It will also tailor the way we hunt for alien life and provide insights into how we could engineer more efficient crops that take advantage of longer…
Using medication in a targeted manner and getting it to its point of action without damaging healthy tissue on the way is a key issue at the moment in…
Thekla opens her parachute, faces into the wind and is propelled away. Thekla is not some kind of extreme athlete though; she is a spider. Who would have…
Primates are fascinating. They are intelligent, live in complex societies and are a vital part of the ecosystem. Lemurs, lorises, galagos, tarsiers, monkeys…
Fats are highly diverse molecules that serve as fuel and energy storage, and they constitute the building blocks for cell membranes, hormones and messengers….
“This novel finding from a small group of subjects from Virginia raises the intriguing possibility that allergy to red meat may be an underrecognized factor in…
For the first time, scientists have visualized the interaction between two critical components of the body's vast cellular communication network, a discovery…
Biologists get a new look at plant biodiversity and function with new imaging technology developed at the University of Alberta.
But the information the biomarkers provide can be limited. For some diseases, for example, they can be used to determine how far the illness has advanced, but…
To fight cancer, researchers increasingly use vaccines that stimulate the immune system to identify and destroy tumour cells. However, the desired immune…
YNU researchers resolve the age-old mystery of why silicon cannot replace carbon in organic compounds. A new benchmark quantum chemical calculation of C2, Si2,…
A closed carbon loop is based on the constant conversion of carbon dioxide by energy – ideally from renewable sources. For example, this power can be used to…
Like starfish and sea urchins, sea cucumbers are echinoderms, with about 14,000 species currently known. They live in all marine environments from the Arctic…
The Zika virus, which is particularly prevalent in Central and South America as well as the Pacific islands, can cause severe courses of meningitis and serious…
Though chlorophyll is the best-known part, for the vivid green it colors nature, many compounds work together in photosynthesis. And Georgia Tech chemists…
John Bracht, American University biology assistant professor, and his students discovered a new type of cell state that could help ensure one always has the…
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