Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Collective Behavior Insights in Complex Networks

Hütt and Moretti are breaking new ground with their research. How collective excitation patterns in complex networks can be recognized and investigated is an…

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First Strategy to Discover Molecular Glue Degraders Unveiled

Despite enormous efforts to advance traditional pharmacology approaches, more than three quarters of all human proteins remain beyond the reach of therapeutic…

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Chlamydia’s Glutamine Dependence: New Insights for Treatment

Chlamydia are bacteria that cause venereal diseases. In humans, they can only survive if they enter the cells. This is the only place where they find the…

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Survivalist Lessons: Adapting to Extreme Environments

At locations with extreme environmental conditions, the motto for organisms is: adapt or perish. In the case of plants that are anchored in the soil by their…

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Nano-Sponges Convert CO2 to Fuel and Waste to Chemicals

Two best known solid acids are crystalline zeolites and amorphous aluminosilicates. Although zeolites are strongly acidic, they are limited by their inherent…

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New Technology Makes Viruses Touchable and Visible

Viruses are tiny. They cannot be seen with the naked eye and they are even too small for optical microscopes, which makes it difficult to recognize the danger…

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Scientists Discover New Method to Combat Tuberculosis

An international team of researchers, led by Durham University, UK, and the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics/Centre Integrative Biology in…

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Visualizing Protein Mobility in Synapses for Neural Insights

All functions of the neural system, including body movements, sensory reactions, and information processing in the brain, depend on the constant and controlled…

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Inflammation and Blood-Brain Barrier Dysfunction in Organoids

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists first published in 2018 that they had developed the 3D brain organoid – the first engineered…

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Discovering 73 Sea Slug Species Along Barcelona’s Coast

A study on marine biodiversity has identified seventy-three species of sea slugs in the coasts of Barcelona, an anthropized environment due to the urban…

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COVID-19 research: Anti-viral strategy with double effect – Possible Achilles’ heel of SARS-CoV-2 virus identified

In the case of an infection, the SARS-CoV-2 virus must overcome various defense mechanisms of the human body, including its non-specific or innate immune…

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HIV-1’s Hidden Role: DNA Unveiled Beyond Cell Boundaries

A cell’s genetic material, in the form of DNA, is usually only ever found inside the cell nucleus and in its “power stations,” the mitochondria. If DNA occurs…

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Genetic key to "healthy" tea

Tea (Camellia sinensis) is one of the world's most popular drinks with a wide range of flavours and health benefits. Researchers from Huazhong Agricultural…

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Bayreuth Physicists Uncover Blood Platelet Formation Mechanism

Blood platelets, also called thrombocytes, are all-important cells with a diameter of between only 0.0015 and 0.003 millimetres. They have the task of…

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Understanding Cooperation: Insights from Osnabrueck University

Interactions between two or more organisms, in which all partners involved gain an advantage, are ubiquitous in nature and have played a key role in the…

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2 immunotherapies merged into single, more effective treatment

Some of the most promising advances in cancer treatment have centered on immunotherapies that rev up a patient's immune system to attack cancer. But…

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