New Technique Allows to Fine-Tune DNA Origami
DNA origami is more promising than ever thanks to the work of Hao Yan’s team from Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute. Their innovative technique allows...
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Accurate and Simple Elastic Model of RNA Dynamics
Researchers from the Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) in Trieste, Italy have found a simple but accurate method to study RNA dynamics. In...
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A Window With a View of a Live Brain
A group of researchers from Johns Hopkins University have found a way to follow brain activity in real time. Through a small window in a...
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Plants Identify Benign Bacteria by Their Exopolysaccharides
Scientists from the Centre for Carbohydrate Recognition and Signalling (CARB) from Denmark and New Zealand and their collaborators from the Centre for Complex Carbohydrate Research...
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Six New Tools for the Study of Protein, DNA and RNA Motifs
Researchers from the University of Queensland, Brisbane and the University of Washington, Seattle launched in 2009 the MEME Suite, a web-based service for the study...
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Discovery of Nanotubes that Mediate Stem Cell Signaling
A new kind of microtubule-based nanotubes has been discovered by scientists at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute and the University of Texas Southwestern...
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