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Scientists Find Protein-Building Enzymes Have Undergone Metamorphosis and Evolved Diverse New Functions
work toward their next discoveries The institute's graduate program which awards PhD degrees in biology and chemistry ranks among the top ten of its kind in the nation For more information see www scripps edu ... - Read MoreNew Compound Treats Both Blindness and Diabetes in Animal Studies
and involved 24 researchers working in seven labs labs across four cities ” KIRA6 is the latest in a series of compounds the acronym stands for “Kinase Inhibiting RNase Attenuators that were originally designed and ... - Read MorePlants respond to leaf vibrations caused by insects' chewing
Previous studies have suggested that plant growth can be influenced by sound and that plants respond to wind and touch Now researchers at the University of Missouri in a collaboration that brings together audio and ... - Read MoreNature's Chem Lab: How Microorganisms Manufacture Drugs
all with diverse complementary expertise that enable game changing discoveries like this Håkansson said Skiniotis Sherman and Smith are faculty members in the U M Life Sciences Institute where their laboratories are located and research ... - Read MoreUnmasking viral invaders with mass spectrometry
If you have it you probably don't know it Cytomegalovirus or CMV is perhaps one of the biggest pathogens you've never heard of big both proportionately and epidemiologically It contains approximately 200 genes compared to ... - Read MoreNew details on microtubules and how the anti-cancer drug Taxol works
A pathway to the design of even more effective versions of the powerful anti cancer drug Taxol has been opened with the most detailed look ever at the assembly and disassembly of microtubules tiny fibers ... - Read MoreEnergy-dense sugar battery created
Novel technology reveals aerodynamics of migrating birds flying in a V-formation
Novel technology reveals aerodynamics of birds flying in a V-formation
Polymer coatings based on molecular structures
Living desert underground: In perpetual darkness of limestone cave, surprisingly diverse ecosystem of microbes
Natural products discovery group asks for public's help with citizen science program
Designer piercings: New membrane pores with DNA nanotechnology
A new way to build membrane crossing pores using Lego like DNA building blocks has been developed by scientists at UCL in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Cambridge and the University of Southampton ... - Read MoreGaming technology unravels one of the most complex entities in nature: Computational research unveils secrets in the human carbohydrate bar-code
First step to reduce plant need for nitrogen fertilizer uncovered
Nitrogen fertilizer costs U S farmers approximately $8 billion each year and excess fertilizer can find its way into rivers and streams damaging the delicate water systems Now a discovery by a team of University ... - Read MoreThe Real Reason to Worry About Bees
a condition sometimes termed colony collapse disorder CCD Although honeybees have been doing better in recent years something continues to kill about 1 in every 3 honeybees each year He spoke at a symposium on ... - Read MoreGenome of elastomeric materials creates novel materials
Soil biodiversity will be crucial to future land management and response to climate change
Research by scientists at The University of Manchester and Lancaster shows maintaining healthy soil biodiversity can play an important role in optimising land management programmes to reap benefits from the living soil The findings published ... - Read MoreSeemingly competitive co-catalysts cooperate to accelerate chemical reaction
A new computationally inspired approach has led a team of Boston College chemists to re conceptualize a highly valued catalytic process dramatically increasing the efficiency of a chemical transformation that selectively produces chiral or handed ... - Read MoreWatching molecule movements in live cells
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