Science news articles about 'opening channels'

... Researchers have now confirmed this with experiments. By shaping the waveform of light, they have succeeded in finding the predicted 'open channels' in material along which the light is able to move.

... , called QX314, and capsaicin, the pain-producing substance in chili peppers. Capsaicin works by opening channels present only in pain fibers to allow the QX314 only into these cells, where it blocks ...

... a specific membrane component, called a receptor. Receptors sometimes act as keys that open channels through a membrane, or they function as signaling molecules, communicating to other components in ...

... ,000 Angstroms. SRNL Researchers G.G. Wicks, L.K. Heung, and R.F. Schumacher have been able to use these open channels to fill the microballons with gas absorbents and other materials. ...

... shaped the waveform of light and confirmed this with experiments. By doing so they have found the predicted ‘open channels’ in material along which the light is able to move. In materials that have ...

... peptides prick pores into brain cell membranes, opening channels where calcium ions can rush in ... effect might be treatable with pore blockers. Ion channel blockers are medications sold today to treat a ...

... as legitimate caregivers. Qualtere-Burcher said creating an open channel of communication isn't easy. " ... from physician friends who say that I'm too open and too supportive," he said. "My answer, to ...