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Scientists Determine 3-D Structure of Transcription Initiation Complex

An team of Rutgers University scientists led by Richard H. Ebright and Eddy Arnold has determined the three-dimensional structure of the transcription initiation complex, the key intermediate in the process by which cells read out genetic information in DNA.

19 Oct 2012

ORNL Researchers Report Edges of Silicon Nano-Ribbons as Magnetic

Nano-ribbons of silicon configured so the atoms resemble chicken wire could hold the key to ultrahigh density data storage and information processing systems of the future.

18 Oct 2012

Protea Biosciences Dedicates New Mass Spectrometry Imaging Center in West Virginia

Protea Biosciences, a leading developer of products and services for biomolecular analysis, announced today at the 2012 AAPS (American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists) Annual Meeting, the opening of a dedicated Mass Spectrometry Imaging Center (MSIC).

18 Oct 2012

Researchers Track Kinematics of MEMS Device for First Time

Makers of minuscule moving machines—the kind being eyed for nanomanufacturing and assembly as well as other uses—do you know where your micro- and nanorobots really are?

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 17 Oct 2012

Graphite Demonstrates Negative Coefficient of Friction at Nanoscale

If you ease up on a pencil, does it slide more easily? Sure. But maybe not if the tip is sharpened down to nanoscale dimensions. A team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has discovered that if graphite (the material in pencil "lead") is sticky enough, as measured by a nanoscale probe, it actually becomes harder to slide a tip across the material's surface as you decrease pressure—the exact opposite of our everyday experience.

From National Institute of Standards and Tech (NIST) 17 Oct 2012

Nanoparticle Sampler Developed With RJ Lee Group

RJ Lee Group, Inc. materials characterization laboratory and industrial forensics consulting firm joined forces with Colorado State University Associate Professor Dr. John Volckens, to help commercialize a prototype device for measuring nanoparticles in the air.

From RJ Lee Group Inc. 15 Oct 2012

Researchers Build Nanoscale Electric Transformer Using One-Atom-Thick Crystals

In a report published in Nature Physics, a group led Dr Leonid Ponomarenko and Nobel prize-winner Professor Andre Geim has assembled individual atomic layers on top of each other in a desired sequence.

15 Oct 2012

New Wiggler Beamline for X-Ray Synchrotron Footprinting to Probe Protein Structures

Led by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Mark Chance, PhD, director of the Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has been awarded $4 million for work with the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York.

15 Oct 2012