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Life & Chemistry

Some cells don't know when to stop

New imaging techniques allowed scientists to see for the first time that while chemotherapy drugs shut down the DNA replication process of most cancer cells,…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA sees sun's 2 Prominence Eruptions

The red-glowing looped material is plasma, a hot gas made of electrically charged hydrogen and helium. The prominence plasma flows along a tangled and twisted…

Environmental Conservation

Beargrass: A Key Plant for Ecology and Economy in the West

Beargrass is an ecologically, culturally, and economically important plant in the Western United States and, for the first time, landowners, managers, and…

Life & Chemistry

Eating Estrogenic Plants Affects Monkey Hormones and Behavior

A red colobus monkey prepares to munch on the bark of Eucalyptus grandis , a non-native estrogenic tree in Kibale National Park. Greater consumption of…

Medical Engineering

New Breast Screening Technology Boosts Diagnostic Accuracy

“This is the first major advance in breast imaging and breast cancer screening since the development of breast MRI,” said lead researcher Elizabeth A….

Life & Chemistry

New coronavirus related to viruses from bats

Researchers studied the genome of the HCoV-EMC/2012 virus in detail to learn about its relatedness to other viruses and about possible sources. The results of…

Studies and Analyses

'Obese but happy gene' challenges the common perception of link between depression and obesity

McMaster scientists have uncovered evidence that the gene FTO – the major genetic contributor to obesity – is associated with an eight per cent reduction in…

Environmental Conservation

Dry Leaves Make for Juicy Science

“Our simple observation that leaves shrink when they dry out has very important consequences for our understanding how ecosystems work,” said Benjamin Blonder,…

Science Education

New Network Connects European Researchers in Brazil

At the same time, cooperations with the host country are to be encouraged and contacts established for Europe as a research location. With Brazil, the network…

Technology Offerings

Microtiterplate Innovation: Advancing Fed-Batch Fermentation

A novel fermentation method for fed-batch operating

conditions, based on microtiterplates (MTPs) was developed at the Dept. of Biochemical Engineering, RWTH…

Technology Offerings

CK2 Inhibitors – New CK2 Kinase Inhibitors for antineoplastic drugs and diagnostics

Beside cardiovascular diseases, malignant tumours take

the second place in cause of human death. Neoplastic
…

Technology Offerings

Diabrux – Device and fully automated evaluation for the quantitative diagnosis of bruxism

The invention discloses a device for the quantitative diagnosis of bruxism. Thus allowing to determine the degree of bruxism activity. The device is based on a…

Technology Offerings

“SiBiCos” – New Silica Biopolymer Hybridmaterials and Composites

Immobilisation of biomolecules and cells within polymer matrices has gained considerable importance in various fields of biotechnical processes. Such…

Technology Offerings

New Cyclohexane Compounds Activate glmS Riboswitch Antibiotics

Cyclohexane compounds and their use as antibiotics

Invention
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Technology Offerings

New Recombinant Production of Design Rhamnolipids – Optimized Biosurfactant Fermentation Process

Biosurfactants have attracted increasing interest since they show a number of advantages over surfactants of petrochemical origin in terms of ecological…

Technology Offerings

“PCGP” – Polymer-Conjugate Technology for the Rapid Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Glycopeptides

Glycosylation is known to play a key role in numerous biological and biochemical functions such as, e.g. protein folding, cell-cell communication, cellular…

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