The production of economically relevant and functionally active proteins remains to be a challenge. A convenient way to harvest heterologously expressed…
Biofilms are a versatile class of biocatalysts, as they are able to self-immobilize, to generate high cell density and cell mass, to exhibit resistance against…
It is the first published observational study to evaluate the relationship between statin use and mortality in hospitalized patients with laboratory-confirmed…
In experiments, the researchers showed the system reduced cadmium, copper, and nickel concentrations, returning contaminated water to near or below federally…
A large, international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco has identified the gene that causes a rare…
In the world of insects, high risk of attack has led to the development of camouflage as a means for survival, especially in the larval stage. One caterpillar…
International team of researchers explain the difficulty of detecting quantum effectsAre there parallel universes? And how will we know? This is one of many…
Georgia Health Sciences University scientists have devised a way to reduce lung cancer cells' ability to repair the lethal double-strand DNA breaks caused by…
However, given the vastness of space and the long times between supernovae, astronomers can say with certainty that there is no threatening star close enough…
Most commonly used raw materials in butanol production have so far been starch and cane sugar. In contrast to this, the starting point in the Aalto University…
Seven singing males were observed in Foping and seven more in Changqing National Nature Reserves – which almost equals the total number of individuals observed…
A study recently published in the scientific journal Environmental Research Letters concludes that the collapse of the USSR and the Chernobyl nuclear…
Will a drug used to treat childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia and other pediatric cancers cause heart problems later in life? UB associate professor of…
Early on Dec. 15 when NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed over Tropical Storm Washi, (known as Sendong in the Philippines) there…
Malaria patients are at high risk of developing fatal bacterial infections, especially salmonella infections. This is commonly believed to be due to…
Treatment that increases brain levels of an important regulatory enzyme may slow the loss of brain cells that characterizes Huntington's disease (HD) and other…