Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

That's 'sew' smart! Scientists invent threads to detect gases when woven into clothing

Tufts University engineers have developed a novel fabrication method to create dyed threads that change color when they detect a variety of gases. The…

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Ubiquitin Labeling Unlocks New Pathways in Cell Regulation

Plants, fungi, animals and even humans have it: the protein ubiquitin. It comprises a sequence of 76 amino acids, making it a relatively small biomolecule. But…

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On-Demand Blood Vessels: A Breakthrough in Tissue Repair

When organs or tissues are damaged, new blood vessels must form as they play a vital role in bringing nutrients and eliminating waste. This is the only way for…

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Birmingham and Bonn Collaborate on New Insights in Memory

The researchers presented participants with a number of different scene images. Importantly, they paired each scene image with one of two different objects,…

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Immunotherapy Targets HIV Using Common Virus Discovery

The discovery, made in the laboratory using cells from people with HIV, is yet to be tested in clinical trials, but could lead to the development of a vaccine…

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Iron From Microbes: A New Approach to Climate Solutions

Distributing iron particles produced by bacteria could “fertilize” microscopic ocean plants and ultimately lower atmospheric carbon levels, according to a new…

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Brightly Coloured Giant Stick Insects Discovered in Madagascar

Achrioptera manga is a real gem among the stick insects – it is huge and has brightly coloured males. The most important survival rule for stick insects is to…

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Wearable Sensors Mimic Skin to Enhance Wound Healing

“We eventually hope that these sensors and engineering accomplishments can help advance healthcare applications and provide a better quantitative understanding…

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Decoding Protein Assignment in Cellular Transport Vesicles

Heidelberg researchers comprehensively identify the composition of transport vesicles for the first time

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Grid cells create “treasure map” in rat brain

A team of scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) now shows that grid cells go beyond providing simple spatial coordinates:…

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Designer Organelles: Engineering Synthetic Proteins in Cells

A research team led by biophysical chemist Professor Edward Lemke has engineered a designer organelle in a living mammalian cell in a new complex biological…

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New Targetable Vulnerability Discovered in Breast Cancer Cells

In breast cancer, FGFR4 is especially overexpressed in the subset, where cell proliferation is driven by another related signaling receptor, HER2. Targeted…

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“Biological Bandage” Could Help Heal Wounds

Humans are vulnerable: one cut and they bleed. Fortunately, nature has its own solutions at the ready to treat minor injuries at the least: in order to close…

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Five New Tiny Frog Species Discovered in Madagascar

Madagascar, an island a little larger than mainland France, has more than 350 frog species. This number is constantly rising, and many of the newly named…

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Engineers craft the basic building block for electrospun nanofibers

Smitha Rao, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Michigan Tech, led the research. She said the approach is innovative, “we're coming at this…

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New study on the use of the greenhouse gas sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) in the energy sector started

The study will analyze the use of the potent greenhouse gas SF6 and of F-gas free alternatives in medium voltage grids. The study is intended to support the…

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