Researchers, in collaboration with University College London and the Fritz-Haber Institut in Berlin, created the first moments of water condensing on matter –…
Ribosomal RNA sequence changes have been ticking away like clockwork for over 3 billion years, maybe even pre-dating the origin of the DNA world itself….
Their research shows that growing duckweed on hog wastewater can produce five to six times more starch per acre than corn, according to researcher Dr. Jay…
Waterdogs, they're called, these larvae of tiger salamanders used as live bait for freshwater fishing.With tiger salamander larvae, anglers hope to catch…
That threat is underscored in a new study from geneticists led by Jennifer Schmidt, University of Illinois at Chicago associate professor of biological…
Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has developed the first tri-continuous mesoporous material using a unique surfactant template….
Niacin, also known as nicotinic acid or vitamin B3, has long been regarded as one of the most effective weapons in managing cholesterol. It can lower levels of…
Known as desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (DESI-MS), the technique for the first time allows researchers to study unique chemical activity…
A new study published in the open access journal BMC Medicine details the first research focused on human muscle tissue atrophied due to a genetic condition,…
Scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a gene that protects PTEN, a major tumor-suppressor that is reduced but…
For the first time they used mechanical forces to control catalytic activity – one of the most fundamental concepts in chemistry. This allowed them to initiate…
Yet, as of today, thanks to a study just published in the Proceedings of the National Accademy of Sciences (PNAS) and authored by Nobel Laureate for Medicine…
Techniques scientists currently use to image these transporters of genetic information within cells have several drawbacks, including the need for synthetic…
These are the findings of two major studies into the commercialisation and adoption of stem cell therapy carried out by researchers at The University of…
In a large genome-wide association study the researchers scanned the genomes of more than 9600 participants from Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.”Our…
When a fertilized ovum is to grow into a viable organism during its embryonic development, one of the things the cells need to know is where left and right…