The research published in the latest issue of Nature Materials shows the importance of cooperative effects in the conduction process. This improved…
For the first time, scientists have directly observed how water lubricates the movements of protein molecules to enable different functions to happen.In a…
Dr Xiaolong Meng of the Bio-Communications Research Institute in Wichita, Kansas, led the research team consisting of scientists from the University of…
Inappropriate activation of a single enzyme, telomerase, is associated with the uncontrollable proliferation of cells seen in as many as 90 percent of all of…
By adding a few modifications to their successful wastewater fuel cell, researchers have coaxed common bacteria to produce hydrogen in a new, efficient way.Bruce Logan and colleagues at Penn State University had already shown success at using microbes to produce electricity. Now, using starter material that could theoretically be sourced from a salad bar, the researchers have coaxed those same microbes to generate hydrogen. …
Many scientists are working feverishly to develop reliable but simple methods for the production of tiny particles with defined size and shape that are covered…
The results are presented by researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy at Göteborg University, Sweden, in the November 2007 issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's…
Election as an EMBO Member is a tribute to the significant contribution to the advancement of science made by each of these researchers. EMBO elects new…
Proteins are commonly tagged using variants of the “green fluorescent protein” (GFP), but these proteins are very large and are often toxic to live cells. They…
Alpha-amanitin is the poison of the death cap mushroom, Amanita phalloides. The Michigan State University plant biology research associate was looking for a…
The researchers say their findings suggest that Smac-mimetic compounds could be useful as targeted cancer treatments for lung and other cancers. Such therapy…
A new study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) identifies how genes are silenced in cancer cells through distinct changes in the…
“The lock and key mechanism explains why this particular lead-specific DNAzyme makes such a sensitive and selective sensor,” said U. of I. chemistry professor…
The result, to be published online next week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, could help to answer some fundamental questions about how…
In a new study published online this week in the open-access journal PLoS Biology, James Snyder and colleagues at Northwestern University investigate the…
With the aim of understanding more of Ebola’s action mechanisms, scientists collect viral RNA samples from infected individuals at each outbreak. Hitherto it…
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