Imagine a microscopic locomotive moving back and forth along a track, propelling itself without any external force. At the ...

The Speed Bottleneck “Natural motor proteins play essential roles in biological processes, with a speed of 10-1000 nm/s. Until now, artificial molecular motors have struggled to approach these speeds, ...

While six years ago they found that these so-called SMC motor proteins make long loops in our DNA, they now discovered that these motors also put significant twists into the loops that they form.

Researchers at the Kavli Institute of Delft University of Technology and the IMP Vienna Biocenter have uncovered a new characteristic of the molecular motors that organize our chromosomes. Previously, ...

Vicki Suire of Nederland, a 17-year breast cancer survivor, was one of many survivors celebrated during the Gift of Life “Take Out Breast Cancer” drive-thru luncheon at Philpott Motors Thursday.

Molecular motors move in response to an imbalance between concentrations of fuel and waste molecules. Here, the authors simulate such non-equilibrium conditions to characterize a model motor’s ...

Ben Feringa, Nobel LaureateUniversity of GroningenHost: Jonathan Kuo (863-2167) "The Art of Building Small from Molecular Switches to Motors"Abstract: The fascinating molecular motors and machines ...

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Long-distance transport is a fundamental process of life from single cell amoeba to multicellular animals. Cells have a highly organized and efficient microtubule-based transport system referred to as ...

NEW ORLEANS, March 19, 2024 — At first glance, Rabih O. Al-Kaysi’s molecular motors look like the microscopic worms you’d see in a drop of pond water. But these wriggling ribbons are not alive; ...

Protein-based molecular motors are essential for life. Now, meet 'The Lawnmower' – the first synthetic motor modeled that propels itself by harnessing the energy it creates as it cuts through ...