Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Mayo Researchers Identify Dangerous 'Two-Faced' Protein Crucial to Breast Cancer Spread and Growth

This is potentially good news, say the researchers, who published their study in the Nov. 17 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology. If this protein — known as…

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BubR1 Mimics Genetic Shuffle in Cancer Cell Division

A study of how one protein enzyme, BubR1, helps make sure chromosomes are equally distributed during mitosis might explain how the process of cell division…

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Cloning Extinct Animals: Reviving Woolly Mammoths from Ice

Many scientists have considered using cloning to resurrect extinct animals frozen in permafrost, such as the woolly mammoth. This has proven to be difficult…

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How Leaf-Cutter Ants Use Farming and Strategy for Survival

Just as farming helped humans become a dominant species, it has also helped leaf-cutter ants become dominant herbivores, and one of the most successful social…

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New Bacteria Found in Raw Milk Spoils Even When Refrigerated

Now scientists have discovered new species of bacteria that can grow at low temperatures, spoiling raw milk even when it is refrigerated. According to research…

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Boosting Laser Devices and Photovoltaics With New Research

“Slowing down the cooling of these electrons—in this case, by more than 30 times—could lead to a better infrared laser source,” said Philippe Guyot-Sionnest,…

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Antibodies Linked to Asthma: Cockroach and Mouse Proteins

The study, published in the November 2008 issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, is the first to focus on the links between antibody…

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Singing in Slow Motion: Exploring Sequential Behaviors

“All our movements, from talking and walking to acrobatics or piano playing, are sequential behaviors,” explained Michale Fee, an investigator in the McGovern…

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Light Activates New Code in Brain Cells for Neural Balance

The discovery opens the possibility that brain chemistry could be selectively altered by stimulating specific circuits to remedy low levels of neural chemicals…

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Sicilian Weed Joins British Genetics: A Remarkable Discovery

The researchers unravelled the remarkable history of an Italian interloper, a close relative of the common British weed Groundsel, that was first brought to…

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Understanding Life’s Origins: Insights from Mars Missions

Günter Von Kiedrowski, of Ruhr Universität Bochum in Germany, described the new and emerging science of complex systems chemistry. The field takes the opposite…

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Unlocking Potential: Organic Nanotubes in Nanoelectronics

Organic nanotubes could make rapid strides as functional nanomaterials in a new approach to nanoelectronics and biomedicine, as they can be made of easily…

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Mysterious Microbe’s Role in Ocean Ecology Uncovered

Zehr said the newly described organism seems to be an atypical member of the cyanobacteria, a group of photosynthetic bacteria formerly known as blue-green…

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New Nanofibers for Scar-Free Healing from Technion Researchers

Spun from a common blood protein, the material could be used to make the thin threads needed for wound sutures, larger dressings for wounds, and other…

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Protein Can Nurture Or Devastate Brain Cells, Depending on Its ‘Friends’

In two separate studies in mice scheduled to appear online this week and in an upcoming issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UT…

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Pumpkin Plants’ Ability to Accumulate Nanoparticles Explored

The laboratory study, which involved pumpkin plants, indicates a possible pathway for nanoparticles to enter the food chain. The research also reveals a new…

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