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How Simple Molecules Took First Step Toward Life
Two Brookhaven researchers developed theoretical model to explain the origins of self-replicating molecules Nearly four billion years...
Jul 28, 20155 min read
Squares, triangles, circles: regardless of their form, bacteria can figure out where to split (... w
The E.coli bacterium, a very common resident of people’s intestines, is shaped as a tiny rod about 3 micrometers long. For the first...
Jun 22, 20153 min read
Alternative routes to immortality
Every time a cell divides, the ends of chromosomes – the threads of DNA residing in the nucleus – shorten a bit. Once the chromosome...
Jun 17, 20153 min read
Control of Light with DNA-Nanoparticle Crystals
DNA enables one to precisely place nanoparticles into periodic structures (called “superlattices”) in two or three dimensions as either...
Jun 11, 20152 min read
UCLA researchers discover molecular rules that govern autoimmune disorders
An international team led by researchers at UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and California NanoSystems...
Jun 9, 20152 min read
Who needs water to assemble DNA? Non-aqueous solvent supports DNA nanotechnology
Scientists around the world are using the programmability of DNA to assemble complex nanometer-scale structures. Until now, however,...
May 28, 20154 min read
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