Science news articles about 'unexpected properties'

... 's surface. They report in the journal Nature Geoscience the materials exhibit rare and unexpected atomic properties that might influence how heat is transferred within Earth's mantle, how columns of ...

... conserved nature of the Rickettsia type IV secretion system, informatics analysis revealed some unexpected properties, including gene duplication of nearly half of its components. Gene duplication is ...

... of Technology, the University of Bayreuth, and Arizona State University report unexpected properties of ferropericlase, which is presumably the second most abundant mineral of the lower mantle. "The ...

... of a single gene amongst thousands of genes. Professor Milner said: "Our approach is now revealing unexpected properties for certain genes including JNK2. We have also studied JNK2's close relative ...

Metals are opaque: they reflect light almost completely. For that reason they are utilized as mirrors; as films deposited onto a glass -- you find them in any bathroom. If the metal film is very thin ...

... activities of N-HR-targeting fusion inhibitors. These unexpected properties of HIV-1 fusion inhibitors are a consequence of the short time interval these drugs have to work. The N ...