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Graphene Nanopores Can Read Off DNA Sequence

A team of researchers from Delft University of Technology announces a new type of nanopore devices that may significantly impact the way we screen DNA molecules, for example to read off their sequence.

12 Jul 2010

CIMIT Prize Awarded to Project Using DNA Nanobarcodes for Clinical Diagnoses

Imagine finding out before you leave the pediatrician's office if your child has strep throat, or even something more serious requiring a different treatment. A novel application for applying DNA "nanobarcodes" in a clinical assay could help primary-care physicians quickly and more accurately determine what's causing a patient's acute pharyngitis from an easy throat swab.

9 Jul 2010

Argonne Wins Two R+D 100 Awards for Breakthroughs in Protein Crystallography and Nanotechnology Research

Two innovative technologies that enhance the ability to study nanomaterials and large biological proteins have won R+D 100 awards, regarded as the "Oscars of invention," for the U.S. Department of Energy's ...

From Argonne National Laboratory 8 Jul 2010

The Crystal Structure of Ribose Finally Revealed

D-Ribose is just a small molecule – but an extremely important one for us life forms. It is astounding that the crystal structure of ribose is not included among the over 500,000 structures that have been solved. After all, ribose is a fundamental building block of ribosomes, the “protein factories” of cells. A Nobel Prize was awarded in 2009 for studies of the structure and function of ribosomes.

8 Jul 2010