Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Mainz University Enhances Research With New Particle Accelerator

A new particle accelerator will further enhance the research landscape at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU). It is to be employed to conduct research…

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Parkinson’s Disease: New Insights into a Traveling Protein

In Parkinson’s disease, the protein “alpha-synuclein” aggregates within neurons of patients and appears to propagate across interconnected areas of the brain….

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Five-Faced Worm Discovered on Réunion Island: A Scientific Breakthrough

For eight years, a research team headed by Ralf Sommer and Matthias Herrmann travel to Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The scientists from the Max Planck…

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Single Molecule Detection: Advancements in Contaminant Analysis

The researchers, led by Tak-Sing Wong, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and the Wormley Family Early Career Professor in Engineering, call there…

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Mice’s Biological Fitness Declines With Disrupted Internal Clocks

Almost all living things possess internal clocks that govern periods of sleep and waking, and ensure that these processes are in synchrony with night and day….

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Carnegie Mellon Reveals New Method for Synaptic Density Analysis

Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed a new approach to broadly survey learning-related changes in synapse properties. In a study published in…

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Bacillus Cereus: Adapting to Antibiotics in Innovative Ways

A team from the Vetmeduni Vienna has now reported for the first time that B. cereus, following contact with certain antibiotics, can switch into a special…

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Gene Analysis Could Improve Esophageal Cancer Risk Assessment

Esophageal cancer is the eighth most common tumor disease in the western world. A subtype, the adeno carcinoma, is the kind of cancer with the strongest…

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Unlocking Ancient Peptides: Insights from Language and Proteins

Proteins and languages share many similarities – both, for instance, yield their meaning through a proper arrangement of basic building blocks. Andrei Lupas,…

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Unlocking Ancient Peptides: Insights from Language and Proteins

In a recent study published in the journal eLife, the scientists report the identification of 40 ancestral, peptidic fragments, which possibly represent the…

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Understanding Vision: How Our Brain Processes Images

As soon as we open our eyes in the morning, our brain is flooded with images. Information about these images is sent from the eyes to a brain region called the…

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How the Brain Triggers Wakefulness: Insights Into Sleep Science

Chronic sleep perturbances affect 10-20% of the population of Switzerland and almost everyone experiences sleep problems at least once in a lifetime. Beside…

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Nature's masonry: The first steps in how thin protein sheets form polyhedral shells

Scientists have for the first time viewed how bacterial proteins self-assemble into thin sheets and begin to form the walls of the outer shell for nano-sized…

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Protein Boosts Memory Through DNA-Modified Enzyme Discovery

Increasing the level of a certain DNA-modified enzyme in the brain significantly improves cognitive ability. The discovery was made by the research team led by…

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Giant Cell Secrets: Exploring Physarum Polycephalum’s Wonders

The “slime mold” Physarum polycephalum is an amazing creature. As a giant single cell it is visible with the naked eye. The yellow, slimy mass of protoplasm,…

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UZH Scientists Uncover Gene Activity Variability in Cells

Genetically identical cells do not always behave the same way. According to the accepted theory, the reason are random molecular processes – known as random…

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