Molecular motors are biological nanomachines that convert chemical energy into mechanical work at the molecular level. These highly efficient and specialized proteins are responsible for a wide range ...

The structural design of molecular machines and motors endows them with externally controlled directional motion at the molecular scale. Molecular machines based on both interlocked and non ...

A new study shows the tradeoff between power and efficiency in muscles is governed by proteins that form a molecular tuning ...

His work focuses on the development of novel photochemical switches, molecular machines and photoreactions ... properties of molecular switches and motors. Other research efforts are directed ...

This simple question is still debated. In a study published in Nature, French and English chemists demonstrate how very ...

The Derr lab pursues the biophysical, biochemical, and cell biological mechanisms of the cytoskeletal molecular motors dynein and kinesin. The group studies these molecular machines in two ways: 1) at ...

Their findings challenge the classical dogma that the molecular motor myosin is essential for the movement of mammalian cells. This insight paves the way for new strategies to control cell ...

We developed a single-molecule optical-trapping assay with Ångström-scale stability and resolution in all three dimensions (3D). We are applying these techniques to study DNA-based molecular motors, ...

The last few years have been exciting times for molecular gear-heads like Goldman, researchers who are dedicated to understanding the protein motors that transport material throughout the cell. Using ...

An Iupac committee wants your input to help define the meaning of a molecular machine Chemistry is a universal language. The ...

Myosin is an adenosine triphosphate (ATP)–powered motor protein whose motion along actin filaments generates muscle contractions. The two were trying to reconstitute, in vitro, the basic motility that ...

S cientists from the Kavli Institute of Delft University of Technology and the IMP Vienna Biocenter discovered a new property of the molecular motors that shape our chromosomes. While six years ...