ClpB, an ATP-fueled protein molecular machine, disentangles and reactivates aggregated proteins. By using high-speed atomic force…
Month: June 2018
Critically endangered Singapore freshwater crab lives in genetically isolated populations
Researchers from NUS and National Parks Board (NParks) have established that the critically endangered Singapore freshwater…
The right squeeze for quantum computing
A new theoretical model involves squeezing light to just the right amount to accurately transmit information…
A 3-D printer that can print data sets as physical objects
A team of researchers from MIT and Harvard University has come up with a way to…
Hospital superbug uses tiny sticky fingers to infect medical tools and devices
The antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bacterium is one of the most globally harmful bacteria that causes nosocomial…
Dolphin algorithm could lead to better medical ultrasounds
Millions of years of evolutionary fine-tuning have made dolphins phenomenally good at using echolocation to orient…
Team develops highly stretchable hydrogels for high resolution multimaterial 3-D printing
Hydrogels, hydrophilic networks of polymeric chains capable of retaining a large amount of water, have been…
Nanoplastics accumulate in marine organisms and may pose harm to aquatic food chains
Plastic nanoparticles, tiny pieces of plastic less than 1 micrometre in size, could potentially contaminate food…
Prototype nuclear battery packs 10 times more power
Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Technological Institute for Superhard…
Study expands possibilities for treating neurological diseases
Researchers in Japan have gained valuable insights into 'stress granules'—clumps of RNAs and proteins that form…