Researchers design a pulsing nanomotor

Machine measures just one ten-thousandth of a millimeter: An alphabet soup serves as fuel

23-Oct-2023 - An international team of scientists headed by the University of Bonn has developed a novel type of nanomotor. It is driven by a clever mechanism and can perform pulsing movements. The researchers are now planning to fit it with a coupling and install it as a drive in complex machines. Their ...

'Semi-synthetic' bacteria churn out unnatural proteins

19-Jul-2019 - Synthetic biologists seek to create new life with forms and functions not seen in nature. Although scientists are a long way from making a completely artificial life form, they have made semi-synthetic organisms that have an expanded genetic code, allowing them to produce never-before-seen ...

Potential 'missing link' in chemistry that led to life on earth found

08-Nov-2017 - Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a compound that may have been a crucial factor in the origins of life on Earth. Origins-of-life researchers have hypothesized that a chemical reaction called phosphorylation may have been crucial for the assembly of three key ...

Small droplets feel the vibe

10-Oct-2016 - A team of researchers at the University of Bristol have used ultrasonic forces to accurately pattern thousands of microscopic water-based droplets. Each droplet can be designed to perform a biochemical experiment, which could pave the way for highly efficient lab-on-a-chip devices with future ...

Electronic zippers control DNA strands

A research team from NPL and the University of Edinburgh have invented a new way to zip and unzip DNA strands using electrochemistry

22-Apr-2013 - The DNA double helix has been one of the most recognisable structures in science ever since it was first described by Watson and Crick almost 60 years ago (paper published in Nature in 25 April 1953). The binding and unbinding mechanism of DNA strands is vital to natural biological processes and ...

Nanotram

a DNA fragment moves along a self-organized DNA track

28-Sep-2004 - One of the most interesting challenges in the area of nanotechnology is the precise transport of nano-objects from one place on a nanostructure to another by a defined route. Researchers have now begun to overcome this challenge: there are three "stops" on the route of their new nanoscopic ...

BASF and FORTITECH announce joint venture for human nutrition premixes

Joint venture involving the manufacturing, marketing and sales of human nutrition premix products in Europe, Asia, South America and Africa

18-Jun-2002 - - Both companies will focus on core competencies to serve customers better - Deal follows a North American strategic alliance formed in June 2001 At the IFT Food Expo, Anaheim, CA, U.S.A., June 17, 2002, Fortitech, Inc. and BASF announced a joint venture for the manufacture, marketing and ...

MWG-Biotech - Pan® Oligo Sets to make your own DNA chip

21-Aug-2001 - Pan® Oligo Sets is the brand name for MWG-Biotech’s new oligonucleotide sets that enable customers to produce their own oligonucleotide microarrays (DNA chips). The sets are based on the competence and the success of MWG-Biotech’s Pan® Array series of catalogue DNA chips and on the high ...