molecular biology

Military

DARPA looks to slow biological time to save lives on the battlefield

Nick Lavars March 4, 2018

DARPA is kicking off a new research program aiming to explore how molecular biology could be used to slow the speed of living systems, thereby extending the window for treatment after a traumatic injury and increasing the wounded's chances of survival.

DARPA hopes to reduces casualties on the battlefield by interfering with the body's molecular processes

Biology

Polarized lasers zap dyed DNA into super resolution

David Szondy June 21, 2016

A team of scientists at Stanford University have built on a technique called "single-molecule microscopy" to see just how DNA-bound dye molecules orient themselves, flop around and glow in the presence of polarized laser light.

Diagram showing the orientation of dye markers in a DNA strand