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Nanotechnology adds vital enzyme to water

Nanotechnology adds vital enzyme to waterIf it's so common, why do we need more of it?Mmk, I've never heard of this emzyme, or anybody suffering from a lack of it, so I assume that it's readily available and/or easily created by our bodies.So, do we [b]really[/b] need to add this...

Tags: CoQ10, enzyme, vital enzyme, nanotechnology

Discussion threads 2008-07-27

Filming proteins in action

French researchers have produced a film of proteins at work by freezing them in different states. They made a movie of an enzyme called "superoxide reductase" which is found in bacteria. This enzyme is a protein that catalyses chemical reactions and needs to eliminate some toxic molecules in order to...

Tags: Science &, Nature

Blog posts 2007-04-20

Taming a protein with a nanostring

UCLA physicists have developed a new approach to protein engineering by using molecular strings to control chemical mechanisms. They demonstrated how an enzyme could be physically controlled by a nanodevice -- a molecular spring made of DNA -- attached to it. In fact, they changed the structure of a protein...

Tags: cell, protein

Blog posts 2006-06-15

'Cooking' carbon nanotubes like spaghetti

Scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory PNNL have developed a technique to force a variety of enzymes to self-assemble layer-by-layer on carbon nanotubes CNTs with the help of noodle-like polymer molecules. In "A biosensor layered like lasagna," the researchers say that this technique can be applied to a wide...

Tags: carbon nanotube, nanotube, polymer

Blog posts 2006-04-30

Enzyme-based computers

Enzyme-based computershorseradish peroxidase?* I think NTP has a patent on all horseradish-based computing technologies. Watch out Hebrew University - after they get done thrashing Blackberry, you're next.* "Hey - have you seen my computer?" "Computer? Oops - I put that on my roast beef sandwich."

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Enzyme, computer

Discussion threads 2006-02-24

Enzyme-based computers

Israeli researchers have built a molecular computer using enzymes as logical gates, according to New Scientist. the scientists used "two enzymes -- glucose dehydrogenase GDH and horseradish peroxidase HRP -- to trigger two interconnected chemical reactions." And the enzyme-based computer was able to perform computations using these chemical logic functions....

Tags: computer

Blog posts 2006-02-24

Additional Resources

Kintecus 3.962 (Windows)

This software will model the chemical kinetics and equilibrium of combustion (isobaric/isochoric), nuclear, catalyst reactor CSTR and enzyme reactions. Software can also fit/regress any parameters against chemical data with confidence bands/uncertainty analysis. Can also output normalized sensitivity analysis matrices and compute cluster & metabolic control analysis.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Analysis, Vast Technologies Development

Software downloads 2009-09-06

Sequencher 4.9 (Mac)

Sequencher works with all automated DNA sequencers and is widely known for its lightning-fast contig assembly, short learning curve, user-friendly editing tools, and superb technical support. First released almost 15 years ago, Sequencher is currently used for sequence analysis tasks in every major genomic and pharmaceutical company as well as...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNA, Analysis, Biotechnology

Software downloads 2009-04-01

Obama's Dr. Energy

The nominee for next Energy Secretary faced his Senate hearing today. Dr. Steven Chu, head of the Lawrence Berkeley Lab, has been outspoken in his views on global warming, energy conservation and fossil fuels. For today's purpose, getting confirmed, the Nobel Prize winning physicist tempered some of his...

Tags: Dr., Obama, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-13

Secret of red wine revealed

Secret of red wine revealedDanish studyDana, I'm not disputing their study, but a lot of the "red wine is helpful" buzz came from what is known as "the Danish Study". Denmark has an extremely immobile population where almost everyone drinks and it is almost exactly equal one-third beer drinkers,...

Tags: wine, red wine

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Secret of red wine revealed

It's an enzyme called Aldehyde dehydrogenase. Specifically it's a version of this enzyme designated as ALDH-2. Used to burn off alcohol in the liver, it also acts against toxins released when fats break down during a heart attack. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Study, Wine, Team Management, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-09-12

Is probiotics a scam?

Is probiotics a scam?Is probiotics a scam?Probiotics are not a scam but you do have to know what you are looking for. I was taking a digestive enzyme which had several probiotics in it including acidophilus. It worked fine for me. Will I recommend them to everyone? No...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Probiotics, probiotic

Discussion threads 2008-08-28

Reconstructing Chemical Reaction Networks: Data Mining Meets System Identification

This paper presents an approach to reconstructing chemical reaction networks from time series measurements of the concentrations of the molecules involved. The solution strategy combines techniques from numerical sensitivity analysis and probabilistic graphical models. By modeling a chemical re-action system as a Markov network undirected graphical model, the paper shows...

Tags: Network, Topology, Data Mining, Association For Computing Machinery, Networking

White papers 2008-08-27

We need new sources of Vitamin D

We need new sources of Vitamin DWe need new sources of Vitamin DIf only more people would get out into the sun. I forget the actual amount but I think its like an hour of sunshine a day is good for you but I don't think they quite mean...

Tags: Osteoporosis, vitamin, Vitamin D

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

News to know: Geek sheets; Cuil; Apple; DNS patch

Notable headlines: Jason Perlow: Geek Sheet: A Tweaker's Guide to Solid State Drives SSDs and Linux Gallery: Crucial Micron Solid State Drives My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3i Dana Blankenhorn: The Microsoft way with Apache ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Data Center, DNS, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Domain Names, Video Cards, Linux, Storage, Semiconductors, Networking, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Components, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-07-28

Nanotechnology adds vital enzyme to water

If you're like me, you've never heard about CoQ10 before today. I've discovered that this coenzyme, also known as ubiquinone, is a substance that's found in every cell of our bodies and as vital to our survival as vitamin C. Even if we're able to create our own CoQ10, our...

Tags: Portion, Chemistry, Vitamin, CoQ10, Nanotechnology, Semiconductors, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-07-26

Miniaturized DNA sewing machines

Miniaturized DNA sewing machinesAnd then on the seventh day, He rested...To push the analogy onward, if the "evolution" of gene manipulation is to follow that of industrial design, then next will be submicron weaving machines that allow DNA synthesis, followed by pattern making machines, then dot matrix DNA engines, and...

Tags: Biotechnology, DNA

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Diabetes is also heart disease

Diabetes is also heart diseaseCalling Steve and Bill......where's my USB blood sugar tester? Where's my USB urine tester? Where's my USB E_Coli-tuned portable field analyzer? Quit the mp3 player refreshes and your horning in on the movie bizniz, and get crackin' building some real life-improvment devices, instead...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Diabetes, A1C, Ala

Discussion threads 2008-06-08

From fungus to fuel

An international team of researchers led by some U.S. Department of Energy's research labs has decoded the genetic sequence of a fungus named Tricoderma reesei. The team has found how this organism breaks down plant fibers into simple sugars and how to use this fungus to produce fuel. 'The finding...

Tags: Team, Biofuel, Researcher, T., Team Management, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-05

A Moore's Law for medical breakthroughs

In the world of medical research the chief contribution of this decade has been breaching the wall between organic and inorganic chemistry. Computing has made this possible. It can take a vast amount of computing power to create an enzyme from scratch. Thanks to distributed computing and...

Tags: Rice University, Computing, Moore, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-21