Paradoxically, its manufacture involves two other proteins — including one linked to mental retardation — that typically prevent proteins from being made.Previous research already established that long-term memory formation depends on Arc protein, but scientists did not know the mechanism that turned on this process. …
The research, published in the September 15 issue of the Biophysical Journal, shows that when multiple viruses infect a cell, this increases the number of…
Scientists from the Dept. of Plant Physiology in Giessen and the Dept. of Structural Biology in Marburg have made an important step towards understanding how…
The anchovy, sardine and horse-mackerel are three species of great commercial interest to the Basque fishing fleet. However, all three have suffered…
This is the first study to detail the mechanism by which the steroid hormone estrogen spurs cell differentiation and blood-vessel growth in the uterus during…
For the first time ever mathematicians have modelled all the different possible relationships between nutrients and biodiversity in lab-based experimental…
This is the latest of several discoveries that are leading us towards a better understanding of one of the most complex processes in nature – the process of…
The subject of ‘gas bubbles in liquids’ has many applications in industry. Examples include separating oil from water in the oil industry, how ink drops behave…
Such an understanding eventually could lead to the development of new and more effective antiparasitic drugs.Wei Yang is an assistant professor in FSU’s…
Researchers from Manchester Metropolitan University have discovered that standard ultraviolet (UV) light and detection techniques may not show up the minute…
The Asian diet traditionally includes lots of raw fish and shellfish, and diners and restaurateurs are aware of the risks of food poisoning posed by…
“Factories handling raw and processed meat products can become plagued by persistent harmful Listeria monocytogenes bacteria stuck to their work surfaces and…
In the food industry surfaces must be easy to clean. Wear of food contact surfaces through abrasion, cleaning and impact damage increases the surface roughness.
Despite its widespread reports, the brain mechanism underlying eureka is poorly understood. What happens in the brain during that particular moment? Is that…
Scientists from the Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) and Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), under Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and…
Patients given EPO to treat chronic kidney failure had been observed to have improved cognition after starting the drug. “These effects of EPO were thought to…
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