map the workings of proteins has uncovered a mechanism that gives scientists... read more

Bacterial Crisis Command Centre Revealed Sunday, October 5th, 2008 - 12:19:08 - Anuradha Menon A bacteria cell's 'crisis command centre' has been observed for the first time swinging into action to protect the cell from external stress and... read more

Fat Molecule Fights Weight Gain Monday, September 22nd, 2008 - 20:07:53 - Ehud Rattner It could be an ad in a fashion magazine: Miracle fat prevents weight-gain! Researchers aren't promising that, but they do say they've isolated a fat... read more

'Buckyballs' Can Accumulate in Living Tissue Saturday, September 20th, 2008 - 12:08:40 - Anuradha Menon Research at Purdue University suggests synthetic carbon molecules called fullerenes, or buckyballs, have a high potential of being accumulated in... read more

Improving Our Ability to Peek Into Molecules Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 - 13:54:31 - Anuradha Menon It’s not easy to see a single molecule inside a living cell. Nevertheless, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are helping to... read more

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