As global demand for energy and materials grow while our dependence on petroleum and fossil fuels declines, it is necessary to revolutionize the way we make new materials. Machine learning provides several avenues for ...

The study of biological nitrogen fixation carried out by the nitrogenase enzyme is of scientist interest in order to propose alternatives to the high-energy Haber Bosch process performed industrially. Nitrogenase contains ...

Transcription Factors (TFs) are key players in orchestrating diversified transcriptomes across cell types. Known to function in co-operative pairs, TFs are dynamic and hard to be experimentally captured in motion. With an ...

Site-specific recombinases (SSRs) have the potential to serve as ideal genome editing agents because they catalyze precise and efficient DNA strand exchange, but their innate specificity limits their applicability to a ...

Nicotinamide N-methyltransferase (NNMT) is a metabolic enzyme responsible for the methylation of nicotinamide (NAM) using cofactor S-adenosylmethionine (SAM). NNMT overexpression has been linked to diabetes, obesity, and ...

The observation that the cellular machinery comprised of DNA, RNA, and proteins is more or less preserved across all terrestrial life evokes the thought that all life may stem from a unified origin. One of the many theories ...

Utilization of thin, flexible, and conductive wires that are twisted in a bundle has significantly improved the performance of communication devices operating at MHz frequencies. For GHz frequency applications, available ...

In this thesis, we use laboratory experiments and millimeter telescope observations to explore the origins of organic complexity in star- and planet-forming regions. The laboratory experiments presented here test new ...

The electronic and steric factors that enable the isolation of open-shell iron dipyrromethene compounds containing ligand-centered radicals were explored. In addition to isolating these complexes, the relationship between ...

Tropopause-penetrating convection in the midlatitudes can induce ozone loss in the lower stratosphere through its unique ability to transport boundary layer air and moisture directly into the lower stratosphere, bypassing ...