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Enzymes Allow DNA to Swap Information With Exotic Molecules
March 21, 2013 Scientists have been hunting for a biological Rosetta Stone -- an enzyme allowing DNA's four-letter language to be written into a simpler (and potentially more ancient) molecule that may have existed ... > full story -
Quantum Computers Coming Soon? Metamaterials Used to Observe Giant Photonic Spin Hall Effect
March 21, 2013 Engineering a unique metamaterial of gold nanoantennas, researchers were able to obtain the strongest signal yet of the photonic spin Hall effect, an optical phenomenon of quantum mechanics that ... > full story -
Quantum Computers Counting on Carbon Nanotubes
March 21, 2013 Carbon nanotubes can be used as quantum bits for quantum computers. A study by physicists has shown how nanotubes can store information in the form of vibrations. Up to now, researchers have ... > full story -
Scientists Develop Innovative Twists to DNA Nanotechnology
March 21, 2013 In a new discovery that represents a major step in solving a critical design challenge, scientists have produced a wide variety of 2-D and 3-D structures that push the boundaries of the burgeoning ... > full story -
Terradynamics: Technique Could Help Designers Predict How Legged Robots Will Move on Granular Surfaces
March 21, 2013 Using a combination of theory and experiment, researchers have developed a new approach for understanding and predicting how small legged robots -- and potentially also animals -- move on and ... > full story -
Microalgae Could Be a Profitable Source of Biodiesel
March 21, 2013 Dinoflagellate microalgae could be used as a raw material to obtain biodiesel easily and ... > full story -
Novel Insights Into the Evolution of Protein Networks
March 21, 2013 System-wide networks of proteins are indispensable for organisms. Function and evolution of these networks are among the most fascinating research questions in biology. Researchers have reconstructed ... > full story -
New Method May Sharpen Microscopic Images
March 21, 2013 UT Dallas researchers are developing a new low-light imaging method that could improve a number of scientific applications, including the microscopic imaging of molecules in cancer ... > full story -
Molecular Geometry, New Field in the Making
March 21, 2013 Scientists are working towards creating a new field called Molecular Geometry which provides geometrical solutions within the study of ... > full story -
Computerized Mannequin Changes Body Shape and Size
March 21, 2013 At its first glance, the mannequin ‘i.Dummy’ looks no different from an ordinary dummy but it is no plain stuff - this sophisticated mannequin can change its body shape and size or even ... > full story
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