Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

New Nanoscopic Tools Enhance Ligand-Binding Studies

Signalling processes in organisms are governed by specific extracellular and intracellular interactions and involve hundreds of different functionally highly…

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Epilepsy: When the neuron's doorman allows too much in

In Germany, approximately one out of a hundred people suffer from epilepsy and one out of twenty suffer a seizure at least once during their lifetime. Seizures…

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Dartmouth Study Reveals How Our Brains Perceive Motion

The findings have a number of potential practical applications, ranging from treatment for motion blindness to improved motion recognition algorithms used in…

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Mitochondria’s Role in Human Health: New Research Insights

A group of researchers from Lomonosov Moscow State University in collaboration with Russian Science Foundation developed a unique method for the selective…

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Zebrafish Stripes: New Mathematical Model Reveals Secrets

Zebrafish have become quite a popular model organism for biology researchers over the past few decades. The small freshwater fish begin life as transparent…

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Nanotech Sensor Boosts Cancer Detection by Measuring MicroRNAs

In a study published in the Nov. issue of ACS Nano, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Chemical Society focusing on nanoscience and nanotechnology…

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Navy Researchers Use Luminescent Nanoparticles for Brain Imaging

“There is tremendous interest in mapping all the neuron connections in the human brain,” said Dr. James Delehanty, research biologist, Center for Biomolecular…

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Repairing Neurons with Light: New Advances in Neurotechnology

The nervous system is built to last a lifetime, but diverse diseases or environmental insults can overpower the capacity of neurons to maintain function or to…

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Molecular Breakdance: How Rhodopsin Powers Our Vision

The detection of light by pigments in the retina, called rhodopsin or visual purple, leads to our sense of vision. New experiments by scientists from the Max…

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3D Mapping Enhances Drug Delivery with Cubosomes Insights

EPFL scientists, working with Nestlé, have now been able to study the 3D structure of cubosomes in detail for the first time. Published in Nature Communications

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New Insights in Fat Cell Metabolism for Diabetes Treatment

“This study highlights how specific tissues in our bodies use particular nutrients. By understanding fat cell metabolism at the molecular level, we are laying…

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UNC Researchers Discover Method to Transform Stem Cells into Bone Cells

Imagine you have a bone fracture or a hip replacement, and you need bone to form, but you heal slowly – a common fact of life for older people. Instead of…

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RNA-Based Drugs Enhance Gene Editing Control with CRISPR

In just the past few years, researchers have found a way to use a naturally occurring bacterial system known as CRISPR/Cas9 to inactivate or correct specific…

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Innovative Insights: Understanding Textile Perception in Touché Project

Earlier this year, the European research project “Touché” was set up, with the title “Boosting innovation through application of a basic understanding of the…

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Enhancing Neuron Firing Robustness: New Research Insights

Scientists at the research center caesar in Bonn have, in cooperation with the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, the Max Planck Institute for…

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Tackling Mercaptans: Innovative Solutions for Strong Odors

Sulfur derivatives are, by far, the richest fossil source of functional molecules available in nature. Indeed, a diversity of sulfur species is present as…

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