Items tagged with Molecule

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Tiny Rifts Create Fragility of Brittle Bones Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 - 16:49:50 - Anuradha Menon The weak tendons and fragile bones characteristic of osteogenesis imperfecta, or brittle bone disease, stem from a genetic mutation that causes the... read more

Membrane Breaks Through Performance Barrier Friday, July 31st, 2009 - 16:28:54 - Anuradha Menon Engineers have developed a new method for creating high-performance membranes from crystal sieves called zeolites; the method could increase the... read more

A Near Cure For Muscular Dystrophy Saturday, July 18th, 2009 - 16:33:35 - Anuradha Menon Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) have found a way to block the genetic flaw at the heart of a common form of muscular... read more

Molecule Discovered for Pancreas Development Saturday, July 11th, 2009 - 12:02:46 - Anuradha Menon For years researchers have been searching for a way to treat diabetics by reactivating their insulin-producing beta cells, to no avail. Now, they may... read more

A Camera from a Sheet of Fiber Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 - 09:04:50 - Anuradha Menon Textiles and the fibers that compose them are experiencing a sort of high-tech renaissance lately. Researchers are finding ways to turn silk into... read more

Clues to the Chemical Origins of Life Sunday, June 14th, 2009 - 11:58:49 - Ehud Rattner Chemists in the United States have made an artificial DNA-like molecule that can change its sequence to bind to a DNA template without the help of... read more

Color-Changing Materials React to Force Friday, May 15th, 2009 - 14:49:11 - Anuradha Menon Parachute cords, climbing ropes, and smart coatings for bridges that change color when overstressed are several possible uses for force-sensitive... read more

Molecule of Life Emerges from Slime Thursday, May 14th, 2009 - 14:17:32 - Anuradha Menon Creating life in the primordial soup may have been easier than we thought. Two essential elements of RNA have finally been made from scratch, under... read more

Powering Nano-Sized Machines Friday, April 24th, 2009 - 18:11:20 - Anuradha Menon A new paper published in the May 2009 issue of the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States, Scientific American, asks readers to... read more

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