Mar 28, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Metallurgy has advanced society for millennia. The earliest metal used by humans was copper. Fast forward 10,000 years, and now we’re using metals to meet essential global-energy demands. This is because many of the proposed clean-energy solutions hinge on the ability to understand and predict...
Unprecedented videos show RNA switching ‘on’ and ‘off’ (w/video)
Mar 28, 2022 (Nanowerk News) Similar to a light switch, RNA switches (called riboswitches) determine which genes turn “on” and “off.” Although this may seem like a simple process, the inner workings of these switches have confounded biologists for decades. Now researchers led by Northwestern University and the University at...