Sentences with phrase «chemical properties designed»

RHPs are composed of four types of monomer subunits, each with chemical properties designed to interact with chemical patches on the surface of proteins of interest.

Not exact matches

«There is abundant evidence of design in the properties of the chemical elements alone,» he argued, especially as they combine to make the unique substance we call water.

By employing state - of - art materials design methods, Dr. Binghai Yan and his collaborators from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany have recently predicted that the oxide compound BaBiO3 combines two required properties, i.e., topological insulator and superconductivity.

Shokat says the presence of this cysteine conveyed certain chemical properties that gave his team a unique handle for drug design.

The group has leveraged expertise in polymer chemistry, polymer physics, chemical engineering and materials science to manipulate the phase behavior, thermal transitions and mechanical and transport properties of block polymers to optimize materials design.

Dorothy Hosler of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology analyzed the chemical composition, design and metallurgical properties of metal artifacts from all three of the sites.

Yale chemistry professor Patrick Holland and his team designed a new chemical compound with key properties that help to explain nitrogenase.

These nonmetallic, nonpolymeric materials are hard, resist heat and chemicals and can be designed to have special electrical properties.

«The chemical diversity found in nature has always been a significant source of inspiration for drug design and development, but although the medicinal properties of plants have been recognized for thousands of years, marine environments remain relatively unexplored,» said Jane Ishmael, Ph.D., associate professor of pharmacology at Oregon State University and the lead author of the new study.

For example, he discusses the silicon - containing BSP3 Polymer, whose design enables control of both the chemical and physical properties of the polymer.

Similarly, South Africa has launched a programme for the creation of centres of excellence that is designed to promote new knowledge and develop collaborative research projects on such critical issues as biomedical treatment for tuberculosis; research and development of strong materials (for example, alloys, metal oxides, ceramics and diamonds that retain their distinctive properties under extreme conditions); the impact of invasive species on biodiversity, ecosystems and tourism; and examinations of chemical catalysis, primarily for the conversion of gas to liquid fuels.

For example, the difference between investigating the chemical properties of a new compound versus designing a marketable drug, or in education, between funding research in neuroscience versus developing that research into instructional resources).

This project is currently in Task 2, which is designed to determine what methods of sampling and analysis are suitable for characterizing the physical and chemical properties of crude oils with vastly differing chemical and physical compositions.

In recognition of the need for improved understanding of crude oil, and especially tight crude oil properties, the Sandia Study was designed to characterize tight and conventional crudes based on key chemical and physical properties and to identify properties that may contribute to increased likelihood and / or severity of combustion events that could arise during handling and transport.

Through four tasks (out of six tasks), the Sampling, Analysis, and Experiment (SAE) Plan, is designed to characterize tight and conventional crudes based on identified key chemical and physical qualities and identify properties that may contribute to increased likelihood and / or severity of combustion events that could arise during handling and transport.

Gail, you point out again that much of chemistry is engineering design and physics, not chemical properties.

Merrick says: August 5, 2010 at 12:28 pm Pamela Gray says: August 5, 2010 at 10:06 am Gail, you point out again that much of chemistry is engineering design and physics, not chemical properties.

Pamela Gray says: August 5, 2010 at 10:06 am Gail, you point out again that much of chemistry is engineering design and physics, not chemical properties.

Subparagraph (b) adds «Munitions and devices, specifically designed to cause death or other harm through the toxic properties of those toxic chemicals»: that is, it includes not just the toxic substances, but also the delivery systems with the proviso that the delivery system is designed to cause harm.

(b) Munitions and devices, specifically designed to cause death or other harm through the toxic properties of those toxic chemicals specified in subparagraph (a), which would be released as a result of the employment of such munitions and devices;