Rice University scientists have learned to spy on cells with a divide-and-conquer strategy to label proteins.
Medically active substances are normally distributed via the blood – either directly by injection into the bloodstream or indirectly, for example through the…
An international team of researchers have discovered a remarkable microbe with a Jekyll and Hyde character. The bacterium Burkholderia gladioli lives in…
Ten years ago, the bones currently in your body did not actually exist. Like skin, bone is constantly renewing itself, shedding old tissue and growing it anew…
The body’s immune system performs essential functions, such as defending against bacteria and cancer cells. However, the human brain is separated from immune…
This is similar to what happens with the protein TET2 and a variety of blood cancers. TET2 is a tumor suppressor, preventing hematopoietic (blood) stem cells…
The team used a psychophysical task in which participants had to judge whether a rectangular room was larger or smaller than a square room of reference.
Whether for drug screening, protein production or gene regulation, moving exogenous molecules into biological cells, also known as transfection, is a key…
“It normally takes multiple catalysts to carry out all of the steps of this reaction,” said Chao Yu, a post-doctoral researcher at Brown who co-led the work…
The rising demand for increasingly sophisticated smartphones, tablets and home cinemas is a growing challenge for display technology. At present, organic…
After extensive research, scientists from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford have found experimental evidence that sheds new light on the…
The research, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is a major departure from prevailing views about the evolution of new…
Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant. Catching its prey, mainly insects, with a trapping structure formed by its leaves, the plants' glands…
As an embryo grows, neurons — the cells in the nervous system — extend axons into the developing spinal cord. Axons are then guided to reach other areas of…
Secondary organic aerosols (SOA) are formed upon oxidation of volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere. They account for a large fraction of fine…
The situation is alarming: The invasive Asian fungus has recently led to mass mortality of fire salamanders in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. Only small…
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