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The Development of Novel Spectroscopic Tools to Probe Free Radical Chemistry in the Troposphere
(2016-05-17)
The oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere regulates both the longwave and shortwave radiation budgets holding our planet in equilibrium. As planetary conditions continue to shi , insights into the oxidation pathways determining ...
Photonics in Low Index Media
(2016-05-18)
Many applications in photonics rely on the ability to confine light in small volumes. This is commonly achieved by utilizing two or more materials with a large refractive index contrast, such as silicon and silicon dioxide, ...
Discovery and Characterization of the Cylindrocyclophane Biosynthetic Pathway
(2016-05-17)
Nature constructs structurally diverse, bioactive molecules using enzymes. Many enzymes catalyze synthetically challenging reactions under mild, physiological conditions. Consequently, they have long been a source of ...
Advanced Physical Techniques in Inorganic Chemistry: Probing Small Molecule Activation
(2016-05-16)
Robust and efficient catalysts are necessary for realizing chemical energy storage as a solution for the intermittency associated with renewable energy sources. To aid in the development of such catalysts, physical methods ...
Understanding and Preventing Disease-Associated Anaerobic Choline Metabolism by the Human Gut Microbiota
(2016-05-17)
The consortium of microorganisms inhabiting the human gastrointestinal tract, our gut microbiota, has an extensive set of metabolic capabilities that directly influence human health. Over the past decade, DNA sequencing ...
Donor-Acceptor Constructs for Optical Oxygen Sensing and Corroles: Photophysics, Electronic Structure, and Photochemistry
(2016-05-17)
Metabolic tumor profiling illustrates the spatiotemporal distribution of key analytes to assess and quantify tumor growth, metabolism, and response to therapy. Since the tumor microenvironment is characterized by hypoxia, ...
Chemical Neurobiology of the Histone Lysine Demethylase KDM1A
(2016-05-18)
Epigenetic mechanisms regulate gene expression and mediate interactions between genetic factors and environmental exposures. The enzymes responsible for epigenetic regulation may thus be important therapeutic targets for ...
Towards Self-Replicating Informational Polymers
(2016-05-16)
The capability to transmit information from generation to generation is an essential feature of life. In all terrestrial life, DNA and RNA contain information in the form of a sequence of monomers and are copied in every ...
A New Active Cell Culture Material for Controlled Cell Micro-Manipulation
(2016-05-14)
Mechanical forces in the cell’s natural environment have a crucial impact on growth and behavior, from single-cell gene expression and cell division to the spatial patterning of complex organ architectures. Few areas of ...
Integrated Stimuli-Responsive Functionalities: From Bioseparation to Dynamic Optics
(2016-05-04)
Nature demonstrates the efficiency of hierarchically integrated components that work in cooperation to produce a variety of useful phenomena in organisms, such as movement or shape change. A key feature of these components ...