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Komodo Dragons: New Insights on Their Deadly Bacteria

Some researchers believe that prey are killed by pathogenic bacteria in the dragons' mouths but the new research – published in the latest issue of Proceedings…

Environmental Conservation

First Evidence of Pre-Industrial Mercury Pollution in Andes

University of Alberta Earth and Atmospheric Sciences PhD student Colin Cooke's results from two seasons of field work in Peru have now provided the first…

Business and Finance

Unlocking Insights: The Birth of a Company Through Diaries

With the help of unique electronic diaries, business studies researcher Jaqueline Bergendahl, Lund University in Sweden, has gleaned new knowledge of how the…

Technology Offerings

Allosteric Regulation of AGC and Aurora Protein Kinases

Another new approach to influence protein kinases which is also part of this invention is the allosteric regulation of such enzymes.

A hydrophobe binding site…

Earth Sciences

Arctic River Deltas: Insights Into Future Climate Change

The researchers' study was published in the May 19 edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Sediments deposited in large river deltas around…

Life & Chemistry

Eczema’s Link to Asthma: Key Findings by Researchers

Now scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have uncovered what might be the key to atopic march. They've shown that a substance…

Life & Chemistry

University of Florida Study Unveils First Flower Evolution Insights

But a new University of Florida study, set to appear next week in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is helping shed…

Life & Chemistry

Microorganisms: The Future of Energy for the Grid

“We have been charged to develop the next generation of cellulosic biofuels. When we successfully supply sources of energy to the grid from non-food,…

Life & Chemistry

Biological Link Found Between Tumors and Depression Insights

In a study that could help explain the connections between depression and cancer, researchers at the University of Chicago have used an animal model to find,…

Earth Sciences

First Direct Observations of Biological Particles in Clouds

A team of atmospheric chemists has moved closer to what's considered the “holy grail” of climate change science: the first-ever direct detections of biological…

Physics & Astronomy

Synthetic Catalyst Mimics Nature's 'Hydrogen Economy'

The researchers describe their work in a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, and posted on the journal’s Web site.Scientists have long been puzzled by nature’s ability to use cheap and plentiful building blocks – iron, nickel and sulfur – to achieve the catalytic performance seen in rare and expensive metals. In particular, two enzymes – iron-iron hydrogenase and nickel-iron hydrogenase – function as hydrogen processors, much like platinum….

Health & Medicine

Weight Loss in Seniors Linked to Dementia Risk, Study Finds

For the study, researchers followed for eight years 1,836 Japanese Americans in Washington state with an average age of 72. During that time, 129 people…

Life & Chemistry

How does the human brain work?”

‘Nature’ journals are synonymous with the very best in research. Earlier this year, an article by University of Leicester bioengineer Professor Rodrigo Quian…

Life & Chemistry

Capsules Encapsulated: Advancing Nanobiotechnology Solutions

When cells cannot carry out the tasks required of them by our bodies, the result is disease. Nanobiotechnology researchers are looking for ways to allow…

Life & Chemistry

Sponge-Like Material: 3 Innovative Applications Revealed

Designed by Northwestern University chemists, it can remove mercury from polluted water, easily separate hydrogen from other gases and, perhaps most impressive…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic Links Found for Menstrual Age and Menopause Onset

Newly identified gene variants associated with the age at which females experience their first menstrual period and the onset of menopause may help shed light…

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