Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

Tiny Carbon-Capturing Motors Tackle Rising CO2 Levels

The proof of concept study represents a promising route to mitigate the buildup of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas in the environment, said researchers….

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Optimizing Breeding Management for Endangered European Mink

The European mink (Mustela lutreola) is one of the most endangered mammals in Europe. The reasons for its decline are the destruction of its habitat in…

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Study Reveals Factors Influencing Baby Gender Choices

According to popular belief, whether you have a baby girl or boy is purely a matter of chance. And yet, a study published several years ago shows that mothers…

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New Therapy Targets Neurodegenerative Diseases Collaboration

MBM ScienceBridge GmbH, Georg-August-University Göttingen, University Medical Center and MRC Technology, a UK medical research charity, have signed an…

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Deep-Sea Mussels Host Toxic Tenants in Unique Ecosystem

Imagine you have a tenant living in your house. They’re keeping your fridge topped up. But in addition to this, they’re producing all kinds of toxic…

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Maternal Experience: Key to Evolutionary Advantage in Species

In their study, the researchers working under Prof. Andreas Erhardt firstly confirmed their earlier results, which showed that parent generations of…

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Insects passed 'the Turing Test'

In 1952, the legendary British mathematician and cryptographer Alan Turing proposed a model, which assumes formation of complex patterns through chemical…

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Advancing Lensless Imaging with Ultrafast Extreme UV Light

Using ultrafast beams of extreme ultraviolet light streaming at a 100,000 times a second, researchers from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany,…

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‘Bodyguard’ Protein Helps Protect Young RNAs

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) in Martinsried have now identified a new mechanism that stabilizes specific RNA molecules and…

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Ocean Microbes Use Electrons to Consume Methane Efficiently

This is the first time that direct interspecies electron transport–the movement of electrons from a cell, through the external environment, to another cell…

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'Tree of life' for 2.3 million species released

A first draft of the “tree of life” for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes — from platypuses to puffballs — has…

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New findings help explain speedy transported into and out of the cell's nucleus

A cell does everything it can to protect its nucleus, where precious genetic information is stored. That includes controlling the movement of molecules in and…

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Repairing the Brain: Key Gene Links Discovered by Duke-NUS

Research led by scientists from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke-NUS) has linked the abnormal behaviour of two genes (BDNF and DTNBP1) to the…

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Full-Coverage Underwater Biotope Map of German Baltic Sea

 

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Barrier Against Brain Stem Cell Aging: Yeast Insights Unveiled

Yeast are good for making wine, bread, and brewing beer. But they are also a good model for neural stem cells in the mammalian brain. It was known that with…

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New Import Pathway into the Cell’s Powerhouses

Mitochondria serve as the powerhouses of the cell, converting the energy stored in foods into a form cells can use. When this important task fails, it can…

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