This process is controlled by a group of enzymes called protein kinases that – working together and separately – modify the structure of proteins, changing…
Cells don't all act in a uniform fashion, as was previously thought.”Think of cells as musicians in a jazz band,” said Markus Covert, PhD, assistant professor…
Since Siemens Water Technologies opened its global R&D center in Singapore in 2007, the company has been developing innovative technologies and processes that…
“There will undoubtedly be a lot of interest in Sweden, and definitely in Japan once these discoveries become known there,” says Henrik Sundberg, who conducted…
Helicobacter pylori is one of the most common bacterial infections in the world, and leads to chronic inflammation of the stomach. While carriers are generally…
That didn't happen. Now, a University of Florida scientist is among a team of physicists to help explain why.In a paper set to appear Sunday in the online…
The nanotube biosensor proved capable of detecting human ferritin, the primary iron-storing protein of cells, and E7 oncoprotein derived from human…
An intervention in middle schools lowered the obesity rate in students at highest risk for type 2 diabetes, those who started out overweight or obese in sixth…
The surprise discovery could lead to simple dietary solutions and possible therapeutics for the disorder known as gestational diabetes, which if untreated, has…
The findings are published in the journal CANCER. “The findings add another layer of evidence suggesting that statins may have an important role in slowing the…
A one-time tillage has no adverse effects on yield or soil properties on no-till land, according to field research conducted at the University of…
In a paper published in the June 27 issue of Nature Physics, University of lllinois chemistry professor Kenneth S. Suslick and former student David Flannigan,…
Sandia’s Small Business Utilization Department has produced a brochure, “Sandia National Laboratories Economic Impact on the State of New Mexico,”outlining the…
The multi-year, multi-investigator synthesis of available data caps a five-year effort known as the Freshwater Integration study (FWI), funded by the National…
Thomas Bobik, professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, invented a process for manufacturing isobutene (isobutylene) by identifying a new,…
The results of the study, which also located two other leaf traits in the white-clover genome, were reported in the July/August 2010 edition of Crop Science,…