Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

How cells learn to 'count'

In experiments with genetically engineered mice, a research team has ruled out a mechanism that scientists have long believed controls the number of hairlike…

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Molecular Spintronics: Advancing Computing with Molecules

Spintronics or spin electronics in contrast to conventional electronics uses the spin of electrons for sensing, information storage, transport, and processing….

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Bacteria’s Control of the Cell Cycle: New Insights Revealed

Each living cell grows and divides, thus generating new offspring. This process is also known as the cell cycle. Strictly speaking, it describes a periodic…

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Unlocking Seed Germination: New Insights Revealed

Plant seeds may strike the casual observer as unspectacular – but they have properties that are nothing short of superpowers. In a dry state they can store…

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Marker: Insights Into Hematopoiesis

In hematopoiesis, a process essential for growth and life maintenance for mammals, HSCs give rise to other blood cells for the organism's entire life….

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New Cancer Drug Enters Clinical Trial Through Advanced Light Source

Unique Cancer Drug Discovered With Help From Advanced Light Source Begins Historical Clinical Trial

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New Insights Transform Muscle Research Approaches

Anyone who climbs the 285 steps to the viewing platform of Berlin's Siegessäule, or Victory Column, will probably have quite a few sore muscles the next day.

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Understanding Predator-Prey Cycles in Ecological Systems

Predator-prey cycles are among the fundamental phenomena of ecological systems: the population sizes of predators and their prey, for instance foxes and hares,…

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Immune Cell Linked to Checkpoint Inhibitor Failure in Lung Cancer

For many lung cancer patients, the best treatment options involve checkpoint inhibitors. These drugs unleash a patient's immune system against their disease…

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Designing Stable Electrocatalysts for Clean Energy Solutions

Polymer electrolyte fuel cells display one of the key elements for the transformation of chemical into electrical energy. However, the currently employed…

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TU Freiberg and CAC Develop Climate-Friendly Gasoline

The process was developed jointly with Freiberg researchers at Chemieanlagenbau Chemnitz (CAC). Synthetic petrol is produced from methanol. Biomethanol, i.e….

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Neuroscientists Uncover Brain Switch for Motivation States

An international team of brain researchers achieved a breakthrough in uncovering a switch-like mechanism that flips the brain between two motivational states…

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New Molecular Target Found to Halt Type 1 Diabetes Progression

Type 1 diabetes is the most common metabolic disease in children and adolescents. In this autoimmune disease, the body's own immune cells gradually destroy the…

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C4 Rice Project Phase IV: Advancing Global Food Security

Phase IV of the international C4 Rice Project has received the green light for the next 5 years. During this time an international team of scientists* want to…

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New Design Principle for Water-Splitting Catalysts Unveiled

The research, published in ACS Catalysis, helps to resolve a nearly century-old research question, the authors say. And it could aid in designing new catalysts…

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First images of an 'upgraded' CRISPR tool

In the new study, published today in Nature, the researchers harnessed a Nobel Prize-winning technique called cryo-electron microscopy to freeze the gene…

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