'Computer-chemistry' yields new insight into a puzzle of cell division
...ds on the protein. Those removals alter electrical charges in a way that allows the protein to pick up other phosphate-containing chemical groups to pass along as part of a molecular bucket brigade. Rudolph initially knew the kinase's and phosphatase's general topographies as well as the locations of their a...New approach to ensure challenges to data access and management don't slow scientific progress
...o to publish articles. The panel notes that these charges hurt both scientists in developing countries and those in wealthier nations as well who would benefit from better information exchange and collaboration. Other data-related challenges identified by the panel include the need for developing common cr...New study weighs impact of open access on scholarly journals
...nding according to Morris. In fact, page charges, charges for color images, reprint charges and other fees for authors are considerably more common among subscription journals, the study found...Jefferson scientists uncover new clues to how crucial molecular gatekeepers work
... through the cell membrane, carrying S4's positive charges with it across the lipid. As in the conventional t... in part because the paddle must move its positive charges all the way across the cell membrane. The conventional theory says that charges move a short distanc...Purdue scientists see biochemistry's future - with quantum physics
...balance one another, just as positive and negative charges do between protons and electrons. Even when you have hundreds of electrons forming an immense cloud around a complex molecule, you still see balance in both charge and spin; we call this balance 'conservation,' and it's something we count on in both ...FSU chemist's ultrathin films promise a multitude of uses
...ytes atop one another," he said. "Their electrical charges cancel each other out, creating a neutrally charged, ultrathin film. The protective seal that is created by such films is much more effective than paints or resins alone at repelling corrosive substances, such as salt or water." Naresh Dalal, chairma...Ossur acquires US orthotics company Royce Medical
... Ossur expects to expense all of the restructuring charges in the third quarter 2005. Key benefits of the acquisition of Royce Medical Acceleration of Ossur's progress toward becoming one of the top players in orthotics Substantial increase in Ossurs scale and presence in the U.S. orthotics market Increa......s. The most striking of these is in the electrical charges on the proteins' surfaces: Charges on the salt-tolerant enzyme are uniformly negative (though not as intensely negative as those in halophilic proteins), while the surfaces of carbonic anhydrases that don't tolerate salt sport a negative/positive/ ne...Biologists see combined structure of cold virus and receptor molecule
...nd some have a negative charge, and these opposite charges can play a critical role in attracting a virus to ...s out the attraction between negative and positive charges on the virus and on the host cell seem to be a dominating feature but not the entire story of the re...Scientists journey to southern Africa to unravel the secret world of elephant communication
...ble to confirm that low-frequency rumbles and mock charges do, indeed, generate measurable seismic waves that travel along the surface of the ground. In 1999, the UC-Davis team developed a mathematical model predicting that low-frequency vibrations have the potential of traveling up to 20 miles in the ground...'Wet' electrons provide easiest way to transport charge, Pitt researchers find
PITTSBURGH--The task of transporting electrical charges between metal-oxide and water phases is critical in such technologies as catalysis, sensors, and electrochemistry. In a paper published in this week's issue of the journal Science, University of Pittsburgh researchers report that "wet" electrons affo...Engineers improve plastic's potential for use in implants by linking it to biological material
...ace of the polypyrrole the way magnets of opposite charges cling together. Yet other peptides containing aspartic acid didn't attach to polypyrrole, leading the researchers to speculate that something contributed by the other amino acids in T59 influenced its 3-dimensional shape in a way that augmented its p...Shirley Malcom of AAAS named to election reform commission
...f these have been marked by controversy, including charges of voter fraud, unreliable voting technology and systematic efforts to discourage or exclude of some voters. The panel is scheduled to hold its first public hearing on 18 April at American University in Washington, D.C.; a second hearing will be conv...Babies born preterm cost businesses big money: Hospital charges estimated at $7.4 billion annually
...es estimates that in 2002, almost half of hospital charges for premature infants, or about $7.4 billion, were billed to employers and other private insurers. This estimate was derived using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. "Premature birth is a serious and ...NIH to investigate Ohio State University spinal injury course
...sponsible Medicine (PCRM) that it will investigate charges by PCRM that Ohio State University has violated federal animal welfare regulations as part of its controversial Spinal Cord Injury Techniques Training Course. The investigation comes in response to PCRM's complaints that OSU ignored federal regulat...Physics team puts new twist on spin hall effect
...etic field. The magnetic field deflects the moving charges to the sides of the conductor, resulting in an observable Hall voltage. The spin Hall effect was first predicted in 1971. Here the moving electrons, which carry with them a tiny magnet called the "spin," collide with impurities and these collisions ...Study is looking at ways to help stroke survivors regain lost motor skills
...ons. Doctors hypothesize that the electrical charges help in one of two ways either by stimulating the growth of new nerve fibers in the area of the brain affected by stroke, or by helping enable other areas of the brain to take over lost functions. The other portion of the study in Chicago is ...