/channels/news_feeds/all/term/bioengineering/rss en /channels/channels/news/using-dna-strands-design-new-polymer-materials-283461 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>����ֱ�� researchers have chemically imprinted polymer particles with DNA strands – a technique that could lead to new materials for applications ranging from biomedicine to the promising field of “soft robotics.”</p> <p>In a study published in <em>Nature Chemistry</em>, the researchers describe a method to create asymmetrical polymer particles that bind together in a spatially defined manner, the way that atoms come together to make molecules.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/dna-cage.png?itok=rfPrQeun" width="160" height="147" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 19 Dec 2017 15:48:14 +0000 webfull 133657 at /channels /channels/news/same-gene-can-encode-many-proteins-258507 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong><em>By Cynthia Lee, </em></strong><em><strong><a href="/newsroom">����ֱ�� Newsroom</a></strong></em></p> <p>It’s not unusual for siblings to seem more dissimilar than similar: one becoming a florist, for example, another becoming a flutist, and another becoming a physicist.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/thinkstockphotos-164480115.jpg?itok=lpanqZ4m" width="160" height="161" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:07:56 +0000 webfull 115981 at /channels