Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Beetles Use Lateral Gene Transfer for Fungal Defense

Like all other living organisms, animals face the challenge of fending off enemies. Using chemical weaponry can be an effective strategy to stay alive. Instead…

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New Intelligent Materials Combine Biology and Polymers

Scientists from the University of Freiburg have developed materials systems that are composed of biological components and polymer materials and are capable of…

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Pollen Taxis: A New Way to Transport Bacteria Effectively

Over a period of five years, the TUM team along with colleagues from CK-CARE (Christine Kühne – Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos) took daily…

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NYSCF’s New Bioengineering Technique for Custom Bone Grafts

Scientists from the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute have developed a new bone engineering technique called Segmental Additive Tissue…

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How Plant Mothers Use Auxin to Communicate with Embryos

While pregnancy in humans and seed development in plants look very different, parallels exist – not least that the embryo develops in close connection with the…

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World’s Largest Study on Allergic Rhinitis Reveals new Risk Genes

Allergic rhinitis, also known as hay fever, is the most common form of allergy. It is triggered by airborne allergens, including pollens, house dust mite and…

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Deconstructing Colorectal Cancer Risk Factors for Better Insights

According to the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer type in men and the…

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Unlocking the Sulfate Code: Insights on Tau Protein Misfolding

Alzheimer's and Parkinson's are associated with particular proteins in the brain misfolding, aggregating, and inducing normal proteins to misfold and…

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Barium Ruthenate: New Catalyst Boosts Sulfide Oxidation Efficiency

A research group led by Keigo Kamata and Michikazu Hara of Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) has succeeded in developing a barium ruthenate (BaRuO3)…

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Algae Reveal Land Genes from Ancient Plant Transition

500 million years ago, the first plants living in water took to land. The genetic adaptations associated with this transition can already be recognized in the…

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New Insights Into Cell Division Control Unveiled

As every cook has experienced: When balsamic vinegar and olive oil are mixed, both liquids separate. Round vinegar drops form, which then float on the surface…

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First Electrical Contact Established in Molecular Electronics

To further develop semiconductor technology, the field of molecular electronics is seeking to manufacture circuit components from individual molecules instead…

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New Computational Method Enhances Drug Discovery Process

The design of a drug with a desired duration of action, whether long or short, is usually a complicated and expensive trial-and-error process guided only by a…

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MSU Team Discovers Heaviest Known Calcium Atom and Isotopes

Researchers from Michigan State University and the RIKEN Nishina Center in Japan discovered eight new rare isotopes of the elements phosphorus, sulfur,…

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New Enzyme Discovery Aids Fight Against Tuberculosis

Research by a team led by Dr Elizabeth Fullam, has revealed new findings about an enzyme found in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) the bacterium that causes TB.

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Measuring Drug Effects on Cancer Cells: New Insights

Cancer cells are cells over which the human body has lost control. The fact that they are transformed body cells makes it all the more difficult to combat them…

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