Wen Jiang, an assistant professor of biological sciences at Purdue, led a research team that used the emerging technique of single-particle electron…
Acrylamide is a naturally occurring chemical that occurs when starch rich foods are cooked at high temperatures, such as frying, baking, grilling or roasting.There has been growing concern that acrylamide – found in a wide range of foods – may be harmful to health and may cause cancer in animals. …
Epigenetic regulation – modifications to the structure of chromatin that influence which genes are expressed in a cell – is a key player in embryonic…
They have isolated the molecular ‘weapons’ of the bacterium and are now assessing ways to make the bacterium impotent.Scientists in the University’s Department…
The process — which uses high pressure environments to investigate the chemical structure and make-up of a sample — has been refined and developed at the…
Biofilms produced by organisms can enable them to become attached to surfaces of medical devices placed in the body, such as prosthetic joints, catheters,…
Psychologists at the University of Edinburgh working with researchers at Queensland Institute for Medical Research in Australia found that happiness is partly…
The report is the latest finding in the Einstein researchers’ ongoing search for genetic clues to longevity through their study that by now has recruited more…
Biologists examining ecosystems similar to those that existed on Earth more than 3 billion years ago have made a surprising discovery: Viruses that infect…
The method is providing fresh insights into what happens on a molecular level during photosynthesis. It also promises to provide important information about…
New research by Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators provides a physical basis for this phenomenon, which may have profound implications for the…
One of the four ingredients in the genetic recipe that scientists in Japan and the U.S. followed last year to persuade human skin cells to revert to an…
Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and the University of California, San Francisco have identified for the first time how…
Holger Schulze and his team found a surprising answer: the auditory system can discriminate voices according to their time structure. Only signals from the…
In a new study, published March 5 in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, the researchers calculate that the impact of symptoms associated…
Butterflies and moths are well known for their striking metamorphosis from crawling caterpillars to winged adults. In light of this radical change, not just in…
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