The researchers, who also include Jakob's former postdoctoral student Michael Gray, screened thousands of molecules to find which of the molecules was stopping the bacteria from producing polyphosphate. This test turned up mesalamine. Spearheaded by professor Duxin Sun in the College of Pharmacy, the...
*Well, carbon makes the most stable, easiest to form, large molecules, that aren't very long monotonous crystalline compounds. Silicon, for example, also forms 4 bonds and makes long chains, but silicon is more likely to form a rock, than a complex molecule. ...
Once the DNA’s nucleotides have been copied, the mRNA can leave the nucleus of the cell and makes its way to the cytoplasm, where protein synthesis takes place. Here, complicated molecules called ribosomes ‘read’ the sequence of bases on the mRNA molecule. Individual amino acids, which ...
Modularity means your program is built like the universe. The world is made of molecules, which are made of atoms, electrons, nucleons, quarks, and (if you believe in them) strings. Likewise, good programs erect large systems from smaller ones, which are built from even smaller building blo...
they argue that chemistry can broaden its explanatory framework and practical capabilities by considering how molecules interact, combine and coordinate to produce functionalities at higher levels of the scale hierarchy. ‘Molecule’ is used not as a tightly-defined way of joining up atoms, but as ...
The atoms that make up the molecules of all matter have a nucleus of neutrons and protons. Orbiting around all of the nuclei areelectronsthat carry a negative charge. The shape of their orbits gives the atoms a directional orientation, and the orbital motion causes a very weak magnetic field...
What chemical structure makes up the cell membrane? What is the semipermeable membrane in all cells? What type of membrane protein is involved in passing ions and polar molecules across membranes? What organelles are membrane sacs used to transport molecules? Which molecules prevent cell membran...
The sand commonly used to make glass is comprised of small grains of quartz crystals, made up ofmolecules of silicon dioxide, which is also known as silica. When those molecules are heated to high enough temperatures, the sand melts and loses its crystalline structure, and as it cools it ga...
Users who have a valid maintenance plan are granted the advantage of receiving regular upgrades at no extra cost. These upgrades encompass not only bug fixes and security patches but also introduce new features and enhancements to improve the overall user experience. By keepin...
What Makes Slime Stretchy? Slime is all about polymers! A polymer is made up of very large chains of molecules. The glue used in slime comprises long chains of polyvinyl acetate molecules (that’s why we recommend PVA glue). These chains slide past one another fairly easily, that keeps the...