Sentences with phrase «shape of a molecule»

Such protean molecules, he hoped, might form the basis for a new type of memory storage in computers, with different shapes of the molecule representing different bits of data.

Through several years of laborious structural biology to figure out the specific shapes of the molecules involved, the research team has mapped out the structure and function of a protein called RepA, which is crucial to the plasmids» ability to copy its DNA and make a new plasmid.

They have shown that NO oxidises a solution of the compound dihydropyridine, changing the shape of its molecules so that they stack together to form a solid gel — a change that can be seen with the naked eye.

The shape of the molecule still comes into play, Turin says, because it determines the odorant's overall vibrational frequency.

If they know the shape of the molecule's electron cloud they have a better idea how it will react with other molecules, and how to block or enhance its activity.

These findings may, for example, make catalysis — the acceleration of a chemical reaction — faster, more effective, and more sensitive to varying sizes and shapes of molecule.

When the XFEL intensity was cranked up past a critical point, the electrons in the Buckyballs spontaneously re-arranged their positions, changing the shape of the molecules completely.

However, the shape of a molecule can change, for example, through proximity to other molecules, external forces and excitations, and also when a molecule makes a chemical connection with another molecule, for instance in a chemical reaction.

Professor Kaye added: «The research demonstrates the level of control that the shape of a molecule can have on its recognition by our immune system cells.

The SBGrid Consortium provides structural biologists worldwide with access to the software they need to discover the shapes of the molecules of life.

«I like to tell people that my expertise is looking at the shape of molecules and understanding from that what they do and how they work,» she says.

The chemical interactions of water and either chloride or cyanide are influenced by the charge and the shape of the molecules, as well as the temperature in which they find themselves.

In other words, it's the shape of the molecule, not the source.