Sentences with phrase «molecular scale level»

In addition, the group has designed a modular DNA - based enzymatic nanoreactor that can be exploited in diagnostics at the molecular scale level.

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In the 1990s the invention of atom - scale carbon cylinders known as carbon nanotubes convinced many scientists that nanotechnology — the manufacture of materials on the molecular level — was poised to revolutionize computing, medicine, and other fields.

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are widely used to study protein motions at an atomic level of detail, but they have been limited to time scales shorter than those of many biologically critical conformational changes.

In a commentary accompanying the first two reports, nanotechnologists Greg Tseng and James Ellenbogen of the MITRE Corporation in McLean, Va., explain that the two groups «are the first to advance molecular - scale electronics fully from the single - device level to the circuit level.»

Essentially an AOP tells a toxicological story in terms of a logical sequence of causally - linked «key events» that occur at different levels of biological organisation, from perturbations at the molecular scale up to effects occurring in a whole organism or a population.

It turns out that the problem is one of scale, he says: It's only at the molecular level that the forces responsible for stopping the flow begin to show up.

Venkataraman says, «This paper talks about how, on the molecular level, the THF affects the energy we see on the macro scale.

But the subtle, molecular - level differences unveiled by the DNA analyses tipped the scale well in favor of species richness for tropical mayflies.

Not only were levels of metabolic compounds different, but the expression of certain genes involved in metabolism was turned up, and the epigenome of the cells — molecular markers on DNA that change gene expression on a broader scale — was altered.

«The study represents an important step towards a better understanding of the molecular - level processes controlling methyl mercury levels in boreal lakes at a global scale.

«The collaboration of scientists with computational skills, others with population genetics and large - scale genomics knowledge, and those with in - depth understanding of gene function and interaction from the molecular to the whole - tree level is a major step forward,» she said.

Dr. Yu's research has evolved to understand interfacial phenomena at the fundamental atomic and molecular level that are relevant to the observed changes across multiple time and space scales in the environment, with implications in biological systems (e.g., biofilm and cell), aerosol, catalysis, and materials.

Ladd - Acosta's research is focused on integrating genome - wide genotyping, genome - scale epigenetic and prenatal environmental exposure data, at a population level, to understand how these factors influence autism risk and to identify biologic pathways that could serve as molecular targets for prevention and intervention efforts.

The authors stressed that their findings, which combine basic science with large - scale analysis of genetic studies, depended on an unusual level of cooperation among experts in genetics, molecular biology, developmental neurobiology and immunology.

Nanotechnology is an inter-disciplinary subject of science, engineering and technology that deals with the contriving of matter at atomic, sub-atomic, molecular level at Nano scale dimensions of 1 - 100nm.

Similarly working alongside scientific processes, Jordan Tate's large - scale, inkjet on fabric prints New Work # 195 and New Work # 194 (both 2014) manipulate scale to an exponential level, harnessing microscopic vision to capture mark making on a molecular level, expanding the field of vision.

The researchers have managed to make the catalysis work at a molecular level, but have yet to demonstrate its effectiveness on a macroscopic scale.