Over the decades X-ray crystallography has been fundamental in the development of many scientific fields. The method has revealed the structure and function of many biological molecules, including vitamins, drugs, proteins and nucleic acids such as DNA.
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By Alla Katsnelson of Nature magazine DNA origami, a technique for making structures from DNA, may be more than just a cool design concept. [More]
Read More »Fast Talk: How A Brooklyn Clothing Label Fights "Fast Fashion"
Meet David Gensler, whose Brooklyn clothing company Serum Versus Venom advocates a return to craft. Read on to learn about the value of a well-made belt, what would've happened if Picasso had tweeted, and how Jay-Z could be the next Oprah
Read More »Delight Your Customers: Map How They Feel
Make sure every interaction you have with your customers inspires a positive emotion.
Read More »How To Find Your Next $140 Million
I recently spent the day with author Andrea Kates, who was challenged to connect the relevance of the working philosophy found in her best-selling book, Find Your Next , with real solutions that can help move businesses forward.
Read More »6 Steps to Define Your ‘True North’
Identifying your businesss one true objective will provide a strong foundation for all strategic decision-making. A few years ago we worked with the new CEO of a consumer packaged goods (CPG) company
Read More »Immortality: The Next Great Investment Boom?
As baby boomers age, they're looking for ways to turn back the clock. Savvy entrepreneurs, scientists, and venture capitalists are getting in on a burgeoning market that some are calling "the Internet of healthcare." There's no denying it : America is getting old.
Read More »Cancer Drugs Affect Mouse Genomes for Generations
By Heidi Ledford of Nature magazine Three common chemotherapy drugs cause DNA mutations not only in mice that receive treatment, but also in their offspring, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA . The results suggest that the genome in treated mice became destabilized yielding new mutations long after exposure to the drugs has ceased. [More]
Read More »Study Fails to Confirm Existence of Arsenic-Based Life
A strange bacterium found in California’s Mono Lake cannot replace the phosphorus in its DNA with arsenic, according to researchers who have been trying to reproduce the results of a controversial report published in Science in 2010. [More]
Read More »Epigenetics: A Turning Point in Our Understanding of Heredity
A DNA molecule that is methylated on both strands on the center cytosine. Christoph Bock, Max Planck Institute for Informatics.
Read More »Generation Flux: Pete Cashmore
Pete Cashmore is the CEO of Mashable. At 19, he founded the tech blog in Scotland, which has grown into a monster site for social news
Read More »Low-cost DNA reader announced: What does it mean for patients?
Two U.S. companies announced Tuesday DNA sequencing machine at target cost of $1,000
Read More »Telomere Length in Birds Predicts Longevity
By Heidi Ledford of Nature magazine Protective caps known as telomeres that help to preserve the integrity of chromosomes can also predict lifespan in young zebra finches ( Taeniopygia guttata ), researchers have found. Telomeres are stretches of repetitive DNA sequence that are found at the ends of chromosomes, where they help to maintain cell viability by preventing the fraying of DNA and the fusion of one chromosome to another
Read More »Yes, Virginia, There Is a Vampire Bat Santa
A spate of animal behavior studies in the past few years underscores that we share a lot with our fellow creatures.
Read More »The Art of the Science Tattoo
It all started with a summer pool party and a Harvard neuroscientist who prefers to be called Bob. Bob--aka Sandeep Robert Datta--was splashing around the pool with his kids when science writer Carl Zimmer noticed an image of DNA inked to his shoulder
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