New research published in Molecular Cell on 31 July 2019 conducted by researchers from the University of Konstanz’s Collaborative Research Centre 969 “Chemical…
Decontaminating the legacy of uranium mining in the GDR
“Dangerous Pastures: Deadly Grass Puts Horses at Risk” – Such dire warnings on the websites of horse owners and horse lovers may cause people to see their…
This synthetic approach employing zing (II) reagent in place of Hg(II) or Gold-based reagents are also environmentally friendly as well as much cheaper than…
Whether a food tastes good or not is essentially determined by the interaction of odors and tastants. A few trillionths of a gram per kilogram of food is…
With multi-resistant germs becoming more and more of a threat, we are in need of new antibiotics now more than ever. Unfortunately, antibiotics cannot…
Algae take up carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and turn the carbon into biomass while releasing the oxygen back to the atmosphere. Fast algal growth…
Planarians are very plastic animals. They are able to regenerate whole body parts; even from a tiny fragment of their body, they are able to regenerate a new…
Immune cells prevent bacteria, parasites or viruses from entering the body when, for example, the intestinal epithelium is injured. They respond with…
Fitness clubs are booming: New gyms are springing up like mushrooms. More and more people are striving to build up and strengthen their muscles. But what…
The protein complex mTORC1 promotes muscle growth and is important for the self-cleaning process of the muscle cells. The role of mTORC1 in skeletal muscle…
A Jacobs University work group, led by Prof. Sebastian Springer, professor for Biochemistry and Cell Biology, has recently published two papers in the journal…
HIV Spreads Through Direct Cell-To-Cell Contact Researchers investigate infection dynamics in tissue-like three-dimensional cell cultures
Atrial fibrillation leads to a persistent irregular – often accelerated – heartbeat. While the condition is not life-threatening, if left untreated it can lead…
Scientists at the CECAD Cluster of Excellence in Aging Research of the University of Cologne have discovered that body cells which are in direct contact with…
Take some chloroform, a few milligrams of polymer and mingle this solution with a soap mixture. This results in an emulsion from which chloroform slowly…
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