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The Human Genome in 3-D

Saturday, October 10th, 2009 - 14:18:55 - Anuradha Menon

Unfurled, the human genome would contain approximately six feet of DNA. Amazingly, all of that length is packed into a cell nucleus about three...

Using RNA to Reprogram to Another Cell Type

Friday, April 17th, 2009 - 16:33:26 - Anuradha Menon

For the past decade, researchers have tried to tweak cells at the gene and nucleus level to reprogram their identity. Now, working on the idea that...

Atomic Nucleus Takes Two Shapes

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 - 18:44:33 - Sarah Gingichashvili

The squashed heart of a sulphur isotope fluctuates between different states. Contrary to some expectations in the world of nuclear physics...

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...

World's Smallest Storage Space

Friday, October 24th, 2008 - 12:49:38 - Anuradha Menon

An international team of scientists recently performed the ultimate miniaturization of computer memory: storing information at the nucleus of an...

Antimatter Bounces Off Matter
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 - Roni Barr
A team of Italian researchers, part of the OBELIX collaboration, used data taken from CERN, the European particle physics...

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Key Patterns in the Packaging of Genes

Saturday, July 12th, 2008 - 12:04:37 - Anuradha Menon

Although every cell of our bodies contains the same genetic instructions, specific genes typically act only in specific cells at particular times...

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